Casa del Mar, Open waterfront pool home in the Sombrero Beach area

Overall property is as advertised. As others mentioned, can’t get into beach as it’s full of seaweed but it doesn’t smell, so that a plus! Swings and pool were a hit with kids. Our issues were more the little things, there were 6 of us staying, only had 3 washcloths on the property, 6 beach towels so we had to constantly wash. The master shower was clogged when we got there and not clean, seeing other peoples hair in the corners is pretty gross to be honest. They did send someone after we mentioned it but that was Monday, we notified on Saturday night and were told we could clean it ourselves. Sorry but I’m not cleaning other peoples hair out of a drain trap. The 2 mini split ac units in the basement didn’t work on arrival and they didn’t even try to get them working while we were there, so the basement was warm the whole time and we didn’t use it. None of the light switches are labeled so hard to figure out how to turn everything on/off and overall just a lot of them didn’t work (the main living room fan is random and can’t be controlled without the lights on too). Pool was almost a little too warm on the nice days, but at night was perfect! (We paid for the pool to be heated). Side door the key doesn’t work in it, so only can go in/out through front door, but it has the keyless entry, not sure why we have to stop to pickup keys with that feature. We’ve never had to do that. Pickup/drop off was easy, just another step in the process.

The amenities were ok in general, but it was advertised with a private sandy beach. Yes it was there...under 18 inches of dead seaweed. When I called the host regarding the seaweed, she said she could see some sand in the photos I sent (the tide was out and you would have to walk through 12 feet of 18-inch seaweed she said it is winter, that happens and they don't have a beach raking vendor. The private sandy beach is why we booked here and not where we had (cheaper) in other areas where we had in past years.The host seemed bothered by us.

We rented the place for 2 weeks. The house was well equipped especially in the kitchen. Pool and hot tub were great to have as you couldn’t swim from the beach behind the house as it is shallow and muddy. We heated the pool and thought it was worth the extra cost. Plenty of chairs for the pool and tiki areas. Dock was fun for seeing stars at night and for fishing ( caught snook, jacks and small barracudas). Beds were comfortable, very clean place. If you need to reboot the WIFI router (either because it’s running slow or XFinity is doing work in area) it’s in the kitchen cabinet to the left of the fridge. We’ll be looking to stay here again next year.

Great location, love the size of the bedrooms, very clean. Kitty was great to work with. Nice touch with the welcome gift pack. Our friends really enjoyed the views, the pool and hot tub.

We chose this house over others because it provided a pool table. It was a big disappointment for my grown up children that it was not there. It was terrible to turn the light on in the basement to be able to operate the dishwasher. A modern house always provides a garbage disposal. This house does not. The lack of a table / chair in the master bedroom was the biggest problem for me. I needed to do some work in a quite location. But I couldn’t! Master bedroom bathroom:– There is no outlet for connecting a hair dryer next to the mirror.– There is no place to hang hand towels.– There is no floor mat / towel to use after taking a shower. Instead of providing a big garbage can in the kitchen, provide 2 kitchen size cans: one for garbage and the other for recycling. Our kitchen size trash bags did not fit the big can.

This is an amazing property in a great location. We had an absolute blast. The only thing you should know is that the water is not great for swimming just due to the location & the tide with the mucky bottom and a lot of garbage and seaweed cover the shoreline, however the pool, the hot tub, the house and the actual location of the property is definitely five stars! Highly recommend, and if you want to swim in the ocean, Sombrero beach is just a half a mile away, and absolutely gorgeous.

House was nice, plenty of room for our group. Loved the pool and hot tub, only wished could have swam in the water but we rented kayaks and launched then directly into water from property. Highly recommend!

The house and pool are wonderful and as described. The water access is overstated: -Low tide water depth at the end of the dock is only 18 inches. We had to make other arrangements for our boat. -At low tide the stench of rotting vegetation is pretty overwhelming. Would not rent this property again.

There were 8 adult family members. The house was everything promised. The pool table was an added bonus. The hot tub was not heating correctly but Kitty had someone out there the next day to look at it. We are going to be using this home again!!