Buena Vista Retreat near Design District

The house does jot offer security for travelers. Positive: Close to Port of Miami and Airport. There was a walkable Dollar General store to buy groceries. Also a nearby food truck area. Negative: We had a SCARE on our first night. The front door does not have a double lock. The door knob lock does not work. The only lock working is the digital vault which in fact did not gave us security. While enjoying a card game in the living room, a man in hoodie opened the door and peek into the door, when he saw us, he backed away. We were all SHOCKED on how he was able to open the door while locked. He knew the code to the door!!! We called Olga, the host, her excused was that it was a maintenance guy. First, if you know you have guests in your rental property, you will inform them that a maintenance is coming. Second, you will tell the maintenance person to knock first because there are clients in the house. Third, a maintenance is not going to come at night. It was hard to believe her excuse. As a tourist in the area, we all felt unsafe. We asked to get a one day refund 'coz we don't feel safe at all. The neighborhood seemed sketchy, there were police roaming around the streets always (increase police presence means a lot of crime happening). The houses have bars over their windows and doors. All 10 of us did not sleep, the next day, we booked a hotel in the city. We didn't stay for our 2nd night even though the property mangers would not give us refund. They where willing to give us a refund if we leave the night the incident happened. Olga was a nice person but the incident of a male stranger able to unlock the door made us really scared. We were all female travelers by the way. The window on the other bedroom does not have a lock, we have to jam it with a broom stick. I wouldn't recommend the place for security purposes.