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Focus Apartments


114 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise 4217, Australia

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3 of 5 stars
Melbourne, Australia
8 Nov 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway
1/1 found this review helpful

For $110 a night for a two bedroom apartment, Focus is good value on the Coast. The Focus has lost it's focus. From the missing lightshades, peeling paint and broken furniture, this place has seen better days and the staff do nothing to enhance the experience. More of a "schoolies" or boys holiday pad, you will see lads coming into... more

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5 of 5 stars
Adelaide
18 Aug 2009 | Trip type: Family
1/1 found this review helpful

We stayed 3 nights in a three bedroom apartment. The rooms were clean, the views were breathtaking and the positioning of the apartment in relation to surfers night life (important for 21 & 18 yr olds) and closeness to Movieworld and Dreamworld was fantastic. We will definitely be staying there again on our next visit. We are from Adelaide and... more

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3 of 5 stars
Cairns
22 Jul 2009 | Trip type: Family
1/1 found this review helpful

We stayed at focus earlier in 2004, we had booked apartments at the spot after viewing the rooms. It was a great experience, excellent rooms! Location, as everyone has said is certainly on of the best. This time we booked over the phone, apartments 101 and 58. 101 was a luxury apartment and both apartments had sea views. In 101,... more

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3 of 5 stars
wollongong
20 Nov 2008 | Trip type: Family
1/1 found this review helpful

My family of five recently stayed at the Focus. T he only thing it had going for it was the beach veiw. The furniture in the apartment was very old, the cushions on the lounge were dirty, underneath where the stove was placed was all rusty. The bath had mould around it which was covered up with clear celastic !... more

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2 of 5 stars
North Queensland
29 Oct 2008 | Trip type: Family
1/1 found this review helpful

Our family of 6 were booked in for 10 nights. Upon our arrival, we walked into our apartment. The size and location of the unit was wonderful. The bathroom's were newly renovated and the decor was nice. Our disappointment was the abundance of mold growing on the curtains. This was extremely off-putting. We did complain and someone did come to... more

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2 of 5 stars
England
9 Jun 2007
4/6 found this review helpful

A few days after staying at this establishment, Focus Apartments, deducted money from our credit card, alleging that we 'trashed the place'. They were unable to produce any evidence, ironically we'd left the rooms in a better state than we'd found them! After a long, heated telephone call they eventually agreed to send us a cheque reimbursing the amount they... more

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1 of 5 stars
London, United Kingdom
22 May 2007 | Trip type: Friends getaway
5/7 found this review helpful

Myself and 3 friends recently spend a weekend at the Focus Resort, and although we where very impressed with the views, facilities and location of the resort, we ended up being the victim of a robbery that took place at the Focus Resort over the weekend effecting a number of apartments. The thieves left with all our luggage, leaving us... more

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5 of 5 stars
Toowoomba, Australia
16 Feb 2007
9/9 found this review helpful

Hello, First off, i have to say that Focus Apartments was the best holiday resort we have ever stayed at, we have been all around Australia, the UK & Europe & just hadn't found a place as value-for-money as Focus. Myself, My Husband, My teenage Son & My 2 Small Daughters stayed here for 7 nights in September 2006 (we... more

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2 of 5 stars
Sydney
30 Dec 2006 | Trip type: Family
4/5 found this review helpful

We stayed in a 3 bedroom apartment within minutes of entering the place we all had black feet. The apartment was filthy! We spent our first night cleaning the place. We told the manager who admited that the cleaners had been a problem in the past but they have now fixed this and it might be that our apartment was... more

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2 of 5 stars
wellington
9 Nov 2006 | Trip type: Family
4/4 found this review helpful

what a shock !! 2 star not 4, had amazing views but as soon as we walked in the door all we could see was dirty finger prints all over mirrors and glass tables, all glasses had lipstick on them knifes and folks with jam and left over food, there was was hair every where in both dirty tired bathroom... more

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