Dolphin House

Description from the owner

Comfortable beach home. Three bedrooms, 1 king, 1 queen, 1 full. Tile floors. Newly remodeled bathroom with large walk-in tile shower. Lots of room. Fully-equipped kitchen. Lots of windows perfect for letting in the sea breezes on a cool day.

Dolphin House is clean, organized and thoughtfully set-up to make your vacation enjoyable. You should expect a relaxing stay and professional and courteous hosts.

Fantastically funky artsy neighborhood, perfect for walking and enjoying excellent restaurants. Walk to the beach, to the Gulfport Casino, waterfront restaurants, Gulfport’s quirky shops, the library and theater. Excellent r...estaurants for all tastes and budgets, some earning "best of the bay" awards. Live music many nights of the week.

Public transportation offers connections to the beach trolley and 40-mile Pinellas bike trail are nearby. The marina is less than 1 mile away.

Gulfport is a unique community in a great location and Palm Cottage is in the heart of Gulfport's beach and art district and less than one block to the beach!

Screened sun porch with seating

Two off-street parking spaces

Ceiling fans

Central heat and air

Full kitchen with full-size appliances

Fireplace

Gas grill

Patio seating

Dish network cable TV with FREE HBO, Cinemax and Starz

DVD player

FREE wireless Internet

Telephone with FREE local calls and FREE long-distance in North America

FREE washer and dyer use

Wood & Tile floors

Flat-screen HDTV

iPod clock radio

Microwave

Coffee maker with filters

coffee grinder

wide slot toaster

blender

Dishwasher

Mixer

waffle-maker

Small food processor

Iron & board

Pots/pans

Dishes

cookware

Teapot

Plates

water glasses

flatware

bowls

highball glasses

coffee cups

wine, martini, juice, champagne glasses

13x9 baking dish

French white 8 piece set

cookie sheet with Silpat

Jelly roll pan

measuring spoons and cups

saucepans with lids

fry pans with lid

paring knife

rubber spatula

colander

soup ladle

tongs

cake pans

vegetable peeler

rolling pin

pie pan

cutting board

can/bottle opener

glass and plastic pitchers

wine corkscrew

pizza cutter

ice cream scoop

pot holders

kitchen towels

juicer

ice cream/dessert dishes

pastry blender

thermometer

wire whisk

French press

splatter screens

cheese graters

sifter,

Stainless mixing bowl set

loaf pan

jar opener

turner

silicone brush

microplane zester

veggie scrub brush

8x8 baking pan

muffin pan

plastic drinking glasses

food storage containers

first Aid kit

Umbrellas, beach towels and chairs may be availableRead more

Additional Location Information

Dolphin House is conveniently located in a very walk-able and quiet residential neighborhood just one block off Gulfport’s main boulevard in the heart of the Beach and Art District. Two blocks from the beach, fishing pier, Veteran’s Park and local dog park. The private home is close to everything you need to be close to on your holiday. Centrally located to Gulfport, St Pete Beach and St Petersburg, with Tampa’s activities just another 15 minutes further.

Location Type Beach, Town, Waterfront

Rental fees

Additional notes from owner

Weekly and monthly rates above include taxes and departure cleaning already.

What Past Guests Are Saying

• Donna L
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Stay away

  Left on 12/09/2012 for a stay in October 2012
  
  

  Absolutely terrible - dead bugs on floor when we got there, had to clean entire house before we left (even though we were charged a 130 cleaning fee and 300 pet fee), AC broke down, dishwasher not working properly, unevenly tiled floor cut my husband's foot going from shower to bedroom, security deposit not refunded (accused of staining cushions on dining room chairs beyond repair when we didn't even use them) and charged for dog hair in washer and under bed. Do yourself a favour and stay away from this place and their other rentals in the area.

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  Response from Elizabeth Sexworth - 12/17/2012

  

  Elizabeth Sexworth

  Owner

  The first email I received from this guest after she departed said, verbatim: “Just wanted to let you know that we enjoyed our stay at your house in Gulfport very much (we didn’t want to come home!) I forgot to let you know that I have changed my email address to ____. Could you please let me know when you usually refund the deposit fees?” That’s it, the entire email. No complaints about anything during her stay. Until I explained why I was withholding part of her deposit and then she accused me of scamming and a money grab. She also said I should “look forward to the delightful review” I would be getting.
  
  It is somewhat difficult for me to respond to her complaints, since her version of things change from one review to the next. She has written more than one review and she is inconsistent in her claims. In her initial email response to me regarding the deposit withholding, she said that they never used the dining room chairs. In the reviews she posted she said they only used 3 and then they used them for a maximum of 10 minutes per day. (I should note here, that they stayed for 2 weeks.) I had to replace the seat cushions and she was not charged for that because I did not realize until after I had partially refunded her deposit that they would not come clean.
  
  I cannot say for sure that there were no bugs when she arrived, but we do a walk through of the property mere hours before each guest’s arrival and none were noted or they would have been removed.
  
  The AC did not “break” during her stay. They froze it up by keeping it set in the 66-69 degree temperature range when outside temps were in the high 80’s. (I know this because the settings are tracked.) These settings simply won’t work in Florida at that time of year. And I had no reports of the guest alerting us to a problem with the AC. We have a system installed that provides alerts to me via email when the actual temperature deviates more than 5 degrees from the set temperature. I received several of these alerts one afternoon while I was out of the country on vacation. Since several alerts like this a few hours apart can indicate a problem, I immediately initiated the service call to the repairman who came the next morning. The AC was turned off until the unit could unfreeze. So it did not break down (it is a 5 year-old Trane unit) and they did not go for 2 days without AC. In her review, she suggested I should have apologized for the AC breaking down, when in reality they froze it by setting the temperature to an unrealistic one for the time of year.
  
  The guests may have spent their last night cleaning. I just don’t know. But I do know that our cleaners allot 6 hours for the $130 cleaning fee and I was charged an additional $180 for cleaning & repairs and received detailed reports of the additional cleaning requred. The coffee pot was full of some dark liquid.
  
  I’m not aware of any issues with the dishwasher and no subsequent guests have notified us of any, but now that we have been alerted via this review, we will investigate and repair if necessary.