We had so many problems with the landlord. I wish I had read the reviews before we decided to rent this place. Had I seen the response to R.J.`s msg before now, I would have never gotten in touch with her. How rude!!
The place IS loud and the pool IS dirty! We also saw shit on the lawn and lots of stuff in the pool every day. We never stayed in the common area because of how disgusting it was.
The apartment was disgustingly dirty. When we arrived a fish skeleton was lying on the balcony and it was full of footprints. It was obviously mess from the previous guests. On the kitchen we found lots of dried-up cloths and other old and nasty washing-equipment. On the bathroom the shower curtain was so old and dirty the bottom was stuck together in one stiff pile and the toilet brush was so old it barely had any hair left and the cup was filled with old brown water. The apartment was in general untidy. When we cleaned the apartment before leaving we also noticed how extremely dirty it was. We got the place really clean for the next visitors, but the apartment still needs a real "wash-over". Fly-shit on the walls is so nasty!!
During our whole stay (12 nights) we only got ONE pair of sheets for the bed. They also only gave us one shower-towel each. LOL
We made several appointments with them, but they were always late without notifying us. (Except the time she came to collect the money, then she was spot-on).
However, the most annoying part was not having Internet at all!! They never tried to call the delivery company to straighten it out for us. Internet was one criteria for us to rent this place so it really bugs me that she lied about it. Wanted us to enter proxy's and use a proxysite. Which never worked of course, when we cant open proxysites without Internet!
If I were to visit Albufeira again, I would`ve chosen a place in the old town. This is far from it.