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2/10 Terrible
Barbara D.
4 September 2024
So much to say…
Firstly, this house is sooo far out there and the road requires a 4x4. There’s only one way in/out, and it can flood over. The small bridge out was under 2’ of water and we were stuck. Based on the sordid history of The Sanctuary (of which we were unaware before our visit) I’d guess this land cursed. Our things would go missing and pop up in the strangest places.
One night making dinner, a mouse ran across into the living room. Fun.
The place has an unfinished outdoor kitchen lending to the abondoned feel of this area. There’s a beach club with a trash filled beach. We watched workers rake the trash back into the ocean. We went back to our house, got trash bags, and started piling trash into two bags. We could’ve done more, it was there.
There were cool “tents” by beach club but abandoned. No restaurant, no bar.
Be sure you have EVERYTHING you need BEFORE going out here. The drive out is so long, it’s 20 minutes of bumpy roads and there’s no food for a bit after that.
We did see others staying in the development I guess. When I told them which house we were in, they said “oh I think that’s Herscowitz’s house”. So I looked it up and this whole area is or was halted by the FTC and we may have been in a scam artists house. He’s definitely an OG up in this debacle from what we read online.
This house was probably pretty when first built, albeit the electrical was poorly installed. Now it’s dated and honestly a bit spooky. Oh the upstairs bathroom has mirrors facing each other making an infinite space which weirded us out. The light above the one mirror was sagging, I bet someone covered it with a sheet. Demons.
Don’t use door under house, mosquitoes swarm you.
Did love the stove.
Casita master bedroom in back, air didn’t work. Other bedroom smelled musty. We just closed those off.
The pool was nice and close by, although it would be impossible to know that when you arrive. There’s no map of the place so we never knew where anything was we just drove around. And it’s like, the size of Manhattan.
Barbara D.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024
