Bay Beauty: Private Intra-Coastal front home with sprawling views

Our family of 7 loved our week in this home. The most relaxing vacation! There was more than enough room to be comfortable. We had lots of pool time, movie nights and enjoyed being able to walk to the beach and dinners out. The kitchen was well equipped and we were able to do a seafood boil and lots of other snacks for our New Years Eve staying in. Lots of dolphin sightings and many evenings we were able to watch them swim right along the barrier wall below our feet. Would love to stay here again.

We absolutely loved staying here. We had so many dolphins visit us right at the dock. We also rented kayaks and a paddle board from beach bums allowing us to be in the water with the dolphins as well. Beds were comfortable. Pool and hot tub were great. We cooked dinner in all but one night. Watched basketball on the big screen TV’s. Played cards by the pool. Perfect vacation.

This house was beautiful inside and out, well stocked with towels, beach gear, chairs, floats, pool toys, etc...it is a 5 minute walk to the beach, and it has a beautiful pool overlooking a gorgeous view of the bay. AC and all appliances worked very well, TVs in every bedroom except for 1. Great layout, very comfortable living room, 3 floors in total, HUGE master suit, nice ground level garage/game room, VERY quiet, private and peaceful location, close and central to everything right on the border of Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach. Easy checkin and checkout process... I would absolutely stay here again.

This was a great location. The view was spectacular and was exactly what our group was looking for. There were many dolphins that would swim to the dock. Herons and Egrets would come to the pool. We even had a fisherman stop by and tell us alll about fishing!! The house had a slight musty smell. The ice maker in both refrigerators were frozen solid. We were told that they were about to replace them both...but what about us...now?! The coffee pot DID NOT WORK. There was a Keurig that did, but we did plan on making drip coffee also. The BBQ was dirty and there was no propane. The pool was filthy when we got there. Yes, it was very windy, but, it was neglected for some time. There was a Nerf football deteriorating in the skimmer basket. Our husbands cleaned the debris out. We COULD NOT get the hot tub/jacuzzi to get warm at all. We immediately called about these issues(Sunday) Monday a woman came with a new propane tank and turned the hot tub on IT NEVER GOT WARM. My conclusion with that is the heater does not work since the maintenance person turned it on herself. It is on a time for about 4 hours and it never warmed up. Tuesday, a pool boy came and cleaned the pool. I appreciated the quick response, but there are deeper issues that need to be repaired

Everything about our stay was perfect. The house had everything we needed. We will definitely be back!!

Big roomy house with good space for large family. Went two days without hot water as property manager took long time to respond including heating hot tub. No manual to know how to run the house. Refrigerator ice maker didn’t work. Washer and dryer very old, took hours to dry anything. Not enough towels for large family so had to do laundry a lot.

Fabulous time in a beautiful home that is perfectly situated on the bay! Dolphins galore.

Hands down one of our favorite vacations to date! The house, views, and location are perfect! The Wild life from birds to dolphins were incredible!

Great view, great times, great layout for large groups. Con: Stairs; but we were aware. Close to the free trolley that will take you all over the island.

Overall this was a mostly positive experience however, no where is it mentioned during the booking process that the “deposit” you pay to VRBO is actually just the offset charges to the realty company. It came as a huge surprise when my credit card was charged a second time for the realty company’s deposit. When attempting to clear up the confusion I was met with rude emails and the response that I should have booked directly through their site. This experience is why I prefer dealing with owners and not companies. Outside of the poor customer service during the initial booking, they were quick (albeit short) to respond to broken items in the house. The pictures are exact and there was definitely enough pool/beach toys. Pool was initially cold like other reviews have stated, even understandably with the cold snap. Check to make sure that the heater is on as soon as you get in because it was mentioned in an email it would be and it was apparent that it was not. Took 3 days to warm to a decent temp for the kids to swim. Hot tub does take a while (2-3hrs) but does get nice and hot. Customer service needs work but the house was nice.