Name: Sterling Shores by SVR
Address: 1751 Scenic Highway 98 East, Destin, Destin, Destin, 32541, United States of America
Rating: 8

Elevator/lift

Smoke-free property

Outdoor furniture

General

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Barbecue grill(s)

Hiking

Barbeque

Sun Deck

Recreation

Parking

Pool facilities

Pool and beach

Fitness facilities

Sports

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Contactless check-in and/or check-out

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the apartment

Nancy Weidenhamer Dog Park

Indian Bayou Golf Club

Henderson Beach State Park

Gator Beach

Fat Daddy's Arcade

Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport

Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport

Sterling Shores by SVR

Destin

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

15-beds

16-beds

17-beds

18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

20-beds

21-beds

22-beds

23-beds

24-beds

25-beds

26-beds

27-beds

28-beds

29-beds

3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

32-beds

33-beds

34-beds

35-beds

36-beds

37-beds

38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The condo itself and the location was beautiful! The beach is gorgeous.  But not enough restaurants and bars near by. Destin is cold! Next time we have to go farther south because we went for time out from cold michigan winter/spring and Destin is best in summer. Otherwise, we would have re- booked for next year, and for a longer time.

Condo was beautiful and very comfortable furniture. Kitchen was well stocked with dishes and everything you would need to cook a full meal.  Definitely recommend this property. Was very quiet and peaceful. Thanks again the Duckworth family

Family vacation

Loved the views and the grounds.Elevators were an issue early in the week.

Overall stay was ok! 

The room was just fine! But they have advertised that there are 2 rooms but the other room was only good for 1 person! 

Anyway, we were like 4 adults & 3 children & the kids will have to stay in the sala with the sofa beds! 
Good thing they are just small. 

This is near the beach & near the black porch for food! The entrance was a bit confusing. You need to enter the code but sometimes it opens on its own! 

We were lucky to have a nice weather! We enjoyed our short stay here with families but it was quite short! 

The beach is walking distance which was good! But you need to pay for the chairs & umbrella despite of the being a guest in these condominiums. 

I think the building does need refurbishment!

Condos need some refurbishment

My staff and I truly enjoyed the location and our appointments. It would be nice if the penthouses were updated and was a grade above the rest.  One of the apartments was upgraded and actually looked better than my penthouse.

Awesome  Staff Vacation

Sterling Shores exceeded all of our expectations! The property is well maintained. The outside was beautiful. Pools were perfect! Location is just steps from the beach, restaurant and candy shop too! All the units are private and you can’t see/hear anyone next to/above you. The room 307 was meticulously clean. The 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo was large, open and spacious. Comfortably fit our family of 4 (definitely could have fit more people). Very well kept up to date and all appliances worked well (washer, dryer and dishwasher). This condo is well stocked with kitchen appliances, bedroom supplies and even provided board games for a rainy day. Highly recommend it here for your family.

Sterling Shores Room 307! Perfect for any family!

Was easy to walk to the beach, as well as walk to dining. There's some stupid rule about needing a wristband, but nobody checks, but if you lose it the .25 cent wrist band is going to cost you $25.  Seems foolish.  Other than the wristbands everything else was great.

Good location

Immaculately clean condo #716. The view was amazing. Everything in the condo was beautiful. The pools were amazing. There was easy access to the beach. Staff were friendly and always willing to help. Destin was really nice. I have never met people so friendly. I would love to return and wouldn't change a thing. 

Beautiful condo, well maintained and clean property

This was my family’s first vacation together and sterling shores (online pictures) seemed at the time to fit our expectations. We paid over 2k for 5 days. Upon entering the hotel to go up to the level we were staying on, the elevator looked and smelt horrible (mildew smell)- understandably my family and I brushed that off due to it being close to the beach and people entering and exiting after being on the beach. 

When we got into our condo, the small bedroom and what appears to be the master bedroom has the most awfully stained carpet that looked as if someone would catch a disease by stepping onto it. 
In the small bedroom, their was so much dust and filth on the walls, windows and blinds that you could tell it has not been maintained in quite a few months (maybe even half a year). The bed sunk into the middle (think of a V shape and how the sides of the mattress would come up) while sleeping in it. The bunk beds (all in the small room still) was so overly used that the springs sounded like they were coming through the mattress- the bunkbed looked worn down and had scrapes and wood scratches over it as well as missing a ladder to get to the top bunk. 

The covers in this room had BLOOD on them and we didn’t even notice that part until 2 days after after. The walls in the bathroom had candy/whatever else types of stains/residue on them. The closest won’t open up from the inside(not a big deal, but giving accurate detail). I’m sure there was more, but let’s move to the other bedroom.

This room appeared nice and had tile flooring- much more appealing and cleaner looking. However, the bed was so uncomfortable and the room had NO cool air. We didn’t stay in this room, but family described their response to it. 

The other bedroom-aside from the nasty carpet, had no hot water in the restroom, BLOOD once again on covers, pillows and on the walls, door knobs etc. We had to purchase our own cleaning supplies just to clean some and feel more safe sleeping there (I was going to contact the front desk, but they were closed until the next morning.

The living room and kitchen appeared fine so not really any complaints there- only that the sliding doors leading to the balcony did not lock- with is also a safety issue (kids were there, people could break in easier, etc) other than that and a lot of dust, it appeared fairly decent in those rooms.

I contacted customer service line and reported half of my findings (called 2 days in-the test was afterwards) and let them know and they said they would put in an order, but that they wasn’t sure if anyone would come out at the time I called to “fix” those things mentioned above as there may have been more “important” things to deal with. I informed the woman I spoke to that I would like to speak with a manager and have the manager contact me and myself and my family was extremely disappointed in the price we paid and the condo we got.

Manager ended up contacted us and said she appreciated us (after some conversation) being nice about it as she said her self “I don’t know if I would have been nice about it” and reported crediting a certain amount of money back (barely any compared to what we paid) but we’re more concerned with other staying there now and wanted everyone to be aware.

Filthy, disgusting and safety concerns

We stayed in Sterling Sands unit 712 in summer 2020. I chosen the location for the view and because they had a good cancellation policy in the middle of the Covid restrictions. I gave them a decent review at the time because, even though the unit was extremely dated, the view and beach access compensated for the inadequacies. In fact, I was so happy with the location that I contacted them to rent the unit again this year. When I attempted to reserve the unit I was extremely surprised to hear that they wouldn’t rent to me again because their housekeeper said we left the unit a mess last year. This is blatantly false. We followed all check out procedures and had removed all trash and personal items from the unit.  I had placed all dirty towels in the bathtubs so they were easy to gather and I loaded and ran the dishwasher. I am not sure how it would have even been possible to leave a mess since the only items in the unit were the things that belonged there. I can only surmise that housekeeping took a long time to clean the unit and decided to blame the renters when called on it. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I ended up renting unit 132 at the Destin towers and could not be happier. At Destin towers I had the same view and beach access I enjoyed at SS but also had a beautiful, large and clean condo. We will be back to Destin Towers in the future and, since I left the place as clean as I always do, they will have me back with no problems.

Sterling Shores by SVR

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