'Bellehaven' South Coast Beach Vacation Home

Perfect location and accommodation for us.

We chose this property for the fantastic location right across from Miami beach. The property is dated but there is a certain charm to that and the furniture & fixtures were in keeping with the age. The advertised pictures were accurate. The host & owners were quick and easy to deal with and accommodated a few requests we had with no fuss at all. The rooms are big and airy and the wi-fi was decent. There are a vast assortment of chairs and loungers to use around the huge garden area and you can take what you need down to the beach also which we did every day. I look forward to returning one day soon

I have been coming to Barbados for over 20 years. When we are too many to fit with family, the Bellehaven is always our first choice. You cannot find a better place to stay. Picture listening to the waves as you drift off to sleep. And if you want AC which is a big plus in the summer especially, each bedroom is amazingly cool! Sit on the porch have your breakfast and stroll down to the beach at your leisure. It is so nice not to have to make going to the beach a huge all day activity, having to pack everything and hope not to forget the sunscreen or your favorite book. When you live across the street, you can grab a beach chair (there are many provided) and head down to the beach with little else than a towel and a book. Run up to the house for lunch/snack/nap and come right back. Rinse off with an outdoor shower and you don’t need to pack many clothes to come on vacation because you have access to washer and huge clothes line. Hopefully you can disconnect but if not, the WIFI is excellent. Plenty of towels at your disposal, full kitchen, lots of paperbacks to chose from and did I mention the beach across the street? Look no further, this is the place to stay!

The beach is great and literally just over the road - which is a dead-end / cul de sac, so minimal traffic at any time.Also enjoyed seeing the 2 painted tortoises wandering around the garden and the occasional green monkey going through.We could also easily walk along the sea front to Oistins, which wasn't clear from google maps, so that was great for going to the fish fry, and to the local bus station / stops.The house is old and tired and paint is flaking off badly in the kitchen, holes in the floorboards, and the bedrooms had no glass in the panel above the doors.We found dead cockroaches in the bathrooms most mornings (we sprayed insect killer before bed.) They came and sprayed the outside of the house whilst we were there, but it didn't fix the issue.Worst thing was actually on the checkout day, we woke up to some noises in the house at 9am, so I went to investigate in just my shorts and the cleaners had let themselves in and were wandering around the house. No privacy. No knock. No warning. Checkout was 11am, so NO reason or expectation for anyone else to have been in the house at all. I asked them to leave, but they just said "it's ok, we'll stay" on the porch - right outside our bedroom window.It was very disconcerting to come out of the bedroom and find a random person in the house! and see that the front and back doors were wide open!Checkout process gets 0*. Cockroaches 1* (as they did try to deal with it.)