Reviews of Château de la Pinede

Clean, tidy and in a fantastic location

This is a good size apartment for a family of four, or a couple. It is in a quiet, pleasant area just outside the centre of Juan Les Pins, within easy walking distance of shops, restaurants, beaches, bus and train routes. It has two excellent bath/shower rooms for convenience. The kitchen is fully equipped apart from a few obvious omissions (see below). The apartment complex has a pool in the gardens, and ample secure parking.

The apartment doesn’t feel loved or lived in by the owners, it is very sterile with no pictures or any homely ornaments etc. and would benefit from some more mirrors e.g. in the hall. It generally didn’t feel like anyone had used it for several months. It is advertised as “with garden view”, but in fact the entire external area is screened with hedges and cane fencing, such a shame because the gardens are lovely. The exterior had been untouched prior to our arrival, we had to wash down the patio table and chairs, sweep the patio, and tidy the other furniture, but we left the remains of the barbecue coals that had just been dumped on the ground! There are also two mouldy sofas outside which basically seemed to need taking to the tip. There was a “Welcome Pack” - little more than a couple of Nescafé sachets, very disappointing. The kitchen lacked a bread knife and board (for baguettes etc), there was no brush for the 3 dustpans, several of the china and glasses were chipped, there is no baking tray for the oven (which also only had one wire shelf), the washing-up brush was ancient, and the crockery/cutlery drawers smelt “stale”. The advertised hairdryer turned out to be an empty box, and despite messaging the agent was not replaced during our stay. The duvet on the king size bed was only double size, so we had to use one of the singles as well. There was some other bedding occupying half of one wardrobe, but it looked rather scabby and we didn’t want to touch it. The lounge area is a bit strange, the only seating is a sofa bed, inevitably with the usual uncomfortable, slippy seat cushions, and is as far away from the small TV as it can be, so watching anything wasn’t great.

The location was very good, 10 minutes from the coast.

This was NOT a 4 star accommodation. The grounds of the apartment were grubby and dirty, old barbeques, cigarette ends littered the patio area with dirty mouldy furniture not fit to sit on. Clearly the area had not been cleaned for years. Layers of dust and debris on the tennis table with old worn out bats and balls. Although the inside of the apartment was clean and tidy the whole of it was infested with ants, in every room, kitchen, dining area, bedrooms, bedding, shower room, toilet, lobby, cupboards, everywhere! The Agent, no you are NOT renting from the Owner direct via Booking.com, was unaware of building work going during our stay which meant we were unable to enter or exit the apartment for six hours on two days of our visit. They offered to supply "product" for the infestation of ants not professional help. The agent is Elite Properties FRANCE, 06370 MOUANS-SARTOUX. Tel +33 4 92 93 68 68. You can check out the apartment on their web site. There was not any instructions for any of the appliances and the WIFI code took 3 days to appear, During our stay someone randomly entered the apartment with a master key without our knowledge or consent. Although clean and tidy there were electric sockets that were badly fitted with exposed wires visible. There was a DVD player and an Epson printer scanner in the apartment neither of which had connections to power supply, so pretty useless. There was not a single fire extinguisher in the apartment, To collect the key for the apartment you will need a car or taxi as there is no facility on site but you have to go to a collection Box some distance away. There was no welcome pack, so not a single piece of soap or one dishwasher tablet but one roll of cheap toilet paper. Come prepared because NOTHING is supplied, great when you arrive at 8pm in the evening!

Great location

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