Bonaire is a hot place. It may have steady wind; however, the way this property is situated, it cannot take full advantage of the wind to properly cool it. The property claims to have AC. It does; HOWEVER, the ad did not disclose that the AC was ONLY in the bedroom. Because there is no AC in the rest of the living space, it is completely too hot and uncomfortable to enjoy anywhere outside of the bedroom either day or night. It was unbearable to cook, eat, or do anything in the living area due to the heat and lack of AC. There is a large fan; however, we had the fan turned on high, a separate floor fan on high, and all of the windows and doors (including the front door) open. It didn’t help. We had to eat in the bedroom as it was too hit to sit in the living area.
If you can stand the heat, you won’t be able to escape the mosquitos. There are pockets in the living area that the wind and fans don’t hit. While you are cooking or sitting at the table or couch, you will get attacked by the mass of mosquitos that are able to get in and linger in the property. So, while we were sweating on the property in the living area, the mosquitos would eat us alive at the same time.
The Beach Club next door made matters worse. On the weekends, it is very loud from the music and the patrons that pour out at midnight, dump their bottles and trash in the driveway of the property, rev their engines, and talk loudly. It was impossible to sleep because of the substantial amount of noise. My wife went out to tell the patrons to please keep the noise down and leave. When she walked out she was confronted by 5 patrons - one was urinating against the wall, another was sitting on our car and was so inebriated he could barely stand, the other 3 argued with her - and this was at 12:30 at night! Apparently, this is a regular occurrence from what management told me at the Beach Club.
The owners of this property may attempt to say that the heat was higher than normal or the wind was lower than normal. That was not the case. You want to stay away from this property. It is simply not livable. The other 2 properties next door and almost all of the other properties we looked at while in Bonaire have AC in their living areas. It is absolutely necessary for this property. The locals may be able to handle no AC; however, this property has to be remodeled as it is uninhabitable in its current condition.
On a separate note, the property managers did a good job.