Starfish Cottage: 1 Block to the Beach! Heated Pool, 4 King Beds by Anna Maria Life Vacation Rentals

wonderful place to stay, great location.

Very nice place! Spacious and clean. Enjoyed the heated pool with tv. The beach chairs, umbrella and wagon were useful at the beach.

House in great location. Enjoyed all the amenities outside.

This house was amazing . Even though we spent much of the time at the beach , the house exceeded our expectations. Thank you AnnMarie life, the home owner for sharing this great location.

I really enjoyed staying at the Starfish Cottage. This is a beautiful cottage. Love that its so close to the beach and I loved the pool. This cottage is close to shopping and restaurants as well. I would recommend this property to anyone.

We loved the house and location! The house was beautifully decorated and clean. Beds were comfortable. Pool was awesome!! Great to be able to relax in your own heated pool after a day at the beach. The location couldn’t have been better-literally a 3 minute walk across the street to the beach and around all shops and restaurants. The only issues we had- which were quite a problem was the lack of kitchen stuff. The house needs new pots and pans… one pan to cook in and it needs to be thrown away… no bowls or containers to put leftovers in or to even make a meal/salad. Only cereal bowls. When you pay that much money to stay at a house with a kitchen that big and you’re planning on cooking a lot of meals when you’re there, it’s pretty impossible to cook when you don’t have bowls or pans to use to cook with.. dishes are cheap. Someone needs to go to Walmart and buy some new pots and pans and a set of bowls/cookware. The yard and house is very private also with beautiful landscaping except the one side where the “grass” is. A 6’ privacy fence on the front part of the house would give total privacy to guests. These are minor things however and didn’t put a damper on anything! We loved our stay. But seriously BRING YOUR OWN COOKWARE

Clean and all new appliances, great back yard with activities kept every one busy.

The house was beautiful and comfortable as well as Anna Maria Island. Cannot wait to come back!!!

This property is in a great location as well as a very nice clean comfortable home. The kitchen was well stocked with everything you need except for a crockpot! Towels and beach gear were all in great condition. The back and side yard are a very nice place to hang out and the pool is amazing! We would stay here again. The property managers are top notch and very easy to communicate with.

The house was just as described on the website. It was so nice to have an equal number of bedrooms & bathrooms so that everyone had their own space. The only negatives were 1. the kitchen lacked enough bowls and had no storage containers/bowls with lids for storing food/leftovers 2. the website stated the house had beach chairs & a beach wagon however there were only 4 chairs that were not broken and the wagon was rusted & broken so it could not be used.It was so nice to be just a short walk across the street to the beach access. The backyard was lovely & private. We would definitely stay again!

The property is in a great location two minute walk to the beach. Quiet neighborhood close to the trolley stop. The house was decorated perfect. A lot of VROB homes are so fancy you are terrified something will break. This house is so cute and practical. Some things I would draw attention too. 1. The heater was on the pool. Which might be nice but it was a very hot week and we didn’t discover it was on until the night before we left. Would be better to leave instruction on where it is and how to operate unless winter time then turn it on. 2. They had lots of pool and beach accessories which is nice. I suspect people may have out ahead and left them behind. I ended up going thru the box and stacking all the broken things in one area in hopes that maybe the owners might see them and toss it out. I didn’t feel Comfortable doing it. 3. Need extra trash cans. Trash picks up on Monday and Friday but most properties had tow trash cans and one recycle can. By Friday the trash was bursting out of the one can. 4. The pool really needed a midweek cleaning. The pool boy came the day before checkout and as I mentioned was a hot week so it was pretty cloudy by the time he arrived. All in all it was a fantastic vacation and the above list isn’t a compliant more then feed back for the owners to make it an even better place to stay!

The home was spacious and beautiful! We enjoyed our stay!

The house is literally across the street from the beach, as well as close to food shopping, minutes from amazing restaurants (highly recommend Sand Bar Restaurant on the beach). Location was perfect! The house is as stated & roomy for a family, pool is very nice and clean. My biggest complaint is there not not enough towels, we had to do laundry daily so we could have clean towels, we were 6 adults, 2 kids. Kitchen not fully stocked, i had to request a cutting board and kitchen towels. The good note is that the property manager is very responsive and each time I needed something they provided it right away except for the towels they never did bring the extra towels. Regardless, the house is lovely nicely decorated all of the TV and again the pool was wonderful in the evenings as the barbecue I would definitely stay in this house again.

Property was exactly as described and very nice, plenty of room for our party of 7! The pool was a plus after all day on the beach, speaking of the beach, access was just a short walk away, as described. I highly recommend Starfish Cottage!

We enjoyed our stay.

Stayed here with my husband and kids (teens). The pool is wonderful and you are only a block from the beach. The house had plenty of room. The AC wasn't working well in part of the house and the dishwasher, blender and a tv were broken, a few other things as well but the property manager was super responsive and helped replace/repair. I would rent it again for sure.

We loved our week at Starfish Cottage! The home had everything we could have needed. Each room had a smart TV, king bed, and ceiling fan. The A/C worked great. Beach access is just a few minutes away. Loved having a private pool, ping pong, and cornhole. The Anna Maria Life team is very responsive!