Damara Village Ubud by Alaya Private Estate

New villa with potential but many shortcomingsSpent 7 days and 6 nights in this villa in April/May 2025. The villa is new, looks fresh, the staff are polite and try to smooth over the negative. However, I encountered issues that require the owner's attention. Without public reviews, the shortcomings will probably remain unchanged, as feedback to the staff rarely reaches the owner. Problems: 1. The air conditioners in the rooms are noisy, disturbing sleep. 2. There is no table, chairs or umbrella by the pool, which is inconvenient for relaxing outside. 3. The doors are without frames, close with difficulty, have gaps that let mosquitoes through and allow you to see what is happening inside. The stoppers are flimsy pieces of wood, some are broken, due to which the doors open the wrong way. 4. On the first day, the drain in the utility room (where the dispenser is) smelled like feces. The staff taped up the drain. A day later, the stench appeared in the showers on the second floor. This indicates errors in the design of the sewerage system: the shower drains are probably connected to the septic tank, like toilets, which is unacceptable. The stench appears from evening until morning every day. 5. In one bathroom on the second floor, the threshold is low and the floor is sloped not toward the drain, but toward the threshold. During a long shower, water flows out into the hallway, and over time it can drip onto the first floor. 6. On the first floor, thin curtains do not hide what is happening on the second floor of the neighboring house from the neighbors. 7. Wi-Fi works fine on the second floor, but on the first floor the signal is weak, often disappears, connection is difficult. 8. There are no hangers in the bathrooms, the employees put towels on the toilet lid, which is unhygienic. 9. There is construction under the windows, in the mornings there is noise from equipment and an old car with loud exhausts, the driver of which revs the engine for a long time. 10. Bottled water was not supplied for several days due to problems with the supplier. There are no toothbrushes in the bathroom, although everything else is in abundance. 11. On the sixth day, noisy neighbors checked in, yelling in the yard until late and preventing sleep. Their children were noisy early in the morning. Upon check-in, they do not instruct about the need to remain quiet after 20:00. 12. The water in the pool (25-26 ° C) is colder than the sea (30-32 ° C). Changing the water twice a day is a plus, but the noise of running water for hours can irritate those who like silence, and therefore once a day would be enough. Conclusion: If the business owner fixes the shortcomings, the villa can become a great place to relax. Otherwise, negative reviews and obsolescence (the villa is new, August 2024) will scare off tourists, especially for long-term stays. It is difficult to recommend at the moment, but the future depends on eliminating the problems.

The complex is new, consists of villas and looks quite good and clean. There is a restaurant, a swimming pool, a gym on the territory. Each villa has its own parking. The territory is guarded. Minus of the hotel: it is located far from the center of Ubud and its attractions. It is impossible to park a car in the center of Ubud - because of this it is inconvenient.