This house was really great. I'm just listing a few negatives to begin, so that others are aware of them before booking. These negatives are minor, but having stayed in Anna Maria many times, we found them to be slight nuisances.
1. No grill. It's hot in Florida. Having to fire up the oven to cook is a big bummer. It would be really easy to add a grill to the screened in porch, but not having one is something that we definitely missed.
2. No pool lights. Honestly, this is another really easy thing to take care of, so I'm not sure why this otherwise excellent house hasn't done something about it. The pool area is a great space, but without lights we couldn't swim at night and that was a huge miss for us. Just string some Christmas lights around the trees and this would be taken care of!
3. No beach gear. All of the other houses we've ever stayed at in Anna Maria have beach stuff we could use. Beach chairs, a wagon, an umbrella, skim boards, noodles, floaties, etc. We ended up having to buy all of that and then couldn't bring it home so it was a lot of money that was wasted. We left our gear at the house, so I hope that future guests can use it. It's something really small that goes a long way to making the vacation nice.
4. Master bathroom has no door! Why? It would be easy to install a sliding barn door since the space is limited, but it is weird weird weird that there's just no door at all!
5. There's nothing that can be done about this, but future guests should know that the access to the pool is awkward. There is no backyard access, so you have to go down to the front of the house and then walk all the way around to the back of the house where the pool is. It's just an oddity that's worth noting.
OK. That's it, really. Otherwise, this house was a gem! It was clean, modern and really nice. The screened in porch was a great extra that we used every morning and every evening! The access to the beach was just a few houses down and then a short walk down a really nice path. The street was quiet and there were fewer tourists on this part of the island which was great! The house had everything we needed (except of course the beach gear and the grill).
We would definitely return to this house if they could fix a few of the things noted above!