Susan’s place is in a great location, and delivers great views from the front (direct view) and back of the building (short walk to pool and intercoastal waterway). It’s a little dated, but simple and spacious and we loved that the bedrooms were upstairs. Noise was not an issue despite the busier street and activity outside. We didn’t end up using the double twin bed room due to the comforter having stains but to Sue’s credit I forgot about telling her since we didn’t use that room. Some bulbs were out, some of the lamps were unplugged, but otherwise everything was functional. Upstairs gets a little warm at night but there were plenty of fans to cool things down. The beach is beautiful and clean, and is an easy walk across the street. Surprisingly, we had the pool to ourselves nearly every day. The only star I left off was for check in. Not sure if this is a VRBO standard, but having to request the check in information and instructions the day before or of arrival has been my experience with the last two places we stayed whereas other owners have provided this with a welcome note closer to arrival. Just makes me nervous…but Sue was super responsive to my inquiries, helpful and warm. We couldn’t find the beach chairs, etc. and Sue answered right away. There are several notes up about no sand in the condo, understandably. We were careful about this and rinsed and wiped all the chairs and toys down each day as the storage closet is on the balcony and you have to go through the condo to put them away.
Tips-Publix nearby is very convenient but also pricey, due to tourist location. There are plenty of other stores in the area and we went to a dollar store to buy necessities such as sponges, paper towels, hand soaps, extra soaps for the showers, laundry detergent, sandwich bags, sugar for coffee, etc. as these were not provided. For families, definitely check out City Pass, we spent every other day or half days between the beach and other attractions and saved a ton of money and our skin from burning, haha. We visited Fort DeSoto park and it was breathtaking. The Zubrick’s Magic Theatre in St. Pete was great, too. We ate at Britt’s pizza twice, the kids loved it so much. There is so much to do and see in the area that the week flew by.
Overall, this property was affordable for us and met our needs for location, space, amenities, and was family friendly. I teared up coming home from our awesome vacation and will return to the area again!