Beach House Seaside Resort

The Beach House Seaside Resort is an excellent location, across the road from the Surf Life Saving Club with shops and facilities close by. Our room was presented in excellent condition, the staff were friendly and courteous and the onsite recreational facilities were excellent.

We really enjoyed our Holiday at Beach House, we go there once a year and look forward to our return visit every year. The view is stunning and handy to beaches, shops, great restaurants everything you need.

The main reason I am writing this review is to express my disappointment with the fire evacuation conducted at 11:40pm on the 22nd of September at Beach House Seaside Resort. I am in no way shape or form angry about the "fire" situation which occurred in the bike hire shop downstairs (koolbike&hires)... these things happen, a lithium battery was leaking due to being left on charge too long and the steam /smell set the water sprinkler to go off, which furthermore set the buildings evacuation alarm off. So yes, it was real, there was an emergency situation. Again, these things happen. What shouldn't happen is what happened when the evacuation alarm went off. I am upset and absolutely livid, yes, LIVID, about the Beach House Seaside Resort's fire evacuation system. It is completely unsafe, and probably ILLEGAL, and I'll explain to you why. On each floor there are 3 fire alarm speakers. One outside the elevators, which are supposed to "notify" rooms 04/05 and then another one in the dome of 01/02/03 and same thing with the dome of 06/07/08. These speakers were nowhere near as loud as they could or should have been. This leads to my next point of the fact that there were no speakers in the actual rooms themselves. I have NEVER stayed in a hotel where the speakers are outside in the corridor, rather than in the rooms. This is so dangerous because heavy sleepers like me can't, and we DIDN'T, hear the siren go off. The noise of the alarm must travel through the unit front door (which is heavy and thick), down the long hallway in the unit to the bedrooms, and then actually get through the gaps of the door in the bedrooms. (I have attached a video below of how long the distance was from my bedroom to where the fire alarm speaker was, in some other units, this distance is longer). We had the doors shut for privacy but now we won't anymore after what happened last night. I was in 1006 with my elderly grandparents who sleep through noise and the rest of my family was in room 1005. Thankfully they were up at the right time and actually heard the alarm go off (they could barely hear it) and quickly came running down the hallway to notify us. They were banging on the door and yelling. They also rung our mobiles which woke us up. The fact that the banging and our cellular phones were louder than the evacuation alarm is absolutely RIDICULOUS. We heard the knocking and didn't know what was going on. As we got closer to the door then we could hear the alarm going off and we could smell an intense amount of smoke. Imagine if our family wasn't next door and we were just by ourselves. We wouldn't have heard it nor evacuated on time. The alarm continuously repeated the phrase "evacuate as directed". We were given no instructions, so we just had to follow everyone down the fire escape stairs all the way down 10 flights of stairs with elderly people and hope for the best! Many people who were in wheelchairs were carried down... no staff came to help. The smoke occurred on

Was in room 1103. Very spacious and clean. The rooms are fairly modern and are very cozy and comfortable. Have been coming here for many years and was finally gifted an 03 room after being in 01’s and 02’s which was a treat. Rooms 03 and 06 poke out meaning there is a better and unobstructed view. Only problem is sun pours into the room ALL day. Toward the end of the day the master bedroom became incredibly hot, due to the sun pouring in, no aircon in there. Only aircon in living room. Wouldn’t wanna be in that bedroom in summer, would be BOILING. Hotel staff are INCREDIBLE. Zali is very efficient and welcoming ☺️. Fans are directly above beds (which are extremely comfy btw) which allows for great airflow during the night, however means they look like they almost hit the wall and almost bump the fire sprinkler 😬😬😬😬. Overall had a great time here and HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend.

This place is unsafe for children with balcony balustrades a substandard repair with pop rivets that some are corroding, and bolt nuts painted over with rust coming through. There are climbing issues with the rails. Windows can open up on ensuite bathroom and kitchen windows and children can climb out. The room was not cleaned properly with food scraps around the sink. Stainless steel head screws broken off the screen door track corroded screen window locks in public areas where the window could be accessed to open. the Grout is filthy in all tiled areas in the apartment, A rusty air con box that children or persons to injure themselves with. Moss found around the floor of balcony making a slippery surface if it keeps growing. The car park basement has a putrid smell roaming around that my wife vomited one night from breathing it in when we got home from a long drive as she was not well before hand so i want to state the putrid smell did not cause a health issue it just didn't help her to get back to the apartment intime because of the smell. Manager and RCI Attitude after reporting the issues. The manager was not customer friendly at all and was very intimidating that he nearly exuberated my PTSD with his tone his attitude towards us he made us feel we were bad parents. He claims the building falls under old infrastructure and does not need to replace the balcony's balustrades and protect people and children from climbing over the rails and be tempted to walk the death paths that surround the building, and the balustrades would not hold up the weight of heavier people or multiple people at the same time. His response was arrogant what's to stop children using the outdoor furniture to climb. I responded back and used the pool fencing as an example it's the owner's responsibility of the inside of the fence not outside so what i mean is it's the onus of the owner to prevent climbing down not over as i was referring to the open slabs that surround the building that is to be prevented to access. when we addressed the issues straight away with RCI via email because i was not getting the windows immediately locked and waiting 2 days to be resolve we were asked to leave the apartment 1 day early with my wife and 2 kids to sleep in the car just a very bad customer service we are guests of our parents with time share so we were treated poorly (blow fly) I have reported the unsafe Maintenace to Gold coast council with the pics and its under investigation the comments from staff at council were god smacked and disgusted that children and peoples safety are not valued them and body corporate greed is a priority and it always takes one life to change I hope the corporate building insurance who covers this building sees this review and take action because the liability is very concerning for them . The building is 40 years old, and they have made their money and should have put money aside for this overdue upgrade. Time share people pay yearly fees for the

Excellent two bedroom 2 bathroom apartment 702 everything we needed for a weeks stay . Friendly staff made you feel very welcome. Pool is excellent I enjoyed a water aerobics class with the beautiful Catriona she does this class two times a week free of charge. Level one is the place to hang the bar for happy hour ,games on the lawns , great bbq area ,spa and the team put on different activities join in or just kick back this place is perfect for it. Downstairs you have it all at your feet movies,restaurants,shopping,clubs ,beach and heaps more. This place is for all ages. Our room had lovely views from the balcony and second bedroom. Fully equipped if you wish to cook we got the best of both worlds eat in and or so when out . First time here but hope not our last time.