Can anybody tell me about the Bonaire Oceanfront Appartments?
We were on bonaire december '03 and stayed at Lagoen Hill. We liked the appartment and had a great stay but missed having a few of the ocean.

Only 27 more days and we will be back!

Hi Richard, what would you like to know? Sun Rentals are a good organisation and the apartments are very well equipped. E mail me direct if you have specific questions.
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Well, Jose @ sun rentals did a great job so far and I am about to book for the four of us.
I am trying to find some kind of confirmation about ocean front being a good place to go i guess.

We have stayed there several times. We like it. Very convenient to downtown. My wife doesn't dive so she liked being able to walk, being right on the promenade and having the pool. The dive shop always had full tanks and Bert, there, is awesome. Jose and her staff are on site and helpful. The first floor units are one bedrooms. The second floor units are two bedrooms and the penthouse on the third floor has an awesome deck. That is where we stay. All are furnished differently. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.

I just returned Saturday from Sun, our 5th trip with them. The two bedroom apartments are all upstairs. 3 of them are owned by Americans (all Vegas folks) and are equipped more like an American apartment with US appliances. The 4th is a little more sparse in that respect. Josie will do anything for you, including giving you a bed in her home if necessary (it has happened). Bert is great. Cultimare is a block away. They have wireless internet for $5 a day if you want it. They have cable. The lizards are fun to feed (they love English peas).

Thank you guys!
I just booked and am looking forward to our trip!

I am staying there in June with 5 other friends. Looking forward to it as well.

Just got back

Oceanfront apartments were very good.
Staff was very friendly, great location.
Apartments could be cleaned a little better after quests leave/ before new quests arrive but for the rest everything perfect.

Don't forget to get mosquito spray!! They normally don't bother me too bad but they were bad this vacation.

At this moment am sitting in unit # 9 at Bonaire O.F Apts writing this - I have been here for 9 days - I agree with the previous post about cleaning and mosquito spray - but as a first time guest I was pleasantly surprised at the 6 day/week housekeeping. I will live with a little lint in the corners but love clean sheets. Breeze is nice - view is good and being in town is nice for my family since we don't have to load into the car as a group to do something. We used A.C. at night in bedrooms - some units have additional central but it will cost you $10.00/day extra- we never needed it. Only used the bedroom AC due to firework (multi day New Year tradition or obsession?) and road noise. Two markets within 3 minute walk, BobbiJans BBQ and Raining Fishes within spitting distance. Directly across the the street from Last Bite Bakery - Great daily meal specials and baked goods - who could ask for more!!!!
Good free incoming Wi-Fi signal available with key code from office. Outgoing email service was garbage -, never asked or could figure out why but we could only send out single sentence e mails with Yahoo mail. We had to drive 4 minutes to Chat-N-Browse for good outgoing service-never tried City Cafe Wi-Fi and that is only a 5 minute walk.
Office staff "over the top A+" could not ask for better. Bert at Dive Shop - very accommodating. Units are all outfitted and decorated differently. Pool is nice but is 5 feet deep from end to end. No full steps either, just a 3 step pool ladder so I would advise against it if you have non-swimmers or have any disability which would make a short ladder tough on you.
Parking area was made for tiny cars not crew cab trucks but there is additional street-side parking spaces and if you remember the no valuables in the unlocked car rule you will be fine.
My family felt secure, there is a perimeter iron fence around the property and the floor level units have bars on the sliding doors for night use which I understand are prudent. There was a small safe in our apartment which we used for jewelry and cash however my daughter dropped a $50.00 on the floor and the housekeeper returned it - sweet! And yes we will tip her!
The four of us originally had a reservation for a 2 bedroom unit but "glitches happen" and we were given two neighboring 1 bedroom units, we were very happy. Either 1 bedroom could have comfortably accommodated 4 if we brought an inflatable bed. There is a day bed in the main area and two twins in the bedroom.
All in all an excellent pick for us!
An excellent value too!

(Message edited by Tom_B on January 1, 2007)