Tag: Travel

Florida Vacation Rental: Fisherman’s ICW Cottage, Part 3

dirty rusted coffee pot
Let’s have coffee…. maybe not.

My past two posts have been about the ♦bad water and ♦nasty boat house at the Fisherman’s Intracoastal Cottage we rented this past June. It is located in New Smyrna Beach on the east coast of Florida – right along the waterway, which would ordinarily be a fabulous place to stay. Trouble with the water in the house should definitely have been made clear up front, and it wasn’t. In fact, why agree to rent a place at all that has such a drastic problem? And I do consider horrid water to be a BIG problem. We couldn’t drink it, cook with it, or wash clothes in it. It turned everything yukky – like the coffee pot we found in the kitchen. Seriously? You expect me to make coffee in that? Continue reading “Florida Vacation Rental: Fisherman’s ICW Cottage, Part 3”

The Fisherman’s Cottage Rental, A Review Part 2

Florida scenic view of waterway from deck
Pretty View From the Deck

This posts continues my review of a horrible rental property I had a luck to choose when I visited Florida this summer. It wasn’t all bad. After all I woke up to this view from the deck outside my 2nd floor bedroom each morning, and we had really great weather all week. Hot and sunny – just what you’d expect on a Florida vacation in June.

Sleeping at the Fisherman’s cottage was comfortable even though the air conditioning didn’t seem to get to the upstairs part of the house very well. Downstairs in the front room, and the connected bedroom, it was nice and cool. The beds were comfortable and the views were lovely. That is where my compliments of this place end. Continue reading “The Fisherman’s Cottage Rental, A Review Part 2”

Florida Vacation Rental House Review, Part 1

florida scenic waterway
Sunrise Over the Indian River – my photo

I’ll begin this Florida vacation home review in a positive way, but the purpose of my post (posts) is to warn others NOT to rent this house when planning your Florida vacation.

(Since writing this review, I believe this house is no longer for rent- but let it be a warning.) The house was also for sale, but I sure wouldn’t give you much for it, even though it’s right on the Intracoastal Waterway on Florida’s east coast.

We found the Fisherman’s Cottage on the GreatOceanCondos(dot)com site and from the pictures online it looked perfect.  I will never use that site to rent any place again. Continue reading “Florida Vacation Rental House Review, Part 1”