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Reviews of The Sands Townhouses

3 out of 5
The Sands Townhouses
64 W Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach, ME

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 33 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 33 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Brenda

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sands Townhouses are nicely updated condos located near the ocean at Old Orchard Beach Maine. Nicely decorated and comfortable beds. Units have a kitchenette with full size refrigerator if you like to cook your own food. I slept upstairs, my friend preferred downstairs because bathroom was downstairs and she didn't want to do the stairs. Nice area, close to local attractions and dining. The train goes right by the condo, so you do get train noise. Overall loved our stay and I would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked everything and was very happy staying here!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Melinda

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Clean & Pleasant, Some Noise from Railroad
My friend and I wanted to see Old Orchard Beach in Maine, and after looking at the options we chose The Sands Townhouses, which were affordable, close to the beach, and offered a unit with two separate bedrooms and a small living room/kitchenette. Since we were traveling during this COIVD pandemic, having two separate bedrooms in the same overall unit felt safer than one bedroom and also gave us each more privacy. We both felt the place was clean and comfortable. The mattresses on both beds were firm and supportive, and the decor was cute and modern. Pretty bedspreads, clean paint on the walls, etc. A small TV in each bedroom, and in the shared space. The only drawbacks: the two bedrooms were connected, so one person had to walk through the other's bedroom to go downstairs -- and the only bathroom was downstairs, and was on the small side. The stairs were carpeted and had a good handrail, but if you need to use the bathroom a lot, you may not like the set-up. Or if you have mobility issues, the need to use stairs to reach the bathroom at night could be annoying. One drawback was that the townhouses are built very close to a railroad track, and trains come through at all hours. I'd read other reviews warning about this, so we brough ear-plugs and wore them at night. The first night a train did wake me up anyway, but the second night I slept better. A light sleeper will not like this place, but someone who can sleep through noises will be fine with it.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay, rained the whole time but still plenty to do.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Dee on 2021/7/11
Thank you for your review and feedback. It is very important to us and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know how your experience with us turned out. Our staff take pride in their work and in the history of the property and especially in our relationships with our guests. We are pleased that your overall stay with us was to your satisfactio and we will ensure our staff is aware of your review. We really appreciate and happy you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to being able to see you again in the near future. Thank you again for choosing to stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a great place to stay. We could walk across the street to get to the beach and the boardwalk and pier was a quick walk down the street. There was an icecream shop right next door which was an added bonus. The place was adorable. We had two bedrooms upstairs and a kitchenette bathroom and living room area downstairs. The TVs upstairs were able to connect to Netflix, Hulu, and Disney . Also, the people working in the office were so friendly and helpful.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Dee on 2021/7/11
Thank you very much for your review and feedback. It is very important to us and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know how your experience with us turned out. Our staff take pride in their work and in the history of the property and especially in our relationships with our guests. We are pleased that your overall stay with us was to your satisfaction and we will ensure our staff is aware of your review. We greatly appreciate and happy you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to being able to see you again in the near future. Thank you again for choosing to stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Bryan - Front Desk on 2021/6/29
Thank you for your review and feedback. It is very important to us and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know how your experience with us turned out. Our staff take pride in their work and in the history of the property and especially in our relationships with our guests. We are pleased that your overall stay with us was to your satisfaction and we will ensure our staff is aware of your review. We appreciate and happy you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to being able to see you again in the near future. Thank you again for choosing to stay with us.

8/10 Good

Heather

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great little townhouse
Everyone was super accommodating. The place was clean, convenient and very reasonably priced.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Bryan - Front Desk on 2021/6/22
Thank you for your review and feedback. It is very important to us and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know how your experience with us turned out. Our staff take pride in their work and in the history of the property and especially in our relationships with our guests. We are pleased that your overall stay with us was to your satisfaction and we will ensure our staff is aware of your review. We appreciate and happy you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to being able to see you again in the near future. Thank you again for choosing to stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Bryan - Front Desk on 2021/6/22
Thank you for your review and feedback. It is very important to us and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know how your experience with us turned out. Our staff take pride in their work and in the history of the property and especially in our relationships with our guests. We are pleased that your overall stay with us was to your satisfaction and we will ensure our staff is aware of your review. We appreciate and happy you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to being able to see you again in the near future. Thank you again for choosing to stay with us.

4/10 Poor

Nick

Traveled with family
Disliked: Room comfort
Location is convenient because of the parking and beach being across the street. As far as cleanliness and noise it was horrible. Beds had hair and dirt in them. The train goes by twice a night that shakes the whole complex and is extremely loud. You can here everything through the walls. The neighbors were outside partying all night. So for a family this wasn’t an ideal place. For anyone younger looking to party perfect spot.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Kat

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amtrak DIRECTLY behind townhouse. Whole building shook the six times in night it went by. Table out front with intoxicated and heavy smoking guests (3:00 pm). Smoke seeped into room... very rough crowd. F word used as noun verb and adjective. Not five star snob but this was very bad. Dirty. Came for cycle event. Last place available. No rest.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Dee on 2019/11/1
Thank you very much for your feedback, it is very important to us. We hope your stay was enjoyable and comfortable. Thank you very much for again for choosing to stay with us and we look forward to having you with us again in the near future.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Dee on 2019/7/21
Thank you very much for sharing your great feedback with us, we really appreciate it. We hope your stay was enjoyable and comfortable and we look forward to having you with us again in the near future.

8/10 Good

Amelie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice inexpensive and vastplace near the beach.
The service is good and really friendly, but the checkout is too early and there is no bathtub
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Dee on 2019/7/21
Thank you for sharing your feedback, this is very important to us. We are glad to hear that you had enjoy our service and you can request the One Bedroom Suite on the first floor which offers a bathtub, but not on the second floor. Thank you very much for staying with us and we look forward to having you with us again in the future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in was quick and easy. The place was clean. I forgot my glasses there and called when I got home. They retrieved them for me and my daughter picked them up for me. I did not see that there was AC in the unit. (not sure), But it felt stuffy. it would be nice if the bedrooms had ceiling fans at least.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

2/10 Terrible

Mattias V

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid this place if you like to sleep at night
These townhouses are flimsy construction and have paper-thin walls, but the real issue is that they are built 10 feet from railroad tracks where the trains run all night long. With each train, the walls literally shake and anything not fastened down rattles. None of us got more than a few minutes of sleep at a time. This was not disclosed. Furthermore, management refused to make any kind of recompense afterwards. Minor, less important feedback: Beds are very comfortable, and the check-in/check-out process was just fine. We liked having a kitchen for our stay. The shower (no tub) is too narrow for a tall guy like me to use without smacking the walls and the ceiling.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

OK for a short stay on the beach
Employees were very friendly and accommodating. Unit was clean but more like a cottage not a hotel. It listed as a 2 bedroom but when you go up the stairs one bed and bureau is at the top of the landing without a door. You walk through there to get to the one bedroom with a door. Only bathroom is on the first floor. Very thin walls, train goes by blowing the horn late at night and early in the morning. You also hear everyone walking by late at night.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Amazing as usual. Have been coming here for a few years. Easy walk to all sights of Old Orchard beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

JoeL, Connecticut

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Near the beach, has a full mini kitchen (Saves lots of money), sleeps four plus a couch.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Great location, easy access to the beach. Close to everything, but far enough to have some quiet time.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Courtney

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Girls Weekend.
Booked only a few days in advance and got a great room at a great price. Couldn't have been better. Perfect location. Clean room. The townhouse was the perfect size for us. Staff was friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not bad
Rooms were really small but it was nice and clean would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
This place was very clean and very roomie! Must stay
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Caught between the tracks and the main drag
We needed a one night stay at any place in Old Orchard Beach. We found a deluxe suite at the sands hotel and the price was reasonable. Place was clean, I had no issues with that. The ac worked perfectly. Downstairs had a fridge, microwave, stove, and a comfy futon. Upstairs had two bed rooms both were adequate. Complaints: 1.) The trains start coming by at 4:45 am. The back bedroom in room 6 is 20 feet from the tracks. When the first of the hundred car freight train came by my son came out of his room (which was on the main drag) and asked if we had just been through an earthquake. It was brutal. Two more trains came through before 8am. 2.)We had a bunch of kids come back from a night out on the town at 1am. The walls in these places were paper thin.we heard the noise as if we were sitting with them. 3.) Bed was not comfortable. What the place did right: 1.) Very Clean 2.) Right across from the ocean. 3.)decent space.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Clean but extremely loud
Guess in next room extremely loud but was told by security that there was nothing they could do as they do not own this unit also train is 15 yards from room so during the night be prepared to be woken up. Freight train rocked the room (only lasted about 5 minutes but 4 times during the night. So just be prepared to be woken up during the night. Other than that great location to beach and night life.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Jeff, Cleveland

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Ironman Maine homebase
We were looking for a location close to the starting line and finish and The Sands couldn't have fit the bill any better. The facilities are dated, but there was so much more room available to us than a simple motel room would have given us. The staff were superb. I cannot say enough about them.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome!
Absolutely as advertised. Perfect for me and my two children. 45 second walk from door to the beach as well as very short walk to all other attractions. Extremely close to train station making for an easy day trip on the side. Can't wait to come back next summer
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Old Orchard Beach area
It is an old motel rebuilt into a two story town house. It had all needed for a one night stay and was clean. Big beds and TV although small got a ton of stations. Perfect for the area which was a bit honky-tonk.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017
Thanks for your feedback, Charles. We manage these individually owned townhouses. We're glad you had a nice stay. Love that you enjoyed the "honky-tonk" flavor that can be Old Orchard Beach!

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Less than expecting
While checking in was quite easy and they were friendly the hotel room itself was very dated in need of an upgrade it was actually less than I expected the pictures do it more Justice then reality the walls were so thin in the bedroom that I could honestly hear the people next to me snoring there was a train that passed by at 5 in the morning and woke me up and another at 6:30 so if you want to wake up early this is the place to go proximity to Old Orchard beach right across the street and thru the other hotels parking lot and maybe 4 blocks to the main Pier, I am glad that I only had on e night to stay there
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry that you had a less than enjoyable experience at The Sands Townhouses. These units are individually owned and each is decorated differently. The pictures on the site can only represent one of the units. We are glad you were able to enjo0y that beach and attractions in Old Orchard, though.

6/10 Okay

traveler, Poughkeepsie n.y

Didn't see staff only at check in. Was an ok place. My only problem was couldn't get coffee till 8 am. I am an early riser. There are coffee pots in room but to get all the supplies for a weekend stay wasn't what I wanted to do.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Personnel très accueillant, souriant. La propreté des lieux est impeccable. Très bien situé, proche de la plage.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Près de la plage.
Petit logis près de la plage, accueille 6 personnes. Pas de bbq, pas de piscine, pas de terrasse. L'essentiel. Les unités 8 et 9 ont besoin d'être rénovés les tapis des chambres sont très sales.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017