8/10 Good
Andrew F., Calgary
17 Jan 2022
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Awesome location, attractive exterior, needs an update
Anna Maria Island is an awesome vacation destination and the Tangerine House is a great way to enjoy it. Full marks for location, outdoor space and cleanliness but the house has been a rental for a number of years and needs some modest attention. We still enjoyed our stay and I would recommend it and would stay there again. Here's what I would change:
1. Beds - master off the pool has a topper on the mattress to extend the life but the bed is well past it's prime and really needs to be replaced. Replace the old queen with a new king and add new night tables and decent lighting for reading in bed. Only one night table when we stayed and lighting was very poor. The single mattresses in the den also need to be replaced.
2. Missing blinds - blinds are needed for privacy on the patio door in TV room off the master and in the bathroom off the den. There aren't any today and we felt exposed to the neighbour.
3. Televisions - We don't watch much TV but when it's dark at 6pm in December it would be nice to have somewhere where a family can watch a movie or show together. Current setup in the TV room has a small flatscreen set into an old TV cabinet and you can only see it if you sit directly in front of it. Time to remove the old cabinet and replace with a decent size TV that can be seen from anywhere in the big room. There's no TV in the master off the pool.
4. No Dishwasher - hard to fix this easily but when on vacation and with Covid we were trying to stay close to home and having a dishwasher would have been nice and who doesn't have a dishwasher? There was no plug for the sink, a dishpan wasn't provided and the drainboard wasn't pretty.
5. Other - some of the windows didn't lock, Anna Maria may be a low crime area but I like to know my family is secure. The doors to the den or study don't close, should be an easy fix to create privacy. House is pretty old and the showerhead in the tub in the main bathroom is quite low. None of the bedrooms have an ensuite bathroom, bathrooms are close but you have to leave the bedroom.
Andrew F.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2021