This property worked well for us due to the location. It's about 3 miles from the beach and super close to Anna Maria Island, Sarasota, Bradenton Beach, and Longboat Key. The property is in a neighborhood that's a horseshoe and it's the first house in, so there is road noise but fortunately it's not a heavily traveled road, so it didn't bother us. The house was very clean, looks exactly like the photos, and we really enjoyed viewing the wildlife as previous guests have mentioned. The eagles were there on the "tower" outback as well as ducks, and turtles.
The bed was comfortable and the pool was really nice despite the colder than usual Flordia temps. They do have cable tv, which was nice to curl up at night and watch. Two things to note-this is the first house we have ever rented that did not have any "basics" as I will call it. The property managers do provide a nice bag with extra toilet paper, dish soap, filters for the coffee pot, dishwasher and laundry detergent, a few trash bags, and some other items. There are no tissues, no spices (except for a salt), no cooking spray, no dryer sheets, and no hand soap to wash your hands (there were two small size soap bars but we used them in the shower). It was just strange as we rent many homes through VRBO and have always had at least some of that stuff provided. It was fine, I understand that they certainly do not have to provide that and we decided for the cost of buying all those items only for them to clearly be thrown away, that we would just go out to eat as there are plenty of restaurants around. Another thing to note, which other reviewers have pointed out, is there is a clear issue with the HVAC system. Yes, the rooms on the other side eventually warm up or cool down but my husband is an engineer and said there is obvious duct-work problems as our room would be super hot (we had to use the heat as it was cold for Florida) and the rest of the house would take forever to warm up. I would not want to be staying at on that side of the house when it's super hot and having someone just come in and take the temperature is not going to solve that problem.
Overall, we really enjoyed our stay. I loved the location for our trip as we drove to Coquina Beach and walked every day, went to Mermaid Pies (which was the best pie I've ever had), and drove all over seeing the sights. Thank you so much for a lovely vacation!