Oceanside Cove

The apartment was really spacious – very, very happy with the size of apartment and the newly renovated kitchen and bathroom was nice. The 2 bedroom apartment had 2 bathrooms – one full size with a full bath, shower & toilet and the other an ensuite with shower and toilet. Washing machine and dryer were in the main bathroom. Full size kitchen with proper kitchen facilities – along with a full size dining table and leather couches. Air conditioning only in the open plan loungeroom/kitchen, but worked well. Parking was secure and easy. Walking distance to beach and all the shops. They do rent cool cabanas for $20 a day which was a nice touch. Pool was nice – great temperature and deep in spots. It is an older complex – but that also means that the apartments are a bit bigger and that is actually what we loved about it. HOWEVER - BEWARE………..You can’t review this property without mentioning the noise. It was unbearable. It is temporary, but right now (Sept/Oct 25) – it is so loud. We stayed in room 19 and it backed onto the construction site. At the time of staying, the construction was at level 2 (level with room 19) and a full barrage of workers arrived at 6:45am each day and turned on the music and started grinding steel. I swear I could have gone out on the back balcony and reached out and physically touched them – (see video attached) that is how close the construction is. And it will continue until the multi story tower gets built. But, there is also the light rail works going on that were currently outside the hotel on the main road at the same time – when we stayed they were 24/7 works – so all night we had the roadworks and then from 6:45am we had construction. There is no way that anyone in that hotel was still asleep past 7am – even if you are the heaviest sleeper in the world….. It was totally and utterly unbearable. The property managers tried to put a good spin on it by saying they don’t notice it as they are up when the sun rises each day and laughed it off – but they are just doing their job and trying to downplay it. It was really bad. I have to say I have never experienced anything as bad as that noise and don’t feel right not mentioning it and posting a video of how bad it really is. But, I am conflicted, as despite the noise (it did just mean that we became early morning people for the week) I did love this place. The location was great, the complex was nice – the pool was nice, parking was secure, the building managers were lovely. I really could not fault anything other than the noise from outside the complex – which is a shame – it would be a 5 star rating if not for the noise.

Lovely stay here, most comfy beds and pillows! Great communication to check in late at night. Bummer with all the construction nearby but it wasn’t too noisy

Great stay. Only issue was the stars