Misrepresented. Liars and Cheats. Villa L’Arc Benissa….Villa Arc Cala…
Villa L’Arc Benissa….Villa Arc Cala Llobella….Guzman Villa Rentals, we made the mistake of booking with this shower!
The following 6 paragraphs were added in November 2019 about 3 months after our stay at Villa Arc. I have popped these 'response to your accusations' paragraphs on as Guzman have foolishly seen fit to try to discredit me? We were 24 family members in 4 rented holiday Villas throughout the town of Moraira.
When we had significant problems they would not reply to us for days and then not in English, so strange when they advertise the number of languages they speak!? Typically most of their emailing and correspondence was only after they thought we had left the country, their reply was in Spanish! So weak, so unprofessional!
We stand accused on some websites as being freeloaders wanting a rental for nothing......it was Guzman that offered to move us at their expense - that didn't happen of course, it was simply a tactic to get us out of their busy office, we were embarrassing them!
We are said to have 'manipulated' the pool railing, well Guzman it was loose and with missing or rusted through screws, there was a huge drop, you would not repair it nor return calls or visits, I borrowed tools and fixed it, with just a few screws, like any sensible father of small children would have done! My older daughter posted that repair on facebook, that was why we are said to be foolish?
After some lengthy negotiations and requests for our complaints to be made formal with both the local police and the Spanish version of trading standards, our deposit was returned, less the cost of the septic tank lid that collapsed....so childish of Guzman. Here we are 3 months on and tonight having seen that Guzman have tried to discredit me with their foolhardy and weak defence. I feel cheated at how they have tried to manipulate the truth - so I am here updating my review. I am in construction in the Uk, the septic tank lid at this villa is little more than a cat flap over a huge dark nasty tank of rancid water, would you want to fall into that at night?
Guzman are more honest since I have been active on the Tripadvisor type websites. They now make it a little more clear that the villa is in fact two completely separate units with no internal means of connection....How could you put your babies upstairs to bed knowing that? Suppose they woke one night and wandered out trying to find a parent, they would either fall off the edge of the pool into the abyss below or through a wholly inappropriate septic tank cover and drown - such a terrifying thought. No parent in this situation would be happy. Heaven forbid your state of mind if that happened, how could you begin to forgive yourself?
Guzman now make it clear, on some websites, that part of the building dates from 1978.....they do not say it has probably not been updated since !!! Lovely try Guzman.
Below is my original review from last summer
Book with this company if you don’t want to see your deposit again. We booked L’Arc Benissa. Which is now renamed as Arc - Cala Llobella, re addressed too it seems. I suppose an attempt to avoid its past negative feedback?
L’Arc Villa. Death Trap Villa DO NOT BOOK IT!
IT WAS FALSELY REPRESENTED.
Wisely they have reworded the advert now!
But you do not get what the poolside photos show! The main patio doors were closed and locked and the shutters pulled shut! Access to those rooms were through a hidden door behind an old wardrobe, crazy !!
My family had the most terrifying experience with this death trap of a villa. The photos do not show the true villa. Half of it is closed off for private use. The villa is like two separate apartments. One is a time warp from 40 years ago and the other modern. So the family has to split up. The only way to access the top flat, from the rear, is to walk past an unprotected swimming pool, up a concrete staircase and over a 3m high sunbathing platform with no guard rails. Nothing to protect you from a 3 metre drop onto concrete.
The two flats are a total nightmare, trying to keep safe as you pass trip hazards and potential falls. The company promised to move us. Nothing materialised.
The stink of the blocked sinks and full up septic tank. Totally blocked with pine needles.
My daughter who fell straight through a man hole cover into a stinking tank of black water!!! We have that on video sadly, her bruises still haunt her legs and arm. But let us suppose that was a toddler - ‘Toddler Drowned in Septic Tank’ the headline would read!
The air conditioner that spewed out black water into the light switch and plug sockets so that you either got an electric shock or the power went off.
There is no useable communal dining area for 14 guests.
The lack of shade or awning made huge areas of the patio completely unusable in August. The awning was there and working but we were locked away from the controls!
No rails or safety bannisters. Sheer drops off the sides of the pool.
Plastic roof lights meant you dare not use the top deck for fear of falling through. The total criminal letting agent refuses to refund our deposit yet we left it immaculate bar the man hole cover my daughter fell through. Terrifying experience. There is a wonderful view. Shame you can’t look at it for fear of taking your eye off your footing.
Forget it. Not safe. Not a good experience. So sad when we planned this a year ago at huge cost. The rest of the guests will be adding photos to trip advisor etc but the agents delete, move or rename the property on their website. Truly we have photographic evidence to represent our disaster of a holiday.
Someone will be fatally injured here.
Date of stay: August 2019
12 août 2019
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