Super

Would love to back every year.

Great location at the top of Amelia Island. Easy run or bike ride to enter Fort Clinch St Park off the beach. Saw lots of gopher tortoises. The house need some TLC, better cleaning crew. Found cell phone under bed and other items cleaning crew missed. Mold on vents. Overall loved Fernandina Beach, especially the breweries in downtown. Fernandina beach filled the void of Sanibel while they rebuild. This was the first summer in 23 years we did not go to Sanibel Island.

We loved the house and the entire Amelia area. Beach and water were both perfect. House well supplied with things you need! Sadly, we had to leave 2 days early because of Hurricane Ian but we want to go back!

This is a beach home, not a beach house. Everything you need is there.

Our family had an amazing time in Fernandina Beach thanks to a lovely home, wonderful setting, and attentive owner. This is our second year in Fernandina Beach, and we love the area. It is a quiet beach town that is perfect for families with lots of activities, great restaurants, and "rollercoaster waves" (according to a certain kid) The oceanfront cottage is located near the north end of Fernandina Beach where we often had the beach to ourselves. Having the beach just a quick walk out the back door was such a huge bonus for us. There was no need to haul everything we might need to the beach. We could head to the beach and if we needed something, we were only a 1 minute walk from the house. We didn't do as much cooking as we normally do on vacation, but the kitchen was big enough you could cook whatever you need. Every morning (except one, we had to go to Hola Cuban Cafe) we ate breakfast at the breakfast bar. The beds were all very comfortable and our daughter loved her special room upstairs. We were pleasantly surprised by the wildlife around the property. Our daughter was so excited every morning to go outside and look for "Gus", her name for the tortoise who lived in the dunes just behind the house. Every night we were able to watch white tailed deer come south from the state park to forage in the dunes behind the house. We often had pelicans flying over the ocean and got to watch various sea birds hunt in the waters just a quick walk from the house. If you enjoy wildlife and have kids please try the Amelia Island Cruises Shrimp Eco Tour. Experiencing history, getting to handle the local fresh caught wildlife, and learn about them was so much fun. Chris was very helpful throughout our stay. We completely understand that at some point, things break down. Unfortunately, the refrigerator went out just before we arrived. Chris was on it before we even realized it was a problem and worked tirelessly to get a replacement. She also came by personally to help provide some high quality coolers and ice to keep our food fresh until a replacement could be found, which arrived very quickly. We aren't sure if our next family vacation will bring us to Fernandina beach but if it does we will first look to see if the Oceanfront Cottage is available.

We had another great stay at the red cottage at the top of the beach. Our kids love the bedroom upstairs, and the primary bedroom/bath are very comfortable with a great view of the ocean. The downstairs refrigerator and freezer were broken, which was unexpected but not too big of a deal (since we'd stayed here before we were counting on having it), but unfortunately the upstairs fridge and freezer was also suffering from some problems, and as a result, all our ice cream melted, twice. We spent several days fiddling with it, thinking it was something we had done (it kept things cold, but not frozen...), then bought more ice cream, thinking we had fixed it...but, alas, when we let Chris know, we learned it was a known issue and wasn't the first time. We wish we had known to look out for this so we could have reported it right away, rather than fiddling with the settings and hoping to resolve it on our own. It did put a bit of a damper on the trip (no ice cream for 3 little girls at the beach is a bummer!) but we also appreciated Chris sending us a few items we left behind and understand these things aren't always under the owner's control. She is very responsive overall. Overall, we love this part of Fernandina; the beach is practically private, it's so quiet, and the shark tooth hunting is excellent and a fun family activity. The pier, showers, and deck are all in great shape and the beach chairs and toys provided add a lot to the experience. One of our favorite things is stargazing from the two chairs out in the middle of the pier at night. I think we would return just for that alone! But it's a comfortable house, especially for a family of 5- with 7 (4 adults/3 kids), which we had at the latter half of our trip, it got a little tight. It's a special place and we hope to return.

The house is ideally located directly on and facing the beach away from the busy part of Fernandina Beach. It would have been helpful to have some instructions for the TV/cable, the nest thermostat and the trash/recycling. To check-out, one must leave through the garage door and quickly duck under as it is closing (it took me a few attempts.)