Spacious vacation rental condo with lagoon views, beach access, and pool

Overall house was in good order and location was great. Walking distance to beach and pool right around the corner. Place is a little dated but overall felt safe. Had a chance to see rabbits and lizards all over, watch out for the mosquitos that would be the only negative but has nothing to do with the place.

Great location.

This condo is the worst we've stayed in at Midnight Cove II. It's VERY dated. The kitchen must be the original from 40-50 years ago. I'll even bet the lining paper in the drawers goes back 30 years! Dishes leave much to be desired. Some small appliances must be as old as the unit. The living room is very dreary. Big heavy clunky furniture that blocks the view of the canal. The dining room table is glass and not appropriate for kids; the chairs are stained and are heavy; felt bad for anybody below us because of the noise that is made when you move them.The stairs are a trip hazard, and the lock on the slider out to the balcony in the main bedroom is broken which was a bit dangerous for little children. The faucet in half bath on the main floor sprays all over. The beach chairs were terrible but at least the property manager replaced a few of them. The beach umbrellas are cheap. I think that quite sums up this property...cheap and dated. We would never come back. It's hard to believe that we had to pay so much money for this unit with the shape it's in.

Cute spacious property with everything necessary for a great trip.

The property was just as described, so those that have given it negative reviews, well, I didn't get it. Exposed wiring? None. Trouble with stairs? None. I'm sure those people are naysayers no matter what. We were within walking distance to many locations, including the beach, electric bikes, and food / bars (check out the Daquiri Bar). The pool area is great!!! If you need to go elsewhere, call the Frog Hopper (free but please tip) and you can go anywhere! Really enjoyed our stay!

Communication with VRBO was not extremely beneficial, but Rent Siesta Key was helpful. The condo had a fairly stocked kitchen, but no hot pads and only one kitchen towel and dish rag. We have stayed other places in Siesta Key through VRBO that had all kinds of supplies readily available such as spices, dish soap, dishwasher detergent, quite a few paper products etc and they were quite a bit cheaper for the week, for the same season. That was a little disappointing, but not necessarily a reason not to stay here. There were some things I thought could use attention, black electric tape on an extension cord in the living room, the carpet at the edge and under the couch had not been vacuumed for quite some time, the closet and laundry bi fold doors needed some major cleaning, the front door lock was a little difficult on occasion, the sliding doors; both sets were also hard to use. We would have enjoyed keeping the front door open; however there was such a large gap above and below the door, we figured that bugs or even lizards may get into the unit so we kept the main door shut. The gate to get to the beach needed repairs as it was loose and had to be shoved to come open. We also found out that we had beach access, but no spot to actually sit at the beach without heading north or south after getting to the beach. One side was for Midnight Cove, which we found out was not affiliated with Midnight Cove 2 and the other was for another unit. Very misleading.

Overall this was a great rental. The A/C was noisy and made a loud banging sound a few different times but worked. The unit itself could handle a good deep clean. Carpets especially seemed stained and dirty.

We would never stay here again! This place needs major updating. The kitchen and appliances are set back in the 1980’s (oven does not work) there’s exposed wiring throughout the unit and the breaker box seems overloaded as the lights would flicker when flipping light switches and outlets would spark and trip the breaker. The dryer did not work either and the carpet and baseboards need a good cleaning. We brought these issues to owner’s attention and all they could suggest was to send their technician to coach us on how to use an oven. (highly insulting) It’s not like the stove was a Viking or Wolf, it’s an old 1980’s electric oven/stove top. Needless to say, we had to hand dry our clothes outside all week and nothing was resolved. Our parting gift was an exposed nail on the rotted staircase leaving the condo that my daughter stepped on. I’ve attached photos on booking.net for this unit, as this review will not allow us to attached them.

Location was great. Short walk to the beach and the outside storage closet full of beach chairs (5) and umbrella and all kinds of sand toys and even a fishing pole and cooler, made it very nice. Pretty community. Must eat breakfast at the “Toasted Mango Cafe”!

The condo was clean and had lots of room. We loved the close beach access. Balcony and pool were great.