Comfortable Gulf-front condo with pool, hot tub, washer dryer, & central AC

Would have given this property a higher review if it would have been properly cleaned. I’m pretty forgiving when it comes to this stuff, but it was pretty bad. Maybe the cleaning person had a rough day, but the floors, walls, and furniture, appliances, and even the dishes were dirty, dusty, and grimy. The location is fantastic though!

nice size for a couple, good location, convenient parking. Indoor pool & hot tub are great.

We've been at the Gulf for 7 years now, in very similar units in Royal Palms, and Clearwater Condos, and I've never written this kind of review. Y'all: this unit is pretty run down. It's barebones, sure, but it needs love and this is the first and only time I felt the need to write about it. My biggest beef is that Vacasa just seems like they just don't care about their units and I feel pretty sorry for the property owners that this is the service they receive and that they pay for. When we got there, our parking passes were not there. When we got ready to go to bed, the bottom sheet was not fitted, nor big enough for the bed, so it was short sheeted, meaning your head and neck would be on the mattress pad. The "bedspread" was the fabric of a curtain and there was not a top sheet in our unit or on our bed big enough for that bed--just the world's thinnest "fleece" blanket that was stained and smelled of mildew. The sheets could not possibly stay at all on the mattress because they weren't the right size--we handled it for a night, but then figured out the grossest part, which what was that they had a plastic fitted sheet under mattress pad. I understand wanting to protect your mattress, but a full plastic toddler sheet is not the answer. When I contacted Vacasa, I asked for a full set of sheets to fit the bed and for an "extra" blanket because the one blanket was really serving only as a top sheet. They told me they couldn't provide "extras" and I said "Surely a full set of sheets come with our rental of two weeks." The text respondent basically told me that my thoughts were "noted, but that they don't provide extras." Again, we didn't have full sheets. So, we bought sheets and a blanket to use while we were there--which was $80 I really didn't want to spend. While we were gone buying sheets, someone came into the unit and delivered our parking passes, but didn't leave a note or anything about the sheets. Not a single text or word about the parking passes in terms of entering the condo! The floor was a mess in the living room--nobody had vacuumed out that big rug in some time. I vacuumed on our first night. I picked up all the rugs aside from the big one in the living room because they smelled. The dresser in the bedroom made our clothes smell of mildew so we washed everything before we went home. The "beach equipment" was a boogie board and sand castle tools. Mold on the shower curtain, a mold smell throughout the condo. Just really disappointing. Another heads up: If you stay over the New Year, Vacasa doesn't send you new codes for spas/pools, so you have to call and ask them to give them to you. Please note that they will act like you're the problem for wanting to use the facilities you pay for during your rental. I hope that Vacasa starts to clean up their act, literally.

I will gladly stay here again!!!

Proximity to the beach and Gulf State Park

Enjoyed our stay