Let me start by saying the pics are IDENTICAL to what we walked in to! While the roads leading to and surrounding casa peces is certainly undeveloped, upon opening the front door we were in an oasis of our own!! Even our hired driver who is a native was blown away. Doris provided EXCELLENT service from my 1st inquiry all the way through my arrival. She provide clear and concise directions to the property, tour information and even encouraged we bring a light jacket which was needed every evening since we traveled during rain season in Costa Rica. The house is huge to be one leveled and it was perfect for 4 women(group of friends) as we all had enough personal space and equally amount of space in the common areas when we want to be together. Jessica (our maid & hired cook) was an absolute pleasure! We wanted to take her home with us 😁. She didn't speak English and we didn't speak much Spanish but collectively we were able to communicate just fine with the help of google translate. Everything on the house worked properly because we used it! The sauna, house phone, the pool, the tv, the garage, the grill and the alarm. The property is located in Santa Ana a town within San Jose literally 15-20 mins away from multiplaza mall, grocery stores, the airport, banks, clubs etc it's super conveniently located. We made and received local calls with ease and the only 2 times we needed assistance I called Marta(owner) and she was always available speaking very clear English and handled my needs promptly. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday.
Cons: only 1 tv in the entire house that audios Spanish with English subtitles but if you're tech savvy like me it'll be easy to convert over to English using remote. The ants were the biggest issue. There's a lot of wood in the home, mixed with the fresh flowers and plants and plenty of rain so I understood but it was a little annoying.
Other than those 2 MINOR issues this house and vacation was PERFECT and I highly recommend.