A Quiet Town with a Fishing Problem

Everything here is high quality & super comfortable: beds, couches, porch chairs. The kitchen has everything you could possibly want. The showers are hot & strong. Both the dock and the patio are places you never want to leave, with this lazy, delicious river and these moss-draped trees. Spacious, well-designed. Owner attentive; easy entry/exit. We’ve stayed in many rentals and this was the best yet!

Dave and Sharon,

Wow! We had an awesome five days on the river. Your beautiful home was perfect. It was a very busy weekend for us with my daughter getting married nearby and having a wonderful place for family was so comforting. On Saturday the bridesmaids came over and enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere as they prepared for the big event getting hair and makeup done. We brought our boat and manage to get away a couple times for a boat ride. Not as much time fishing as we would have liked, but certainly enjoyed having the dock for our boat and there was plenty of space to park our trailer at the home. The grandkids enjoyed running and playing in the yard and did some fishing off the dock. We hope to return in the future when we can relax a little more and enjoy the river. Thank you again so much for sharing your home. It was a true blessing for us and we really appreciated having the opportunity to enjoy it. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Christopher and Michele Capozzia

The house was great...The area was perfect for us ...We will be back !

This was a great trip and a fabulous place. David communicated with me to make sure our trip was a perfect one. The accommodations were 5-star. Everything was well maintained and spacious for all. I will definitely be staying here again. Thanks to the Carter family for ensuring our stay was a great one!

We first stayed in late August for 4 nights, took our boat and just thoroughly enjoyed ourselves (my husband did that review). We stayed again a month later for 4 nights in late September right after I had just celebrated 35 years of service where I work, for which we are given a weekend trip to the Don Cesar on St. Pete beach. However, because of the red tide, I said, I'd rather not, but I have this other place in mind - and it was Dave's Astor River House. We again invited my sister and brother in law who were equally enamored from our August stay. I think this sums it up - both times when it was time to leave, I could not find my sister in law, but looked down towards the dock and there she is, in one of the swings, crying - because we had to go. And the first night of our September stay, I sat in the riverside swing on the dock and watched the sun go down, listened to the owls hooting down the river, and was surprised by the biggest manatee I personally have ever seen (and I've lived in Florida all 58 years of my life) when it came up right in front of the dock to suck in some wind. But how cool is that. Just little things in how Dave takes care of his guests - after we stayed in August, he asked my husband is there anything he could do to improve things - he mentioned a couple of towel hooks outside showers in the bathrooms, and some fishing rod holders on the dock would be great. And guess what was there when we got there in September - towel hooks and plenty of rod holders. We also are not sure that 4 nights is enough, and are contemplating a mid-November trip for our 32 wedding anniversary even though we usually go to the west coast and stay on the beach over there (i.e. red tide). Regardless of the when, we fully plan on coming back to Dave's River House - again and again, as long as he will let us. We feel so refreshed and back in touch with the real world after we get back. Again, this place is just sooo good for the soul. Lynn and Bill