Osteen, Florida
Come discover old Florida at its finest! This newly renovated 2 bedroom 1 bath cottage is located on the St. John’s River near Osteen, Florida. You'll experience peaceful days on the water in this cottage located on a dead end one lane road. Large open floor plan for easy living - living room, dining room and kitchen with island. Fully equipped kitchen for those days you simply want to stay in. Public boat ramp is a short distance down the road, so bring your boat, kayak or canoe and moor it at the cottage's private dock. Perfect spot to enjoy coffee and sunrises or cocktails and sunsets from the screen porch, outside patio or dock. Central air conditioning and new full size washer/dryer to make your stay comfortable. 20 minutes from Historic Downtown Sanford and the Orlando/Sanford International Airport and 35 minutes from New Smyrna Beach
Met all our expectations. Secluded but not desolute. Lots of nice restautants in Sanford. Thanks for the coffee. Relaxing, welcoming ,cozy place to chill out along the river. We saw a manatee swim past our dock.
Third or fourth visit to the Cottage on the River. I think that says it all. Reasonable fishing this year, cracking sunrises with fresh coffee to hand, late evening flypasts of the egrets and their cousins heading to roost. Plenty of birdlife but very few gators although we may have seen some if we could have made it across to the far side of the river. The big gentle manatees pass by slowly just like life on the river. We'll be back. Cheers, Willie and Marion.
The cabin was exactly as shown online, well with the exception of having 2 stools that were perfect and the table outback on the porch was now located beside the door. I was also very comfortable and felt safe. Will be scheduling another stay soon!
This is the second time we have stayed at the Blue Cottage. It would be more but it is so often booked up we can’t get in!! This is the third time we have rented with this host. His places are super. We will be staying here again.
Very relaxing stay. Sunrise views across the St John’s to the wildlife preserve were incredible. Very well equipped from the kitchen to outside seating. Plenty of parking for cars and boat trailer. We’d rent again.
Our stay was excellent and everything was just as listed! Plenty of room for our pickup, trailer, and 3 bikes. Highly recommend.
Lovely home on the St. .Johns River. Well equipped. Enclosed porch, dock on the river.
This property was everything that the picture’s represented. I would recommend this property to anyone. The whole process with check in and check out was Great as well. One more thing I did contact the owner while I was there Wayne got right back to me with the answer to my question
We enjoyed having a quiet place on the river to stay while attending an event at the Boombah Complex. Great alternative to a cramped hotel room!
The cabin was lovely, and we enjoyed having our coffee out on the boat deck. We used the firepit two nights, thank you for having a supply of firewood. The kitchen was well equipped for us to bake our deserts.
We loved this space! Having just seen Where the Crawdads Sing I felt like I had rented my very own marsh cabin. My mom, son and myself all enjoyed the tranquility of the riverhouse. The houses on Lemon Bluff are nestled closely together but you still feel like you're a world away. Wildlife was abundant including the manatees which were such a treat! The cabin was nicely appointed with all of the kitchen essentials needed to prepare meals and when we wanted a break Osteen diner was down home cooking at its best. We spent an afternoon at Gators riverside listening to live music which was a real treat. A day trip to Blue Springs state park is a must. Also do not miss out on the French fan pastries from Publix! Would 10/10 recommend the property and hope to return ourselves.
Enjoyable & relaxing experience. Would surely rent this place again. Wonderful neighborhood, super clean home.
I cannot say enough about this property. It was Beautiful. Comfortable. Perfect. Adorable and just right for our family of 3. We loved fishing off the dock. Watching the boats go by and enjoying the screened in porch. Kitchen is more than adequately equipped. Bedrooms are small but the beds are sooo comfortable. Bathroom is tiny, but does it’s job. Wayne is more than helpful with anything you need and neighbors were so nice. Close enough proximity to stores and restaurants and just a small drive to the beach. Perfect if in town for baseball at Boombah as we were. We will definitely be back.
The owner has thought of every little detail to make your stay here wonderful! You will not want to leave. This is definitely a place to relax and enjoy the perfect location right on the water. We will be back!
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The cottage was charming and comfortable. The host was very responsive whenever we needed to contact him. The only reason I gave the accuracy of the listing a good instead of excellent is because we brought our boat and was told we could dock it right at the owners dock. But the water is too shallow there. Also the picture of the bathroom does not show the shower and how small it is. But overall, we were really happy with it. We will be back.
This is our third visit to this property on Lemon Bluff so it must be good. Inside everything you need is there from the well- equipped spacious kitchen, the huge dining table, comfortable seating and the rather large television with all the channels you can possibly need to the very comfortable beds, smallish but perfectly adequate bathroom, games and books on the local area, Outside the dock was our favourite area. Occupied all day and part of the night. Plenty to do and see there. Birds, boats, deer on the far side, gators on this side. Fishing is good from panfish to gar and catfish to about 10lbs (at night). Manatees pass by everyday so keep an eye open for them. An evening around the firepit with a beer and some nibbles (not smores ot marshmallows!!) is most relaxing. Paddling in the kayaks is fun but time passes by really quickly when on the river! So much to do and so little time - that's why we'll be back.
This was a long awaited break for me and it was perfect.
We rented the river cottage for an extended weekend. It was easy to locate, we conveniently parked next to the cottage and we did not have any trouble accessing the home. The decorations are very cute and all of the little extras were greatly appreciated. We met the neighbors next door and they were very friendly. Sitting on the dock at the days end was our favorite. Wayne was an attentive host and we really enjoyed our stay.
An ideal getaway for us. Just relaxing and reading for myself and my husband is perfectly content fishing the day away. This was our third visit to the cottage...it does not disappoint. We look forward to returning.
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