See Family Enjoy Sand, Shallows from.Gulf Front Hot Tub, Shaded & Sunny Decks.

Property Type

• House

• 2500 sq. ft.

House Rules

• Max. occupancy 20
• Events Allowed

• Minimum Age Limit For Renters:

  Chaperones (parents of 1 spring break group member) must spend all nights & most of days at house or deposit rises to $1500, non-refundable if group breaks laws, house rules, evicted or police called...moreless

• Children Welcome:

  Secure separate kids' play area in foyer, with pass-thru view for adults in kitchen, provides TV, dvd player, game area separate from adult entertainment area in great room and on deck outside, easy to supervise. Six ft tall security gates, fences & thick shrubbery isolate deck & front & side play areas frm walkways back to carport and street. Heavy wooden top secues high sided hot tub w/removable stairs from tiny tots....moreless

• Non Smoking Only:

  No smoking inside the building. No exceptions. We supply ash trays for use on deck. Request no cigarettes or trash dropped on to floor or grass or dropped or tossed onto/into shrubbery, tree areas,grass or decks, or into tub....moreless

• Pets Not Allowed:

  To protect those with allergies and other sensitivities we don't welcome smokers in the house or pets anywhere on or near property, even carport or even cars stopping briefly or longer in carport....moreless

Accommodation Type

• Vacation Rental

Meals

• Guests Provide Their Own Meals

Suitability

• Senior Adults Only Community:

  Using this space to list $400 wedding R reception fee on nearby beach R premises+$500 deposit forfeited if house+furniture not restored as found. (Chez not in a senior or adults only communy...moreless

• Wheelchair Inaccessible:

  By varying routes one can roll a wheelchair from parking area to all parts of the house & deck except 2 smaller (with narrower doors) of the 4 baths. The two spacious baths with wide doors do not have special rails or handles or very low wash basins. Their toilets are fairly low, but do not have grab bars. Home not certified by any handicapped rating agency....moreless

Entertainment

• CD Player
• DVD Player

• Music Library:

  Bring a pianist and enjoy musical choices limited only by his or her repertoire on the elderly untuned old fashioned acoustical instrument installed only in November 2011 next to the bar for party sing-alongs. . Play your own music, right off your I-pod, through our players and wireless portable stereo speaker system Our own recorded library is for the eyes only, as useful to the deaf as to those who are not.Your brain will have to generate any sound you find on our bookshelves, read off the printed page,limited only by the imaginations of the author & reader.No tapes, chips, records. Just books, 5 full length bookcases with shelves full of books (remember 'books' ?) in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian. No P.C. Novels & poems, short stories, & plays. Isn't it amusing how 21st century formats provide spaces to list video & music 'libraries' but no space to list 'book' libraries? This is the house for those who still enjoy turning the pages of a well-thumbed book...moreless

• Satellite / Cable:

  (9) HBO, flat screen 42 inch HD-TV in Great Room. Flat screen 36-in HD TV in southwest corner sunrise view King bedroom with extra fold-out double bed couch. See extra point kick, 100-yd runbacks, from toilets, or Today Show in mirror as you dry hair mornings, on wall shelf behind or beside you in all 4 bath rooms. More TVs(total 10)in kitchen, foyer, great room, every bedroom.(Put away the kids' smaller TVs into the master bedroom closet or wardrobe if you want to limit their viewing.) Plenty of books in multi-shelf library (5 full height bookcases -- see pix) for those who prefer reading. Web site only permits us to list 9 of our 10 television sets....moreless

• Stereo
• VCR
• Video Library:

  DVDs for kids available next to big HD-TV in great room....moreless

Attractions

• Churches
• Cinemas
• Health/Beauty Spa

• Library
• Live Theater
• Museums

• Playground
• Recreation Center
• Restaurants

Local Services & Businesses

• ATM/Bank
• Babysitter
• Fitness Center

• Groceries
• Hospital
• Laundromat

• Massage Therapist
• Medical Services

Leisure Activities

• Antiquing
• Beachcombing
• Bird Watching
• Boating

• Horseback Riding
• Miniature Golf
• Outlet Shopping
• Shelling

• Shopping
• Sight Seeing
• Walking
• Wildlife Viewing

Location Type

• Beach View:

  Those who prefer to watch the kids playing on the sand from a comfortable shady spot on the front deck can do that from Chez Mireillle 16-foot deck at the top of the beach stairway....moreless

• Beachfront:

  Side gate from the Lanai opens just above steps down to the beach, descending 35 foot cliff which extends deck sight lines farther out to sea, giving view when fishing boats troll the gulf. The view gets better when you climb a few steps to the roof level upstairs sun deck, whose view of the beaches and your children playing on them is unobstructed by the bushes, trees and the bulk of the house which help shade the lower deck. ...moreless

• Golf Course View

• Lake View
• Ocean View:

  Or mount the stairs from the shady lower deck, with its gulf view hot tub, to watch dawn light the eastern skies or the sun set into the gulf. ...moreless

• Oceanfront:

  Walk through six foot privacy gate directly to top of stairs leading to the broad white sugar sand beach and the limpid waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Or look down at the full westward sweep of the beach, its brilliant white edges converging like pointers to the tiny images you see of the tall buildings of Destin, 15 miles away, and, at sunset, enjoy seeing that golden streak flickering brilliantly at you as it weaves from the point its orb melts into the horizon over the waves toward your viewing point looking over bushes, small trees and lesser outlooks, closer to the surface, to display for you the full impact of nature's favorite light show....moreless

• Rural:

  In the middle of an unincorporated sea front village, with high isolating bushes on both side, giving privacy on lower deck, but distant views from roof top deck whose occupants see over the bushes....moreless

• Water View

Sports & Adventure Activities

• Basketball Court
• Cycling
• Deepsea Fishing
• Fishing
• Golf
• Hiking

• Jet Skiing
• Kayaking
• Parasailing
• Sailing
• Snorkeling/Diving
• Sound/Bay Fishing

• Surfing
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Water Skiing
• Wind-Surfing

Dining

• Dining:

  Two dining tables with 11 dining chairs & room for 5 more w/extra leaf available in house+10 low bar stools at low bar+3 extra dining tables w/leaves in house+big deck dining table w/6 chairs. ...moreless

• Dining Area

• Seating for 21 people

General

• Air Conditioning:

  Two zone a/c to customize comfort as sun heats east side mornings, then moves over to warm the west side afternoons. Separate compressors and distribution systems service East and West sides, with both distributing cooled or heated air to central Great Room area, Foyer and Food Preparation Facilities....moreless

• Broadband Access:

  Sit down with your laptop on our 19 by 18 ft crow's nest/sunbathing deck with its 360 degree view of the Gulf to the south and the village roofs and summer sunset/sunrise skyworks to the north. Go to the lower deck or into the 48 by 24 (max. diminsions) great room to plug into the internet directly, using our cable, to maintain financial security or if you do not have wi fi capability to receive our high speed wi fi broadcast signal directly on your own computer....moreless

• Clothes Dryer:

  Full Size dryer private to this home alone. In separate laundry room with washer, iron and ironing board....moreless

• Covered Parking:

  Accommodates 3 cars in covered area plus three uncovered behind them. Offers dry exit with groceries, luggage, etc., & covered route to doorway....moreless

• Linens Provided:

  Look in closets & wardrobes for blankets, in southwest shower dressing room for sofa bed sheets, and take extra towels there out to the deck for the hot tub as needed....moreless

• Parking Off Street:

  Room for 3 more cars besides the 3 in covered car port right at entrance door....moreless

• Parking For RV/Boat/Trailer:

  With six spaces, no problem: Just line your tow vehicle & trailer into two of available spaces, one behind the other....moreless

• Telephone:

  (10) Land line outlets available in every bedroom and beside every toilet, plus kitchen & foyer, with three in the great room, two on deck overlookiing gulf. YOU CAN COMMUNICATE....moreless

• Washing Machine:

  Full Size Washer. In separate laundry room with dryer, iron and ironing board....moreless

• Wireless Internet:

  We broadcast and pick up wi fi from the center of the house, making it easy to access internet everywhere, including either the shaded part of our lower deck or the 360 degree view upstairs 19 x 23 ft sunbathing crow's nest....moreless

• Wood Fireplace:

  With glass door to keep sparks from flying out. Fresh air vented in from below. Warm air exits panels at side....moreless

Kitchen

• Catering Available:

  Big covered three auto carport plus 19-foot deck allow massive assembly and preparation areas for caterers, numerous in our local resort area....moreless

• Coffee Maker:

  Coventional 12-cup Mr. Coffee water/steam coffee maker....moreless

• Cooking Utensils:

  Fully equipped for everything up to expansive French style meals....moreless

• Dishes & Utensils:

  Full set of dishes, flatware, serving spoons, tumblers, wine glasses, etc., for 16 occupants plus a few extras....moreless

• Dishwasher:

  (2) Extra sink plus 2nd under-counter dishwasher next to dining room table, saves steps to wash & store china, flatware & glasses. Leave them in dishwasher between meals and don't bother to go into cabinets. Other dishwasher in kitchen area for pots and pans. Two dishwashers allow faster clean-up after big parties at holidays, weddings and other larger gatherings....moreless

• Ice Maker
• Kitchen:

  Huge Stainless Fridge, 2 Dishwashers, Fully vented Microwave & Electric Cookstove, Fully Equipped for wedding rehearsal dinners, big Holiday parties, meetings....moreless

• Microwave:

  Over sink, with fan and duct to exhaust all odors and smoke from cooker and microwave entirely out of the house....moreless

• Oven:

  Amana self-cleaning timer-controlled oven in lower part of Amana electric 4-burner cookstove....moreless

• Pantry Items:

  Conventional as required for dining inside and for charcoal-fired bar-b-cue use outside....moreless

• Refrigerator:

  French door 25 cu ft. fridge. Top space for easy access to everyday items, with freezer in pull-out bottom drawer, focusing most space on short term vacation type storage. Emphasizes easy to reach fridge space more than freezer space down below....moreless

• Stove:

  Amana 4-burner electric range with self cleaning timer-controlled oven....moreless

• Toaster:

  Conventional 4-slice electric toaster....moreless

Outside

• Deck / Patio:

  (2) Enjoy the panoramic east-west view of the spring, autumn and winter sunrise and sunsets over the Gulf from the upper floor deck. Look over our own roof and those behind the house as the sun moves north in summer. Five sets of double French doors expand entertainment space to 19-ft deep front deck with hot tub, both overlooking the gulf, beach, sunset and silvery moonbeams reflected off the water. Rigid waterproofed overhead deck plus adjacent canvas roof over the rest of the full-width lower deck allow tenants to request, at extra cost, additional clear vinyl side panels around open deck to create weather resistant space up to 67 feet long and 24 feet wide at its maximum for special occasions. Folks usually book this house solid through June for rehearsal dinners. But its also great for family reunions and for weddings the other 11 months of the year as well. You walk right off the end of the lower deck through the side door to the stairway right down to the beach....moreless

• Gazebo:

  While trendy sun worshipers bask on the obstruction free upper deck with its 360 degree view of the gulf out front and the village behind us, its waterproofed floor and an adjacent tarp shade two thirds of the lower deck's west end for babies, the elderly and others shy of the ultra violet, and teens and others splash in yhr sun drenched hot tub just to the east. There's something for everyone outside and just overlooking the deep blue sea....moreless

• Lanai / Gazebo:

  Open on one side, covered for deep shade on the other side, with the hot tub just outside the door from gulf front master bedroom. Nice furniture for relaxing, sunbathing. Perfect for watching the rainbow hued sunsets, midnight stars, silvery path of moonlight reflected off the water....moreless

• Outdoor Grill

Pool / Spa

• Hot Tub:

  View sunsets over the gulf from jetted hot tub on waterfront deck just outside master bedroom door. Get up at midnight and view the moonbeams reflected on the sea's silvery surface, continue pillow talk and relaxation in warm swirling waters within secure triple gated area overlooking the sea....moreless

• Jetted Tub:

  Jacuzzi style tub in northeast bathroom. Under large round French spa-style overhead shower head....moreless