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Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes

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A two-story house with a covered porch and a staircase leading to the upper floor.
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A living room with a sofa, a television, a wooden cabinet, and a chair.
A covered outdoor patio with wicker furniture, a fire pit, and a white building in the background.
A modern room with a kitchen, a bed, and two armchairs.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • Firepit available
    One of the few properties with a dedicated outdoor firepit.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Close to Coleman Beach

Popular amenities

  • Swimming pool
  • Waterpark access
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air conditioning
  • Refrigerator
  • Washer

Explore the area

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Santa Rosa Beach, FL
  • Place, Grayton Beach State Park
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, Coleman Beach
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, Seagrove Beach West
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Airport, Fort Walton Beach, FL (VPS-Northwest Florida Regional)
    ‪59 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Carriage Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Level 1 Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Level 1 Primary 1

1 King Bed

Level 2 Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Level 2 Bunk 4

2 Twin Bunk Beds

4 bathrooms

Carriage Bath

Level 1 Bath 2

Level 1 Primary Bath 1

Level 2 Bath 3

Spaces

Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Dining area

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About the neighborhood

Santa Rosa Beach

Located near the beach, this vacation home is in Watercolor, a neighborhood in Santa Rosa Beach. While the natural beauty of Coleman Beach and Blue Mountain Beach can be enjoyed by anyone, those looking for an activity can check out Sandestin Golf Resort - Raven, Burnt Pine, Baytowne, The Links. Sundog Books and Eden Gardens State Park are also worth visiting. Jet skiing and snorkeling offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and hiking/biking trails nearby.
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Santa Rosa Beach, FL

What's nearby

  • Grayton Beach State Park - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Coleman Beach - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Seagrove Beach West - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • beach near Gulf District - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Seagrove Beach East - 3 min drive - 2.1 km

Getting around

  • Northwest Florida Beaches Intl. Airport (ECP) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Pickles - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Bud & Alley's Waterfront Restaurant & Bar - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Black Bear Bread Company - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Chiringo - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Angelina's Pizzeria & Pasta - ‬7 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes have a pool?

Yes, this property has a pool. Pool types include heated pools.

How much does it cost to stay at Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes?

As of Oct 25, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes on Nov 1, 2026 start from $838, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Onsite parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Sandy Oar - Camp WaterColor Home + Carriage House, Fire Pit, 5 Bikes located?

Located in Watercolor, this vacation home is within 1 mi (2 km) of The Chapel at Seaside and Coleman Beach. Fusion Art Glass Gallery and Sundog Books are also within 1 mi (2 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labeled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 49 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 49 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 49 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 49 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 49 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent place to stay in the heart of watercolor. Very quiet area where it felt like we were by ourselves sometimes away from the crowds of 30A. Definitely would come back and stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 3, 2025
Thank you for sharing your experience. We are glad you enjoyed our property and location. We hope to have you stay with us again!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent Stay

Great place. Exactly as advertised.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Apr 29, 2025
Thank you for your review! We're so glad you found it to be a great place and exactly as advertised. We hope to welcome you back for another stay in the future!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

June 2019 Stay

This home was perfect for my family! Comfortable beds, great floor plan and loved the living areas. Would stay here again!
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 15, 2022
Hi Kelly, it was a pleasure having you and your family and we are thrilled that Sandy Oar was so perfect for you guys. I hope to see you again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Watercolor family vacation!

Absolutely loved the house and the location. Property management was excellent, made for a great week! We’ll be back
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2025
Response from VrboOwner on May 8, 2025
Thank you for your wonderful review, Chris! We're delighted you loved the house and the location, and that you had such a positive experience with our property management. We hope to have you stay with Oversee again!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

We really enjoyed our stay at Sandy Oar. RentL team was east to work with and communications were dynamite.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 12, 2023
Hi Michael, thank you for sharing your experience at our property Sandy Oar. We are so glad to hear you enjoyed your stay and hope to have you stay with Oversee again!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house

Good spot, great house, perfect layout for our group. 3 adults and 7 kids.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019
Response from VrboOwner on Mar 26, 2020
Hi Ben, Thank you for the great review of Sandy Oar. I hope you and your family had a great time at the new Camp WaterColor pool. We hope to see you again next summer.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Place, Great Location

The house was exactly as pictured. Clean, beautiful, and plenty of seating for all of us! The neighborhood was beautiful and having the bikes was a huge gift!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent communication

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Sandy Oar and was impressed with how responsive the Oversee team were with any questions we had.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Nov 21, 2024
Hi Kim, thank you for sharing your experience at Sandy Oar. We are so glad we could provide you and your crew with a wonderful stay. Great communication is very important to us so we are so glad we could accomplish that during your stay. We truly hope to have you stay with Oversee again!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

November 2019 Stay

Multiple families had plenty of room. The proximity to Camp Watercolor was great and the bikes were tremendous.
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 15, 2022
Hi Travis, we are glad that you and your family had plenty of room at Sandy Oar and that you made good use of the bicycles.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

Not as large of a house as I had thought but the location was really good. Some items are worn and need to be replaced.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Dec 22, 2022
Hi Gayle, we appreciate your feedback on our property Sandy Oar. We hope to have you stay with Oversee again!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Pleasant stay

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Very nice place. Well designed for 10 people. Terrific location.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Oversee's customer service was first class. Responded immediately to any concerns and fixed issues immediately. Outstanding service.
Stayed 11 nights in Oct 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Nov 7, 2025
Thank you for sharing your experience. We are thrilled to hear that our team was responsive and provided immediate assistance. We hope to have you stay with us again!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

solid house

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: we would rent again. nice place with a great location
Response from VrboOwner on Nov 5, 2020
Hi Zach, thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Sandy Oar. We hope to see you again soon.
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Great location.. great home!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We enjoyed our stay at Sandy Oar in Watercolor. The home was spacious and so comfortable. We relaxed on the front porch - such a quiet street. My teenagers loved having the carriage house all to themselves as their "hangout" Property management was very attentive to our needs. I would definitely stay there again!
Response from VrboOwner on May 28, 2022
Hi Laura, we are thrilled that you and your entire family enjoyed your stay at Sandy Oar and that Oversee was very attentive. We hope to see you again soon.
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Quiet Retreat

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Nice, quiet location. We enjoyed riding our bikes around, and everything was located a short ride away from the house. We had plenty of space . The house was clean. A few more basic amenities like toilet paper, shampoo, dish soap, etc would be nice for a house that sleeps 12. No real complaints though! We will be back!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 5, 2022
Hi Elizabeth, thank you for the great review of Sandy Oar. We do supply a starter amount of basic amenities in addition to some tasty local coffee from Amavida. However, we do ask that you supply what is needed for the duration of your stay with us. We are glad you enjoyed riding bikes, had plenty of space and loved the location as much as we do! Hope to see you again soon.
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

It was mediocre

We rented for a family Christmas vacation. When we arrived the house had some trouble getting into the property and some cleanliness issues. The property management was very responsive and helpful. Overall the property was a little run down. The dishes and utensils in the kitchen were sparse and some of them broken. We even replaced some. Overall not a bad location or property just could use a little bit of love and care.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Jan 17, 2023
Hi Sarah, thank you for sharing your experience at Sandy Oar. We appreciate the feedback and hate to hear your time with us was anything but perfect. We will definitely be taking a look into some kitchen upgrades. We hate to hear that you were not happy with the cleanliness of the property at first but I am glad we were able to send the cleaners back over for you guys to make it more perfect for you! We hope to have you stay with Oversee again!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Superb Client Focus with Oversee @ Sandy Oar

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Was very impressed with the proactive and professional customer support before and during our stay at Sandy Oar. This home was great for our family of 6 - plenty of room to spread out and the location in Watercolor was very handy.Oversee was quick to fix one minor maintenance issue.Everything from bikes, to amenities (including chapstick) was perfect. When we showed up slightly early they communicated well and let us know when the cleaning crew was clear so we could unload our luggage after 11 hours in the car.We'll definitely consider this property again.
Response from VrboOwner on May 23, 2022
Hi Michael, it was a pleasure having you and your family stay with us at Sandy Oar. We are thrilled that you found Oversee to be active and professional and quick to fix any issues. We hope to see you again soon.
From a partner site

8/10 Good

Wonderful stay!

Rating Details: The property manager was adequately helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We loved our first visit to Water Color at The Sandy Oar! It was so clean and spacious. Loved the porches, and the separate carriage house for our teens. Only reason not a 5 star was because we felt like some info from the Rental Company-- about towel services (covid?) garbage policies and how to recycle-- was lacking. The house needs more glassware and plates since it sleeps 12. We only had 8 glasses and were constantly washing dishes. Only negative so I'd say it was a fantastic vacation!
Response from VrboOwner on May 26, 2022
Hi Elizabeth, we are glad that you found Sandy Oar to be clean and spacious and the you made good use of the porches. WaterColor has suspended beach towel service due to COVID-19 as well as recycling. Trash pick up is daily as long as the flag on the garbage crib is up. All of that information can be found with the app. We hope to see you again soon.
From a partner site

6/10 Okay

Prior Guest’s Cleaning Fee Not Spent?

Rating Details: The property manager was adequately helpful. The vacation rental was very dirty. I was more than happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: House was not cleaned properly - we arrived to an oven with remnants of chocolate chip cookies all over the grates (which we had to clean), crumbs on the couch, an outdoor shower full of used towels, partially used bar of soap and bottle of shampoo. Also, the toilet in the master bedroom didn’t work.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Another Awesome 30A Adventure

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The photos are deceiving - the home is actually much more spacious than it appears in the pictures! Loved the high ceilings in the living area and the large round table for meals and game nights. The kids loved the carriage house! Our only suggestion is to stock the kitchen with more dishes, glasses, cookware, and utensils. During COVID-19 restrictions we cooked and ate in more than we usually do when visiting 30A. Having additional kitchenware items would have made this more convenient. Otherwise, this is a gorgeous home in a super location (it's a straight bike ride to the beach!)
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 9, 2020
Hi Candace, thank you so much for taking the time to write a review. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your time at Sandy Oar and we actually did stock up the kitchen with more kitchenware. We hope to see you again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Loved our time there this summer! Will definitely be back!
Stayed 11 nights in Jun 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 6, 2026
Thank you so much for the wonderful review. We're thrilled you had such a great time with us this summer. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great spot great host! N
Stayed 5 nights in May 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 1, 2026
Thank you so much for the kind words! We're thrilled you enjoyed your stay and appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. We'd love to welcome you back anytime.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property!

Great experience
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Jan 17, 2023
Hi Cindy, we are so glad to hear you enjoyed your stay at Sandy Oar and hope to have you stay with Oversee again!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

July 4, 2021

We always stay at the Sandy Oar when we visit Watercolor. The house is in a perfect location to enjoy all the amenities of Watercolor and the beach. The house is thoughtfully decorated, clean (even the grill), comfortable, well maintained with a fully stocked kitchen. Our kids loved the cute bunk room. The furniture, especially the round dining table, make quality time with family and friends easy. We will visit the Sandy Oar again!
From a partner site

4/10 Poor

April 2021 Stay

The house interior was dated and a bit tired. I requested replacement light bulbs three times due to lights out. No replacements ever arrived. The house exterior was moldy and there was a lot of rotten wood all around. Some had been fixed in a slap-dash fashion and looked junky. Several pieces of wood disconnected from the stair due to rot. The trip was fun. The house was sub par. I would not book it again and based on my experience w the rental company and never getting replacement bulbs, I think I would seek a different rental company, too.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2021
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