This is the hardest review I’ve ever written because Tony & Matt’s house was the most awesome rental we’ve every stayed at through the years and by writing this review, I risk it getting booked up not getting to stay there again!
But, Tony & Matt are awesome folks so I must.
Whatever expectations we had; they were truly exceeded by a wide margin.
We were picked up by Tony & Matt in the nicest and largest pontoon boat we’ve ever seen and they took us straight to the house on Cayo Costa. They briefly showed us around and left us to go back to the mainland to pick up our groceries while we got unpacked.
When they returned, they provided us a more thorough rundown of all the features of the property.
The home has a private dock you can fish from which is great and you could see all of the Sheepshead, etc., swimming around the pylons.
They have several quality kayaks and I and the Boss used those in the Pine Island sound which was fun.
Downstairs they have a rec room with a TV, pool table, bathroom and fridge and Matt has fishing poles ready to go and bait and ice in the freezer!
The house is great; spacious and well laid out with a master bedroom and bathroom upstairs and you can watch the sunrise right from the bed. Off this bedroom are stairs to go up the “crows nest” which offers awesome 360 views of the entire area and we watched sunsets over the gulf from there.
The main floor has 2 nice bedrooms and a bathroom, a roomy living room, dining area and kitchen. The stove, oven and refrigerator were top notch brands and everything including the dishware and utensils were immaculate.
The kitchen had anything you may need!
A coffee bar completely stocked! My wife is finicky about her Starbucks Nitro Black Cold Brew and she isn’t happy when she can’t get that but she was happy with their setup.
Oh, get this! Midweek, Tony & Matt let us place another grocery order with Publix that they picked up and brought to us so they could check in on us to see how we are doing and to take away the trash we had accumulated at that point. Talk about service!
This is one of the few homes on the island; a 10-min walk to the miles of beach on the gulf side.
So, awesome hosts, house & island and anyone would be ecstatic to stay here. I just hope business goes well this year and that this house is available for us to rent later on!
Lastly, if you need a taxi service for your trip, be sure to get the contact info from Tony for Don M as he too was awesome.
J&L