We stayed at Peppertree for a week in unit 13B with my husband and 3 kids ages 3, 7 and 10. I read reviews from this site prior to going and it really helped me. When we arrived the room had an odor of cigarette smoke. I called the office at 9pm and they sent someone up within 20 mins with an ionizer machine. We had to leave for about an hour, but when we came back the odor was completely gone. I was very impressed with the quick service. We had absolutely no problems with service. Everyone there was extremely nice and helpful. The Recreation dept was very helpful- I would suggest going to the Monday morning meeting to find out what is available to do in the area. They have loads of board games that you can keep (up to 3) for the week.

The beach was very close about 5 mins and very nice. The pools were very nice and clean. The tennis courts were nice and got much use from the people that stay. Our unit overlooked the tennis courts and one of the pools. The playgrounds are outdated, but my kids did not care. My 3 year old loved the sand box and my big kids liked the see saws and swing. There may be a playground in the newer section that is probably nicer, never got there.

Here is my only beef with the place... the room. It was ok. They are obviously doing a lot of work to the place- adding elevators and new windows, which by the way was not noisy work. Units 1-25 are older. Our unit had a decent kitchen with nice appliances and was nicely decorated, but it needed some work. We had the old windows. Our bathrooms needed to be redone, our shower door did not shut properly, old sink fixtures, etc. The jacuzzi tub was big, but older, my older kids loved it after the pool. I could hear the people above stomping around and could also hear every time they opened up the sliding glass door from the bedroom, which woke me up several times one night. ( i guess someone was a smoker and was going outside?) Also, the breeze was gorgeous when you opened the windows, but at midnight the water treatment center next to the housekeeping would "turn on" and it was quite noisy. I had to shut my window. By the last night I slept right through it though. It was a mediocre room that needs some work, which they are doing. My guess is units 26 and up are gorgeous, would have loved to have seen them.

Restaurants- Best was Loughry's Landing- best food and most reasonable. Watermark very good too.

I would go back, but I would definitely shoot for the newer units 26 and up.

I rented what I thought was a hotel suite through hotels - we were SO pleasantly surprised to arrive at this property and find that we received a very spacious one bedroom APARTMENT. This is all timeshare apartments that are rented out. It's a really nice property, the apartment was wonderful with a cute balcony you could even sit and eat out on. It was so worth the price and I wish we'd stayed longer. We didn't use many of the amenities, but we did overlook the indoor pool and hot tub, both of which looked wonderful. It is a 5 minute walk to the beach, but it is very pretty once there. There was some construction going on during our stay, but the only issue with it was that we had to enter our building through a different entrance and it was a bit of a trek. Do note that there are NO elevators or luggage services - so be prepared to lug your stuff! We were very happy with our stay and would definitely stay there again.

We needed to find a place to stay while visiting our son and always try to find something new. We stayed in a cottage during our last stay to be on the ocean, take advantage of off season rates and be able to have a kitchen to cook some good southern maryland oysters for my son while there!! As I was looking this time I again came across the atlantic beach villas. I was nervous but went on and booked. I was so happy I did! We booked a 1 bedroom but upon check-in I asked if any units with a ocean view were available. Not only did we get a view but we were bumped up to a 2 bedroom suite! The place was wonderful! 2 bathrooms-one had a huge whirlpool bath and the other had a steam shower. Call us the beverly hillbillies but on our 3 night stay we tryed both. They had a beautiful indoor pool but we didn't use this stay, as we were busy looking at homes with our son. The living area had an armiore with a cable tv and a full kitchen -so yes we made fried maryland oysters in style!(fully stocked kitchen) They even give you toilet paper, paper towels, dishwasher detergent and coffee and hot chocolate samples along with everything you would need for the bathroom. the towels were even wrapped in a fancy 5 star hotel way-believe me they make you feel like a celebrity. There is a store on the grounds however we never went into it. There are laundry facilities all over the place. We enjoyed the antics of the resident cats called the Peppertree cats! On lazy days we enjoyed pizza from Bella pizza on the causeway. I would happily stay here again if you already haven't figured that out! The staff and the grounds are 5 star!!! If I was in the market for a timeshare this is where I would buy!

The facility was good but the management was severily lacking in the customer service area. They advertised one thing on the closed circuit TV in the room but we found that they did not do what they said. Also be prepard to clean your unit and strip the beds, and put the trash in the dumpsters before you will be cleared to check out. We have stayed on time share units all across the country, and this was the bottom of the list when it came to customer service. I will not return to this facility.

JFH- TEXAS.