'Chateau Relaxo' Homosassa Riverfront Cottage!

Reviews

• Great place and location

  4/5

  Our stay was comfortable; all of us were happy with our accommodations. Being right on the water was a great feature and we loved having the kayaks so easily accessible. It's hard to tell in the photos but the yard is fenced which is great if you have dogs. There's a big side yard for them to play/run around in. A few things in the house need attention, but my guess is that this place gets a lot of traffic and wear and tear happens. The location is just two minutes off the main road making it easy to get to anything you need, plus the attractions in both Homossassa and Crystal River. However, you feel like your in a quiet secluded area. I would definitely stay here again.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Cute house but horrible experience

  2/5

  The location in Homosassa is nice and right on a water canal. The house is decorated very cute, but that’s all that was good with our stay. I arrived a day before my family did. When I arrived at night, I found 3 of the back doors were unlocked and one was open. Needless to say I did not feel safe! In the kitchen I noticed the inside of the kitchen drawers were dirty and there were dirty utensils in there as well. I went to go wash them, then found the kitchen sponge that needed to be thrown away with German cockroaches in it. I had to go to Publix and purchase a new sponge, dishwasher detergent and more paper towels. They only supplied one small roll. I also had to clean several spots on the floor where there was some type of sticky substance. The cleaning job was very poor. There was a breadcrumb about the size of a quarter right next to the pullout garbage can in the kitchen. I found more cockroaches in the master bathroom also. Friday we noticed the AC would not go below 75. Saturday morning I called to have someone come out and look at it. The repair guy came and unclogged the drain and then left right away. Then shortly after the AC stopped working completely we had to call and get the repair guy back out but in the meantime we had to get ready for our nephews wedding, and my son was in the wedding party. We were all taking cold showers so that we could cool down because it was in the 80s inside the house. The management team is no help! Stay away!

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Hidden gem

  5/5

  This place is fantastic. So much to do in the house with foosball, ping pong, giant jenga and more. The sliding dock makes putting in the kayaks so easy, and you are just a few quick rows to an emu farm.

  Great place and would definitely recommend.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Internet/Bugs

  3/5

  Everything was fine but things were quite basic and there was no internet. There also were cockroaches and ants so it seemed like the house has been vacant for a while

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Could be the perfect place

  4/5

  We spent my husband’s 50th birthday at the rental. The location, decor & games were great! The property manager Kelly was quick to respond to issues!

  The not so great stuff. The stove/oven has been converted from natural gas to propane incorrectly causing large orange flames to shoot up the inside of the oven walls once it reaches 300 degrees or above. This also caused the stove burners to have large orange flames unless turned to the lowest setting where there you could get a mixture of blue & orange flames. The inside of the oven, all of the pans & the wall behind the stove are all covered in soot since the appliance burns like a fireplace. Due to dietary restrictions we had planned to cook a birthday dinner & cake there but had to change our plans for safety concerns. After sending Kelly a video of the oven flames she sent two different repairmen out to look at the issue while we were kayaking. Both claimed not to find any issues. We checked when we got back to the rental, flames still 6-8 inches high inside the oven walls.

  The microwave was broken. We didn’t know so upon trying to use it the heating element flashed like an electrical shock so we stopped it at once. Kelly did send a small counter microwave that we did not try since we had decided to just eat out for the rest of our stay due to safety concerns.

  The hot and cold water are backwards in the main bedroom bathroom.

  The beds do not have box springs so while not awful, it did feel like a futon when sleeping.

  The front yard is in need of some TLC, particularly the leaf situation.

  The dishes were covered in food. Most places only require that the dishwasher be started upon checkout. This rental requires all dishes to be washed & put away. My guess is the previous renters noticed that part late & only had time to run them under water instead of washing them. Not a biggie, we just washed utensils before using.

  There were no kitchen hand towels or dishrags, only a used sponge. There is a Dollar General nearby where I bought sponges and a dish towel.

  The washer/dryer is in the outside Florida room. There are no ceiling fans or vents to that area so the front loader smelled of mildew.

  There are no ceiling fans in any of the bedrooms. We travel with a small fan so it wasn’t too much of a concern for us in March. Future renters may want to bring their fan in warmer months.

  If these issues were corrected we would definitely stay again! Great location, fun games, cute decor!