This was our second time using HomeAway and it did not go as smoothly as our first. We are a Floridian family that live in the central Florida area and were looking for a house on the coast (this time on Anna Maria Island) with the ability to dock our boat and store our boat trailer for a weekend family boating trip. The Sunshine Cottage itself is a beautiful, clean, well-kept home. If you are a family looking for a nice place to stay on Anna Maria Island, close to the beach and the downtown area, this will perfectly suit your needs. The pool is adequate (not under a screen) with a nice sunning area for a family and the yard is inviting though small. The dock is great for fishing off of and while we able to dock our boat (22 ft) there were no dock cleats or lift. Access to the Gulf is fantastic and the canal is plenty deep. Our main issue was storing the boat trailer. Before booking I contacted the owner and made our needs very clear and was told we would have parking for our boat trailer. We contacted the location we were told would be fine to store our trailer a couple months before our trip and they said we would NOT be able to park it there. We were then told we could park the trailer on the lawn. Only the fact that we were able to physically take a day trip over to the island and do a drive by saved our weekend- the lawn is incredibly tiny, the driveway and garage can barely hold two cars. The owner eventually found another location for us to park the trailer (by that time we had already found a solution and did not use it), but communication was drawn out and stilted. I am thankful that we took steps before the day of our arrival because it would have ruined our weekend to drive all the way over there with a boat trailer and no place to park it- something I would not want to deal with the day of arrival. To re-cap: the house is beautiful and great for a family (new kitchen with all appliances, washer/dryer), the pool is adequate (though it ran a little cold and we did not receive much help from the owner for using the heater), and the dock is adequate and the location excellent for the Gulf. The garage and driveway is TINY, so no large vehicles and no more than 2 total. The house location on the island in relation to the beach and downtown area is great, so even if we couldn't have used our boat we would've had a good time. The island is FULL of rental properties so we will keep looking for a house that will better suit all our needs.