Exclusive new dream villa on the river, with all the extras

I had the pleasure of recently renting this villa a week ago. The villa is absolutely lovely. The location is great -- easy access to local activities and shopping. Quiet neighborhood. Some road noise being close to the bridge, but not enough to be disruptive. The outdoor spaces are fabulous for taking in the gorgeous views. Even though the weather was less than cooperative during our stay, the outdoor spaces (and indoor space) allowed us to have a fabulous time despite the rain.

The inside of the villa is very well appointed. Everything you need is there and then some. Clean is an understatement. Ernst and Hili were great to deal with, as was Steffen from the management company. We saw a few dolphins during out stay and lots of fish by the dock. Made some fabulous meals in the well appointed kitchen. A most relaxing and enjoyable vacation. I highly recommend this rental. Thanks Ernst and Hili for a lovely week, and for the ease in making arrangements! Hope to be back in the not too distant future!

Amazing property. Kids loved the pool and the view is gorgeous!

The house exceeded expectations. VERY nice. The pool was a little small but it worked. Fishing was great off the dock. My wife caught a stingray and a Saw Shark. Very relaxing

Beautiful property and was well maintained. The pool was great and easy to use. The property manager was responsive and helpful. The house had lots of room to spread out and relax. If we return to the area, we will definetly try to get this house again.

If you are short of time read just the last paragraph.

Positive - Stunning views across the river. Amazing sunrises. Great space, massive lounge with crazy high ceilings on the ground floor, big kitchen and a good layout overall. Location - short drive to some superb beaches (we went to Sanibel/Captiva most days), supermarket, hardware store and great restaurants (Fish Tales, Slates etc.) 4 minutes by car or a 25 minute walk away. Fantastic pool, just be aware that maintenance can turn up whilst you are out rendering the pool unusable for 2 hours of your stay.

Neutral - Next to 4 lane sail bridge, although this is a busy road we didn't find noise too annoying, also consider if the bridge wasn't there the we presume the daily rental would be a lot more.

Negative - Place is very tired, in need of some serious TLC, this could be a result of the owners may not be wanting to invest any further in a property that is up for sale. AV set-up isn't far off a farce, no Netflix or Amazon on any TV's, cable set-up doesn't allow access to most channels and the content repeats daily, literally the exact same programs on the same channels the next day! Really not good with a bored 4 year old. DVD player was broken, replaced by rep on 3rd day but just left in a box, why should I be messing around with cables in the back of an old dusty TV on holiday?! Wi-Fi doesn't work beyond the main room downstairs, no signal upstairs, front of house or by the pool. Hob ignition has to be done with a lighter, seriously, $xxx a night and we get a camping stove! Place generally needs a good clean, plastic flowers with years of dust, the view from the upstairs shower window is edged by cobwebs and dead flys, when I let the rep know how dirty the windows were he said he'd book a clean, but not on our stay - great. Numerous broken tiles. Pillows with no covers. Air con in main bedroom rattling will keep most light sleepers awake.

On our last day we were asked if we would mind if some perspective buyers looked around the property whilst we were there, really?!

Overall a great villa in need of updating, when we left our beautiful London home we really weren't expecting a serious downgrade with a seriously upgraded view.