Carpinteria Shores

Sadly I no longer live in Calif and it’s been a few years since I’ve been here. I have to say it’s our favorite vacation spot! Right on the beautiful beach! We had rented a unit numerous times when I lived in Calif. Why not enjoy a fabulous spot in your own state. I can find nothing negative to say about the property. Units are smaller but who’s at this beach to sit inside? Great location, awesome beach, great staff and a quick drive to Santa Barbara to also enjoy their Sunday Beach walk of amazing artists etc. I highly suggest this property. Can’t wait to visit

My family recently stayed at Carpinteria Shores for three days after a trip up to the Sierra Nevada. We wanted to find a place in Carpinteria that was close to the beach, restful, and low maintenance. We found that and more at Carpinteria Shores.
Before our arrival, I received an email letting me know that the condo would be ready any time after noon and we were welcome to come early. We arrived around 3 and our check in was very smooth. Heidi and Jim are very nice and were willing to accommodate us at every turn. We checked in and then sat comfortably on the beach for the next three days! Heaven! The day before check out, Jim told us that since no one would be checking in after us, we might as well stay the day. That was such a help, as no one wanted to leave and it was going to be very difficult to check out at the appointed time of 10am. The condo we stayed in had everything you could imagine needing; we could have cooked a Thanksgiving meal there, if we had to, the kitchen was so stocked.
All the information regarding the check out was clearly stated in the hand book that we were given at check in. Since we had just rented an RV and were required to clean it from top to bottom before we left it, I thought cleaning up the dishes and taking out the trash was the absolute minimum we should do. Although we haven’t received our deposit back, since it was so recent, I would be very surprised to not receive the full amount.
Our stay was simply lovely and I highly recommend Carpinteria Shores.

Not sure what people are looking for, been going here for over 10 years. It’s ON the beach. Beautiful beach I must say, it’s clean and not so crowded, love my time here

Horrendous manners. I won’t recommend this place for anyone to rent a beachfront condo. The manager treated me like an animal because he thought I was someone else. How dare he treat ANYONE like that, even if I had been that person! He kept interrupting me as I tried to say“I’ve never seen you before” A condominium owner Vito Cardetta (who owns an apartment building at 4956 5^th Street) asked me to leave something for him at the condominium office. The manager said“get out! Vito said you have to bring it to your manager, Jesus” realizing he thought I was one of Vito’s tenants, I tried to show him Vito’s text asking me to bring the item to this office. He turned his back said «I don’t want to see anything, just get out». I sat outside & texted Vito, who texted me back he’s calling Confo Mgr. Thank God Vito defended me. I could hear everything in the office: phone rings, mgr starts lying about me as Vito obviously scolding him, (lies to Vito that I yelled at him, that my dog jumped, that he was so busy & his phone ringing non-​stop, as if that would be an excuse for treating a potential customer like she’s a felon) I opened the door, told manager «I can hear you! I’m a local citizen, certificated teacher with a masters degree…» He interrupted me, yelled «get out! Go sit outside!» He sort if apologized only in that he realized i wasn’t one of Vito’s tenants so I let him save face. But I can’t let it go because he still thinks it’s ok to talk to Vito’s low-​income tenants like a they are nothing but lowlife dogs just because they are poor and/​or Vito doesn’t like the tenant

BE CAREFUL if you stay here! Make sure to read the VERY FINE print about cleaning up the apartment when you leave. They charge a cleaning fee but then take around $ 150 from your deposit for ‘extra cleaning fees’ if you don’t take out the trash, make the beds and put the dishes away. I have no idea what the cleaning fee is actually for as you have to do it all yourself. I am also not sure why they don’t just collect more up front… it’s as if they want to ‘get you.’ And I’m sure I’m not the first one to complain, it would do them good to just charge more upfront so you know what you’re in for. Heidi who seems to manage the front desk was pleasant when we were booking and then became more rude over the time I was trying to understand not getting my deposit back and also never returned my phone calls/​emails inquiring about this until I called from a different number (she was possibly screening my calls). The place was ok and the price seems to be right for the type of accommodations but the service was horrible for us and again, beware of cleaning fees.