Puente Vista Condominiums

Kristine D.

We love this place. We come every year. The location is great.. on the bay side with docks. Great for boat owners. Great for families. The view of the sunset is exceptional.

The units that we've stayed in have had flat screen TV's in the living room and in the bedroom and had cable (some units are rented by private owners.. not sure what you would get with these). There were games, movies and books that we could check out.. the staff are incredibly friendly and many are longtime employees.

Since many who come here are timeshare owners and pay quite a bit to maintain the property, many of the guests have a vested interest in keeping it nice. If you have rowdy guests nearby, you can call the staff and they will take care of it.

Natalie D.

Dante- apparently you like playing video games instead of going outside and spending time with your family. The TV is NOT important. Your children and your wife ARE. Get over it, try to be an actual man, and pay some darn attention to your family!!! You're at the coast!!! ENJOY IT!!!!!!! JEEEEEZZZ. :( we have a wonderful time, everytime we're here. We swim, play with our kids, shop, fish, --- all you need is a nice place to kick your feet up, and this is it!!!!

Stewart F.

The review posted on 1/2/2011 should be taken with a grain of salt. Most of the condos at Puente vista are privately owned and therefore all quite different in layout and quality. Many of them are beautiful and well appointed so please don't assume they are all like the one reviewed.

Dante F.

I give this place an extra star for the atmosphere and location, but I would not EVER come back. This is supposed to be a quality condo, but it is a false front. The cheap appliances make too many noises, they use cheap tube TVs, the living and dining rooms have patio furniture, and the wiring is defective. I mean bad defective; it fried my PS3! Here's the story. I was playing my PS3 from my old house nearby before I brought it over. When I plugged it into the TV here, I didn't think anything of it at first, but I saw a light go on in the room somewhere while I was connecting the A/V cable behind the TV. I was more distracted by the blue spark that came when I touched the video cable to the video input jack on the TV, but I worked in electronics for almost 20 years, and I've seen static sparks before. So I came around to the front, hit the input select button, and the main menu was on the screen, however, there was a lot of interference. I figured it was like that because I had it on HD at the house, and this rinky-dink piece of junk TV was not HD. So then I managed to adjust the settings on the Playstation to 4:3 480i, but nothing changed on the screen. Next I thought maybe it was a bad input, so I moved the A/V cable to the front of the TV, and again I noticed (but again paid no attention to the fact that) a light somewhere in the room went off when I unplugged the A/V cable. I plugged the cable into the front port on the TV, switched the input, but this time I got nothing. So I decided to try the back one more time. This time, however, I saw the porch lights went off as soon as I plugged in the video cable to the TV. Surprised by this, I pulled the cable back out, and off the porch light went. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, so I pushed it back in, and on came the light. Knowing something was dreadfully wrong now, I unplugged the whole thing, and took the PS3 to the bedroom TV to try it there, only this time, the PS3 wouldn't turn on. It was dead.
The next day, I called the Office to report what had happened. They said they'd have the manager come out and check it out, and they said he'd be out before noon. I waited, and waited, and waited. One O'clock came, no manager. I finally had to leave to get some groceries, so I stopped by the office to see what was going on. The manager came out and told me he had an electrician coming out to check it out, but he didn't know what time he was coming. So I went to get my groceries. While I was at the store, I received a call on my cell. It was the manager. He led off telling me nothing was wrong with the TV, and even put the electrician on to confirm. Upset, and certain there was something amiss, I checked out my groceries and went back to my room.
They were all still in the room; 2 electricians, the manager, and another member of the condo staff. They were discussing a problem with the wiring to the porch lights. When I reiterated that the porch lights were the lights going on and off when I plugged and unplugged the A/V cable on the TV, the electrician kept insisting it was not possible because the TV was on a different circuit altogether. I tried to rebut, but was ignored. They eventually determined that there was a major issue with the wiring, and that the manager needed to call Scott Electric, the original company who ran the wiring. Despite the fact that there were irregularities with the wiring, and they involved the same lights I pointed out were responding to a seemingly uninvolved connection, the manager said they were not going to do anything about my loss.
All I can say is, there are plenty of nicer places to stay on Padre Island. I suggest you avoid Puente Vista.