This home has two separate living spaces with private entrances on opposite sides. You have exclusive use of the 1st floor living space apartment with the entrance near the swimming pool! The swimming pool is also for your exclusive private use and is not shared whatsoever. We are located in a neighborhood with sidewalks that will connect you directly to many attractions such as the famous Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks, Tarpon's beautiful beaches and Pinellas County's wounderful biking trail - the "Pinellas Trail", which extends from one end of the county to the other. All of this is less than 1.5 miles away from the home. It's a bit of a walk, but it is a beautiful area. There are bike rental companies nearby which would compliment your stay. The TV includes DirecTV (with the Go Big channel package which includes the sports channels), Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max and Amazon Prime TV. Beach Details: Sunset Beach is 1.5 miles away with, you guessed it, amazing sunsets. There's also a volley ball net for your enjoyment along with cookout/party pavilions and playgrounds. Howard Park Beach is less than 1.5 miles away with its beautiful sand and gorgeous sunsets, nice bike/hiking trails amongst the beautiful oak tree hammocks, cookout/party pavilions and playgrounds. At only 1 mile away, Dodecanese Boulevard's famous "Sponge Docks" is full of things to do, which include many restaurants and desert shops that rival Athens Greece itself. You must try souvlaki and baklava... unbelievably good and a must if you've never had them. And of course the best gyros (pronounced - YEE-ros) in America. Tarpon Springs is the largest Greek community in the United States, so they know how to do it right. The Sponge Docks also has some wonderful novelty attractions like the Dolphin Encounter Boat Tour, which guarantees dolphin sightings. There's also a boat tour where you can experience the ancient tradition of sponge diving - watch a sponger dive into the water and bring up an actual living sponge. Visit the Aquarium and interact with local aquatic and reptilian life or watch shows featuring sharks, alligators, snakes and eels. Throughout the day you can enjoy live music in the square, and there's more shopping than you can imagine - buy real coral or sponges, jewelry, clothes, and all of the tourist trinkets that you can imagine. There are half and full day deep sea fishing charters for the adventurous at heart. After visiting and experiencing Greece myself for a summer, I personally feel Tarpon Springs truly rivals the experience. Clearwater Beach and all of its glory (rated one of the top beaches in the world) is a 30 minute drive away with parasailing, indoor surfing at Surf Style, jet ski rental, the public Jolly Trolly transportation system, high speed boat tours, dolphin encounters. And don't forget the Clearwater Marine Aquarium where you can meet Winter and Summer, the dolphins from the movies Dolphin Tale 1 and 2. And as far as theme parks go, Busch Gardens is only a 45 minute ride, and then there's the famous Orlando parks (Universal / Disney / SeaWorld) which are an hour and a half away. Weeki Wachee river is less than an hour ride with it's beautifully clear freshwater spring that boasts a water park with water slides, snorkeling and it's world famous mermaid shows. There are even canoe/kayak rentals available there where you can coast down the crystal clear waters for 6 miles and then be conveniently driven back to the park to your car. There's so much more available in the area that you will not be at a loss for things to do. Let us know what your interests are and we will make sure to have you well informed when you arrive for a vacation packed with fun, relaxation and memories that will last a lifetime.

To help us keep peace with the neighbors, please follow these additional rules: 1) No more than 5 people at the house at any given time. 2) No more than 2 cars. There are 2 designated parking spots in the driveway. Please do not park in the street or across the street. 3) Please - no fires of any kind inside the house, such as smoking or candles. Smoking outside is permitted as long as you throw all cigarette butts in the trash and keep the ashes in the ash trays. Any smoke inside does work it's way upstairs and we want to be mindful of those living upstairs and we of course do not want the lingering smell for future guests. 4) The age requirement for the guest booking the reservation is 25 years or older. The person booking must be at the house during the reservation. 5) Quiet after 10PM and even quieter after 11PM. Remember, this is a residential neighborhood and volume levels should accommodate this. Laughing, kids playing, and music at a reasonable volume is okay, but the county has a sound ordinance after 11PM that has been enforced in the past. Please be mindful of our neighbors. If your group is looking to party loud up until the late hours of the night, this house is not for you - there will more than likely be difficulties, and that's no fun for anyone. We've had a nightmare party situations before that caused an eviction, and we definitely want to avoid that again in the future. On a side note, we are not referring to normal sounds like laughing while playing cards or kids being kids and playing in the swimming pool :) 6) Absolutely no pets as my wife has a COPD diagnosed medical condition. If you have a service animal, please contact us to see if it will be possible to meet yours and our medical needs depending on the breed and additional cleaning with an ozone machine.

Pool Heater option:  We do not add the cost of the pool heater into the standard daily rate as there are some that would prefer not to use the heater or may not swim at all.  For those who would like to use the pool heater, we do charge a daily rate to cover the cost of electricity, maintenance and the cost of equipment. We allow guests to set the pool heater up to 85° at our standard rate. If you would like to heat the pool up to 90°, there will be an additional 50% premium added to the heater cost. Do not run the pool pump after 9pm as too much heat loss occurs. The standard cost to heat the pool is a minimum charge of $75 which includes the use for a two day reservation. For reservations longer than two days, it is an additional $25 added per day. (We remotely enable the pool heater, so please inform us one day prior to the requested use so we can enable it.) Note: during a cold spell, you may want to pay for a couple additional days before your reservation to be sure the water is warm upon your arrival as the heater is a heat pump which increases the water temperature about one degree per hour. The pump runs about 8 to 10 hours per day. Example of cost: 3 day reservation would be $75 plus $25 = $100 pool heater costs. (add 50% to this for the higher 90° temperature) Strict no pets policy due to a COPD medical condition