5th Avenue GEM! 2 min Walk to Beach and to 5th Avenue dining and shopping!

Thank you David! You are welcome back ANY time!!

And you were wonderful guests. Hope you'll be back to our little slice of paradise soon!

Thank you for the kind review and being such easy guests. Always welcome back!!

You were wonderful, kind, understanding guests and are welcome back to The Cottage on 5th anytime Rodney!!! So glad you enjoyed yourselves.

Hi Eileen I’m sorry your husband had a hard time walking with his cane, we are very upfront with the fact that parking is on a first-come first-serve basis. In the rare instances that all the spots directly behind the building are occupied, there is free street parking right by the condo. Again, I understand if he has a hard time walking…perhaps next time choose a condo that has assigned parking if you can find one. Best regards, Ana

Hi Bill We're so glad you enjoyed your stay at our condo at Fifth Avenue Beach Club. You're right about the kitchen being very well equipped though not a huge kitchen. Hopefully it served your needs well enough and you were able to prepare meals "at home" on those nights you weren't walking to dinner along 5th Avenue. We'd love to have you stay at "The Cottage on 5th" again. ~Ana~

Hi Alice So glad you found our place clean and well equipped. We work very hard to make sure our furnishings are of the highest quality and everything we provide in our condo is great quality as well. ~As for your remarks about the space being crowded for 4 adults, the square footage is clearly on the listing and if you felt that a 2 bedroom/2 bath condo of that size wasn't large enough for 4 adults, perhaps you should have rented one of the $15 million dollar homes that surround the condo, they are much more spacious. ~You mentioned that some blind openers were missing, it would have been much more effective for you to notify us of that while you were staying there so we could remedy the problem. This isn't our primary home and we only know of problems when a guest alerts us, and you can see in the reviews that my husband is amazing at remedying any issues incredibly fast and our guests have always been in awe of how helpful and fast he attends to any needs they have. Same with the hot water...had you told us WHILE you were there, we could have fixed that for you. ~You called me "unresponsive before the trip". I have exactly ONE message from you before check-in day and I responded and answered your question exactly 19 minutes after you asked it. If you feel that is unresponsive, well, I'm pretty sure that's an issue for you to work on, not me. I noticed you didn't mention in your review that you never contacted me to ask if you can have an early check-in time but instead just went to our condo and tried to let yourself in 2 hours before check-in. When you tried the code so many times that the system preventatively locked up and had to be reset since NO ONE WAS AUTHORIZED to enter at that early time, you called me and spoke to me like I was your servant. You were unpleasant and rude to me in a way people don't treat each other here...and you were in the wrong. I have rented from many owners on VRBO and never did I feel entitled to let myself into their home early without permission. That's just common courtesy and sense. Next time you rent from someone on VRBO, you should follow the rules (and be nicer when you break them!).

RoseLynn, Your review is shocking, vindictive and not true. If you believe the unit needs updating then perhaps you shouldn't have booked it because it looks EXACTLY like the pictures with 2 exceptions: we've replaced the couch with a beautiful, expensive, white Ethan Allen couch and we've replaced the dining set with a brand new white dining table and chairs...both are obviously upgrades to what's shown in the pictures. Let me address your other concerns: Front door mat is aged. Yes RoseLynn, that happens in the harsh S. Florida sun. It's a doormat that you wipe your dirty feet on, pretty sure it still worked great! You said the toilet handle didn't work. That claim cost me a visit from our handyman just to be told it's not broken. I'm sorry if you had to hold the handle down an extra second to be sure it flushed. You complain that my kitchen is too well equipped...that I should remove items so that people have room to store the things they brought with them like you mentioned in a message that you brought. Things like a French press coffee maker, espresso cups, mugs and champagne glasses. Guess what RoseLynn...99.9% of travelers do not bring their own champagne flutes and espresso cups...good thing I thought ahead and provide that for people who want to come to FL on vacation and not pack their china cabinet to bring along. You chastise me for having items available to our guests like a blender and slow cooker. You are welcome to not to use them if you don't need them, but we've had guests stay up to 3 months and many of them are SO appreciative that we didn't cheap out and put the bare minimum in our kitchen (again, not too many of them traveling with their own blenders for smoothies). You mention our stuff looks like it's from a rummage sale...OOOOOOFFFF! It's not. Not a single item in our condo is from a rummage sale or even 2nd hand store. Perhaps you didn't have little kids with you who needed plastic dinnerware, some guests do. You complain that we store extra pillows in the closet. Was that really so offensive? Is there somewhere else that would make you happier to see extra pillows so guests have a choice of firmness with the pillows they use? You are NOT telling the truth about what I said regarding the refrigerator...I pointed out to you that the listing shows that there IS NOT an ice maker yet you continued to harass me about not having an ice maker and told me I should replace the entire refrigerator because of no ice maker and a flimsy plastic bottom shelf. I communicated to you that the unit is up for sale and it makes no sense for me to replace the refrigerator when the new owner will likely remodel to their own taste. THAT is what I said and you should not misconstrue and tell untruths. The unit is on the 2nd floor. Always has been, not a surprise. If you didn't like being on the top floor I'd suggest booking a first floor unit next time. Parking...parking is on a first come first serve basis as are most parking lots. Listing mentions that as well. RoseLynn, I'd suggest next time you book a place, you read the listing carefully. If a home doesn't have an ice maker, don't book it. And if you do book it, don't continually complain to the owner that there is no ice maker...there's still no ice maker, or massaging bed, or butler or courtesy Ferrari. Still not included...don't give me a bad review for not having a Ferrari for you when the listing didn't say it came with a Ferrari! Seems to me you might be better off staying at the new Four Seasons that will be up and running soon...feel free to pay $3000 per night there. But guess what...they don't have ice makers in the room either!!! Best of luck to you wherever you travel to next year...and best of luck to your poor landlord.