Casa Luckyfam is a lovely house, much of it open-air, and a perfect vacation rental for my wife and I, three grown kids and their partners. We chose this particular rental because it was listed as being close to town and yet quiet. Our intention was to be able to spend much of our time there. However:
We arrived on a Sunday evening February 5th to find a backhoe in full operation blocking the street in front of the house. We were unable to park in the designated parking space. The next morning we were awakened early by a full-blown construction project going on right across the street, less than 20 ft. away from the property. A backhoe, jackhammers, skilsaws, delivery trucks and a crew that ranged from 2 to 15 workers all day, every day, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the 7 days that we were there. The two street-facing bedrooms had curtainless windows giving a full view to the workers on the 3rd floor of the new building (obviously this project has been in process for a while).
The noise was so intense we considered trying to find another rental, but what could we find available with 8 people in the high season? We notified the owner of the conditions on Monday, and have yet to hear back from her (as of March 9, 2017). The caretaker did respond about the windows and had curtains put up.
It was also not disclosed that one of the "outdoor" showers was not only outdoors but cold-water-only, an important detail when you are dealing with 8 people.
As much as we liked the house, we definitely did not get the "quiet getaway" (a quote from the ad) that we paid for.
On our return, we happened to notice a review of the property mentioning the construction that had been posted by a family that had stayed there in January. We hadn’t seen it previously because our travel plans had been booked and paid for long before the posting.