Industrial Carriage House Conversion

A very good experience with a very responsive host. Thank you for the time in Coral Gables.

Has high potential for a nice stay — but falls significantly short of that. Positive: Casa Coral is in a nice, quiet part of town. The homes are well kept and the only traffic is local — no through traffic, which is nice. The unit’s bathroom was pretty and largely of good taste. There are nice exposed wood beams overhead. Negative: The studio I was given had not been cleaned from the previous guest. I found hair on the sheets and on the pillows, and some kind of droppings and dead ants in the kitchen area. Once I left and reported these issues with photo evidence, the management company refunded my entire booking right away. I’d like to give the owner the benefit of the doubt as to why the unit hadn’t been cleaned. Accidents and misunderstandings happen. For that reason, I have not attached any photos with my review. 1. Be aware that you will be parking in a residential area on a side street that’s at least 1/2 or more blocks from the property, depending on availability. This is because the host’s entire street is resident permit parking only. 2. When renting, you’re required to sign a lengthy legal document that’s separate from Booking.com. Among other things, It requires photos of the front and back of your drivers license, agreeing to a long list of rules, and their right to charge your credit card for anything that violates those rules. 3. Aside from the bathroom, the room has little personality and none of the amenities that make for a nice stay. I realize it’s meant to be an industrial loft, but It has a poor layout and minimal, entry level furnishings. For example: The bed had microfiber sheets that were worn thin and pilled. Toiletries were generic and in a once-sealed hospitality company’s branded box. (My box had been opened.) There were two clean but faded and sad-looking hand towels in the bathroom. I couldn’t find any bath towels. There were no water bottles in the fridge or available nearby. There are two wood-framed armchairs vs a loveseat or a couch, no area rugs or throw pillows that I can recall, and a very small hard plastic dining table with two small hard plastic chairs. The TV was mounted to the wall—but not across from the chairs or viewable from the bed.

Clean and cozy space right by downtown gables loved my stay would recommend!