December 2007
The Dave’s & Taylor family (New Forest & Yorkshire, UK)
The villa is a well appointed House with all the amenities for a comfortable stay. Really appreciated the small extras such as: kitchen foil, cling film etc..., salt and pepper etc..., washing liquid; these small things made quite a difference.
The view from the main bedrooms and the lanai across the canal at daybreak were simply stunning. The dock makes an ideal spot to sunbathe at this time of the year and an easy mooring even for a large craft (more than 20ft of water); we had a Regal 24ft cruiser for a week and visited Sanibel & Captiva Islands, making sure we called at Rumrunners for an afternoon cocktail, which became a daily ritual. We ate there on Xmass eve and New Year’s eve and can recommend the food, also ate at the Steak House at Ariani’s Italian restaurant, all very good.
We would recommend this villa to our friends and thank the owner for the detail put into the furnishing of the villa. Thank you, we had fantastic weather for the first 10 days but since New Year’s Day, it remained cloudy and rather cool, and according to the local policeman we met, the cool weather was unseasonal.
July 2007
The Pangets & Shirley families (Yorkshire UK)
Had a fab time in this lovely villa, despite some slightly stodgy weather and man-eating mosquitoes! Hired a boat for week one, from Cape Coral Boat Rentals –broke down a few time! But, was great for getting around and had great lunched at Matanzas on Estero Island, Green Flash on Captiva, Parrot Key at Salty Sam’s Marina and Dot’s diner at Sanibel Harbor. Top tip for dinner and cocktail: Rumrunner & The Joint at the marina. The Ford`s Garage is a great dining room by the way.
We have left some additional pool toys; so, enjoy!
April 2007
The Whytons (UK)
The Island House was just wonderful. We have had a good time. This is our third visit to Cape Coral, and have stayed in and around the area. We like to fish and go out on to the gulf (fishing not so good this year); nice to go on the boat to Rumrunners for cocktail. We have had a very relaxing time in this house, the only thing we hated was the pool alarms, as our children are 11-16 years, it a shame they cannot be turned off, when we were BBQing, they were most annoying.
Thought, the rooms were very comfortable, very nicely furnished.
Owner’s comment: The child pool alarm is a children safety feature that can be unplug (in the walking of the master bed room) at your own risk, if there is no children in the house!