We visited the Sombrero Beach Pool Home the week of 3/14/20. The check in process while not complicated just seemed dated to me. Most places I stay through VRBO have a key code that is sent the day of arrival with no need to go to the office to get actual keys.
The home is in a great location. Off the main road but close to everything. Just a short drive or bike ride to the beach, plenty of restaurants in the area, a couple of grocery stores just up the road and not far from the Dolphin Recovery Center, Aquarium, and Turtle hospital. Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the beach closed on Wednesday of our visit, but we did get one day in. Thankfully there is a small pool at the house. We paid the extra to get it heated and I'm glad we did. There is a constant breeze off the ocean in the back of the house which made it seem much cooler than it was. The front of the house always seemed 20 degrees warmer!
The set up was perfect for us. There are 2 bedrooms and 2 baths on the main level which is the 2nd floor. The bottom level opens up to the patio and pool area. It's like a small apartment. Another bedroom and full bath along with a living room and small kitchenette. Everything was very clean. Plenty of towels, pots, pans, etc. There was toilet paper, paper towels. I suggest you go to the house to see what is there before making a trip to the grocery store for supplies.
The only issues we had were the master bed is not the most comfortable and the ceiling fan in that room is very noisy. The ceiling fan in the other bedroom is very, very slow. We never got the TV working in the 2nd bedroom. It stayed on 1 channel, but we mastered the TV in the living room and downstairs. The grill, well, I wouldn't use it without foil or putting foil pans or something on it. The grates are very rusty. We only used it to cook hot dogs one night and ended up putting them in a foil pan to cook. I didn't care much about that because we didn't plan to eat in that much anyway.
The 2nd floor has a wonderful screened in porch and we spent most evenings up on the porch.
The only other thing, which I guess can't be helped, but there is alot of construction going on across the canal. Some days they started as early as 7 AM. If you want to sleep in, I suggest you pack ear plugs. Some days there was no construction and other days it started later in the day. Overall, it was a great trip and I would stay at this home again.