Schöne Juwel im Herzen von Cozumel

Feb 2017 A one week stay.

Positives:

Kelley met us and introduced the house. House is very spacious, lots of room for 6 people. Nicely furnished living area with good couches and dining table. Quite well equipped. Newer fridge and clothes washer work well. Didn't use the TV. Cleanliness is OK. Lots of screened ventilation and fans. The A/C's work well, although often not necessary. Downstairs bed was comfortable ( the bedroom we used ). Nice to have the porches. Pictures on the listing are quite accurate. Hot water and bathrooms work OK. We appreciated the juice and lots of drinking water. Kelley was able to book a taxi van to the ferry for us when we left.

Negatives

House gives the impression it was nicely fixed up but has somewhat deteriorated. We had to find, untangle and reinstall bathroom blind which had fallen off the wall, in order to block the view in from the street. There are tiny ants ( which have in our case nothing to do with leaving food out ), which we understand is not unusual in Cozumel. No other bugs. The house is very noisy, both traffic and neighbours dogs, although the traffic goes quiet overnight and several nights the dogs were quiet. We asked questions about noise before we booked but there was no mention of traffic or dogs in the reply.

Misc Info:

Location is not very convenient. Its 16 blocks to the waterfront ( counted them ), 1.2 Km., about 20 minutes walk. Never got a taxi near the house, usually found one closer to town. By Mexican standards, taxis are very expensive here. Two good supermarkets close together on waterfront road, Mega and Chedraui. Meat and fruit / veg stall across 17 sur. Nice Italian restaurant very close at corner of Xel-Ha and 50 sur. Lots of restaurants on the waterfront road.

Our personal opinion is : This house is good for a larger group who like to walk, do much of their own cooking and are not disturbed by noise.