Any bad experiences renting house/condo - particularly from windsor hills?

[proud_canadian]

Has anyone had any bad experiences to share? I just don't want to get scammed and worried about the what ifs.

 

[crusoe2]

I don't have a bad experience to relate (thank goodness). But I can highly recommend www.vacationcentralflorida.com for condo and townhouse rentals at Windsor Hills. Their units are very nice and they are wonderful to deal with. The units are owned by several different people, one of whom operates the website. We've rented both 2 and 3 bedroom condo units from them and will be staying in one of the townhouses this June. The only complaints we had were very minor. We had not realized that the 3 bedroom condos don't have cable in the 3rd bedroom. And the 3 bedroom was not quite as well furnished as the 2 bedroom unit we'd rented previously - different owners, slightly different level of furnishings. But overall still very nice.

I was actually determined to stay onsite for this next trip and had declared no more self-catering vacations for awhile. I wanted housekeeping and the onsite perks. But the space at Windsor Hills is just so much more comfy so we're going back.

 

[softballmom3]

I was worried about the same thing and posted a thread here recently but didn't go over too well. I really want to stay here too, but am a little leery about getting scammed even though I've rented from places like vrbo.com many times, go figure .

 

[mwmom]

I worried about the same thing, and it is understandable when you have to put down a hefty deposit. I had a great experience with dsnyhomes.com when I rented a 6 bdrm home in 08. I wouldn't hesitate to go with them again. We had trouble getting in the back gate (didn't know there was a front gate), called the owner at 11:00 at night and she was so nice to give us directions to the front gate. The house was so clean and a wonderful place to stay. They have great Disney themed rooms for the kids, too. I know most of their homes are on the larger side, but they do have a condo that is on their web site in Windsor Hills.

I loved the WH area...close to Disney, grocery store, secure with gates, and when some teenagers at one of the houses close to where we were staying were up at 2:00 in the morning making too much noise, they were booted out the next day. It was nice to know security took care of these things.

When we got the invoice, they had the formal name of the company on it so I researched it on the Florida BBB web site just to make sure they didn't have a lot of complaints against them and they didn't. I would highly recommend at least doing that.

Hope it works out for you. I wouldn't go any other place!

 

[teacherme]

We stayed at one of the 3 bedroom townhouse and loved it. I would give it a try.

 

[floydfamily4]

I don't have a bad experience to relate (thank goodness). But I can highly recommend www.vacationcentralflorida.com for condo and townhouse rentals at Windsor Hills. Their units are very nice and they are wonderful to deal with. The units are owned by several different people, one of whom operates the website. We've rented both 2 and 3 bedroom condo units from them and will be staying in one of the townhouses this June. The only complaints we had were very minor. We had not realized that the 3 bedroom condos don't have cable in the 3rd bedroom. And the 3 bedroom was not quite as well furnished as the 2 bedroom unit we'd rented previously - different owners, slightly different level of furnishings. But overall still very nice.

We stayed with them as well. We stayed in a 3 bedroom townhouse and really enjoyed it. The contract and deposit requirements were what sold us. Good luck.

Dawn