Sands Of Time

I am from PA for the first time at Port Aransis. The condo was very nice but the barn sliding doors are more for looks than functionality. They lack privacy and holding back light. I needed to repair the toilet chain so it would stop dripping and could not get the stairwell lights working to the 3rd floor. Other renters were young and partied on the weekends outside,loudly, and we’re fighting in the driveway. Other renters showed up and it seems everyone owns a deisel truck and golf cart.The stink and the noise seemed to be constant. The Vehicle noise was constant because there are so many gas golf carts running they filled the space between people leaving their diesel trucks running. Main road was 500 feet from the deck so no quiet time. The wind was incessant. Every establishment was on skeleton crew and took forever to get your food. The surf was unusable. I was very unimpressed. Spend the same amount of money minus the airfair and go to OBX, you won’t regret it.

This is a clean, well appointed condo with plenty of room. Overall we were pretty happy with our stay (2 families with a total of 5 small kids + a dog). Pool and hot tub were nice. No walkable beach access, but that's fine as we generally have so much stuff it's easier to drive anyway.

My only problems with the place were fairly minor:
- Parking is very limited. The add states 2 spaces, but one of those is the attached garage, which is very small. If you have 2 large vehicles, you would have to rely on the overflow (which is also very low)
- While the inside was nice and fairly new, much of the updates and other work were done poorly or cheaply. I doubt it will hold up many years. On example: light fixtures in stairwell stick out too far and are at shoulder height, so everyone tend to run in to them. Lots of little details like that were missed by whoever did the updates.
- You can't use the trundle bed with the bunk bed ladder in place, so best solution was to remove the trundle bed mattress and place it elsewhere on the floor.
- The A/C quit one day, but the property manager did have someone there in a few hours so that was good.
- The dryer never worked despite a service call. The best solution they offered was to bring wet clothes to their office to dry. We just hung everything up.
- The washer worked poorly.

Overall the nuisances above didn't really outweigh the lower price of the condo. It suited our needs well and we would consider it again in the future.

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Perfect house for our family vacation! It had everything we needed

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Rented a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath condo. Well locate close to beach access. Premium property, however TV did not work. Disappointing in a property that costs $500/night to use.

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Rented a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath condo. Well locate close to beach access. Premium property, however TV did not work. Disappointing in a property that costs $500/night to use.

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The condo was fantastic. The inside was cute and spacious. The location was great. The only downfall to this rental is the parking. Only one CAR fits in the garage. No big SUV or tall trucks. There is not much room in front of the rental to park so we had to park down the road. Other than that everything was great!

Manager's Response

The condo was fantastic. The inside was cute and spacious. The location was great. The only downfall to this rental is the parking. Only one CAR fits in the garage. No big SUV or tall trucks. There is not much room in front of the rental to park so we had to park down the road. Other than that everything was great!

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The staff and management were outstanding. They were pleasant and very helpful. The condition of the Sands of Time condo was clean and well stocked as detailed in the promotional info. In a 3 bedroom condo, we had 3 separate families with 3 transportation vehicles and nowhere to park them. 1 microscopic parking spot at the condo.
Major design flaw by planners and architects of the property. Loading and unloading was a major complication. Overflow spot was full, microscopic and a poor attempt at functional design.

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Highly recommend this place very close to the beach very nice place .

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the place was nice, i guess in the pictures on the add it seemed it would have more beds for the 10 people, so when i saw there were 5 beds that was a little let down, its fine i guess, we just doubled up. loved how close it was to the beach, driveway was way too tight, didnt like how it was all still under construction. but we had fun so it wasnt so bad.

Very blessed

it was a great experience...perfect for our stay

Nice 3 story condo 3 minute drive to the beach, we had little kids with us so loading up all the gear in the van and just driving to the beach was easier than trying to haul it there on foot. And you can park your car on the sand so u don't really have to be right on the beach anyway. Also a good sized pool and hot tub right across from your front door.

good stay wish they would have included a beach parking pass.

Very nice place to unwind.

Manager's Response

We enjoyed the layout and the location of the rental. It was clean, and the beds were comfortable. There were some issues with the heating/AC system that needed to be addressed. There was also a kitchen drawer which needed to be repaired, and some leaking under the kitchen sink. I would return to the property because I think all of these issues will be resolved.