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Find a Location

Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc. has 3 locations, listed below.

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    • Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc.

      10221 Emerald Coast Pkwy W Ste 2 Destin, FL 32550-4966

    • Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc.

      15 Pine St Grayton, FL 32459-5849

    • Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc.

      9961 Scenic 30A Seacrest Beach, FL 32413

    Business ProfileforOcean Reef Resorts, Inc.

    Real Estate Rentals
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    4.53/5stars

    Average of 93 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    26 complaints closed in last 3 years

    10 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc. has 3 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc.

        10221 Emerald Coast Pkwy W Ste 2 Destin, FL 32550-4966

      • Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc.

        15 Pine St Grayton, FL 32459-5849

      • Ocean Reef Resorts, Inc.

        9961 Scenic 30A Seacrest Beach, FL 32413

      Location of This Business
      10221 Emerald Coast Pkwy W Ste 2, Destin, FL 32550-4966
      BBB File Opened:
      7/24/1997
      Years in Business:
      42
      Business Started:
      1/1/1982
      Business Incorporated:
      8/15/1996
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      BBB records show a license number of CQ224832 for this business, issued by DBPR (Tallahassee)

      These agencies may include:

      DBPR (Tallahassee)

      1940 N Monroe St

      Tallahassee FL 32399

      (850) 487-1395

      https://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr

      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Ocean Reef Resort Properties, Inc.
      • Ocean Reef Realty, Inc.
      • Ocean Reef Vacation Rentals & Real Estate
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Timothy Taylor, President

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Timothy Taylor, President
      • Mr. Michael Taylor, Vice President
      • Rebecca Taylor, Billing
      • Mr. Todd Kleppinger, Lodging Manager
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (850) 654-4651
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Email Addresses

      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      26 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      05/14/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Facilities Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      I searched the internet for a 5 bedroom house on the beach with a pool and selected the Frangista Pear leased by Ocean Reef Resorts. We paid $5,716 and $336 to heat the pool. The first night we noticed that there was a water leak with mold in the bunkbed bedroom (safety concern since it was for my Grandchildren), the pool was not heated and the sliding door on 2 floors would not open (safety concern). You will see scratches on the door in the pictures and their maintenance person said they will not fix them since they are $10,000 each for 3 floors. We had them come out to heat the pool but it did not heat (they did credit me for my addition cost but not for the lack of use since it was cold that week). So we needed to make other sleeping arrangements. There were several other issues (mold in the kitchen window that was not closable, and were going to leave but the sent us an I have reached out to Ocean Reef several times during our stay and after. We lost time at the beach and sleep making sure me or my sons were near the sliding door in case of fire and we had to break the glass. This is not how you want to spend your vacation. If you look for a 4 bedroom house with no pool on the beach it is much less expensive. I have attached the email from Theresa at Ocean Reef that says "In regards to any compensation request, we do ask guests to call us at 850.837.3935 at the end of your stay and we would be happy to place a compensation request for all issues you encountered during your stay" and they offered us $200.00 credit. Warning, if you stay the whole time your can not dispute it with your credit card and I believe they know that so you have no recourse.

      Customer Reviews

      93 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Neil T

      1 star

      09/05/2023

      Would not recommend this rental company ever. Customer service and response to isues is all but nonexistent.Stayed at Blue Mountain Villas from July 29 to August 5, 2023 When we arrived we were aware there was construction taking place on the condos and had been told shortly beforehand there would be scaffolding, etc. in place. However we were not prepared to have our entire gulf front balcony covered with construction trash except for one small area. and windows taped up with plastic, Even the balcony furniture had been shoved inside the unit. I immediately called Ocean Reef rentals and Informed them of the problem. They said they would contact the hoa and let them know. Aked me to text pictures of the trash which I did. No reponse. Thendiscovered upstairs bathroom sink only had a trickle of water. Called again on Monday to see what was going to be done about the balcony trash and let them know of the trickle. Sent someone out to check on the faucet. Said he would turn it into plumbing and they would fix it. Never heard back from anyone and it was never fixed.Additionally the icemaker in the refrigerator did not work. Called again and left a voice mail about trash still on deck and faucet. Received absolutely no response.On Thursday, sent an extensive text saying only two days left of vacation and no one was responding to our concerns in any way and how frustrating it was to rent a gulf front condo and not be able to emjoy the view and use the deck. AGAIN, there was absolute silence from Ocean reef resorts. The trash was never removed. The worst cutomer service I have ever experienced in any rental anywhere. The message being that they just don't care. How can you contact a rental agency at least four times and not one thing is done or even acknowledged? Terrible experience and total lack of concern for the customer. Really ruined what was a long awaited vacation. Never again would I use or recommend Ocean Reef Resorts,

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