St. Martin is lovely, but the house is awful. When we checked in, the water was brown, the towels had lipstick, and the house was so dirty that our three-year-old drew stick figures in the dust on the countertops. When we asked for a cleaning, the property manager Chris tried to charge us extra.
The beach is unusable because it is covered with foul-smelling seaweed. The listing also hid that the wifi did not work and that live tv costs extra.
During our stay, the following items broke: the shower, the garbage disposal (twice), the back blinds, and the washing machine (twice). The pool tiles are peeling. The wooden baseboards around the pool are busted with rusted nails, which created a dangerous condition for our three and ten-year-old kids. When we asked Chris to make minor repairs, he threatened to call the police.
Chris blamed these problems on St. Martin, but those problems exist nowhere else besides this house. If Chris had any integrity, he would disclose these problems on the listing before people pay the deposit.