#1 House in #1 Location on LGI!

Top 6 reasons why CocoHut is the #1 House in the #1 Location on LGI: 1. Floor-to-ceiling windows across the ENTIRE beach front = panoramic views. 2. Screened-in Lanai/Dining Room - you’ll enjoy being outside more! 3. Only beachfront home with 4 spacious bedrooms & 3.5 new bathrooms, including: 3 master suites (2 kings/1 queen). 4. Extra-wide lot with 2 adjoining vacant lots = unsurpassed privacy & seclusion. 5. Pure beach view - not spoilt by houses in the water. 6. Widest sand beach on LGI. The space Check us out on IG at cocosbeachhousefl_ to save on fees. >>>>> #1 HOUSE ON THE ISLAND! TOP 3 reasons why - no other house has all of these (guaranteed): 1. Floor-to-ceiling windows across the ENTIRE beach front - gives you an unobstructed, panoramic view of the beach/sunset. 2. Multiple spaces to enjoy the beach view/sunsets, especially: A) Screened-in Lanai/Dining Room. Because there can be some bugs at sunset - a screened-in lanai is essential to enjoy that time of day; especially if you want to eat while you watch the sky light up, once the sun has gone down! The screened, 8 seat table means dining outside (at any time) will be very pleasant for you. And you’ll be able to enjoy evenings outside, listening to the sound of the waves - without any bugs bothering you. It has a natural breeze through it, but also fans to cool you too. B) Living Room - where the water and sunsets unfold in front of you - if you want to enjoy them from the reclining sofa. C) Main Level Small Balcony. D) The Largest Beachfront Deck on the island - enough space to play ping pong AND sit in loungers under the deck parasol, plus a dedicated space to BBQ, AND an outside, hot water shower - with an unobstructed view of the beach. No other house on the island has a deck like it! 3. CocoHut is the ONLY beachfront home with 4 spacious bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms, including: 3 master suites (2 with kings and 1 queen). >>> BEST LOCATION ON THE ISLAND! TOP 3 reasons why: 1. Extra-wide 85ft lot with 2 vacant lots next to it = 250ft of beach front to yourselves! You won't get this much beach front privacy anywhere else on Little Gasparilla Island (LGI)! To sit in the lanai and watch the sun go down, without anyone else around, is a special experience - your own private sunset! And at night, the only thing you'll hear is the sound of the waves! The peace, quiet and seclusion are unsurpassed. Because there are no overlooking neighbors, you’ll have total privacy on the beach side! 2. Unlike the northern part of the island, there are no houses ON the beach to ruin your view. You won’t see these houses (some of which are actually IN the water) on the other listings - because their beach view photos are cleverly angled away from them. But when you get there, these houses will be very much in-view when you’re looking at the beach. We guarantee your view will be 100% natural from CocoHut! Just sea oats, sand dunes, sun, sky and water to infinity. It’s a completely different experience! 3. Erosion from the north of the island is accreting sand in front of CocoHut. Because of this, the north end has just a narrow strip of sand. In contrast, you’ll have a wonderfully wide beach to play, or just spread out, on - the widest anywhere on the island. For those reasons, CocoHut is the best house, in the best location on LGI. It delivers an "optical massage" through its floor-to-ceiling windows, across the entire beach side, that deliver an infinity effect of wide-open space. So you have captivating, *unobstructed*, panoramic views of the Gulf. With >2,500 sq ft of living space, CocoHut simply has more room than other beach front homes. The open-plan layout, combined with high ceilings, make it feel even more spacious - so you won't feel like you're on top of one another. The house has been completely remodeled. Tiles floors throughout. Amazing showers with multiple shower heads. Cooling gel, memory foam mattresses. Fully stocked kitchen with all the appliances you could need. ABOUT THE ISLAND: You can only get to the island by boat. The water taxi takes <10 mins from the mainland ($60 round trip for up to 2 & $15 per person above that). It runs from Eldred's Marina on Boca Grande Causeway and you can park anything there (truck/trailer/RV) $10/day. There is no fixed schedule, you book it in advance. It runs every day of the year. It is more expensive outside of 8a-5p. If you want to rent, or bring your own boat, our association has 2 private guest docks (with multiple slips). Max boat length is 24ft; only 1 boat per booking. Island Girls run an airport service from Sarasota/Fort Myers/Punta Gorda/Tampa airports.) With that short ride across the bay, you'll leave behind the crowds and you'll swap the noise of trucks and cars for the sound of waves lapping the beach. Yes, it's truly that special! The beach is never crowded because only homeowners and their guests can visit LGI and there are no commercial hotels/resorts/businesses. At night, look up and you'll see a sky full of stars you’ve never seen - because there's no light pollution. Our guests often tell us that they've never before felt so relaxed. To get a perspective on island life you can check us out on IG at cocosbeachhousefl_ Because the houses on the south end of LGI are properly set back off the beach, you can stroll along it and enjoy the dunes and sea oats as your backdrop. Bring down a lounger and, with so few people, you'll feel like you're on your own private stretch of beach. (We provide multiple loungers, Adirondack chairs, beach umbrellas and a deck parasol.) Sea turtles nest on the beach right in front of the house (May-Aug) so you may well see them, or their hatchlings, as they head out into the Gulf (Jul-Oct). Pretty much every day you'll see dolphins feeding/playing/cruising and rare birds along the beach. We have 2 kayaks so you can get out on the water and you'll likely come across manatees and manta rays and you could have a close encounter with the dolphins. A TYPICAL (YET UNIQUE) GUEST EXPERIENCES: "So for the highlight of our trip - we got to watch a tiny baby Loggerhead turtle come out of his nest and make his trek down to the sea right in our backyard!! It was an experience we will all remember for a lifetime!" "The views, the sunsets, the night time / early morning beach walks, and swimming with dolphins was all unbeatable." SLEEPING CONFIGURATION: CocoHut has 4 bedrooms: 3 master suites - 2 of which have king-sized beds and 2 of them have Gulf views. All beds have cooling gel, memory foam mattresses. The 1st master suite has a Gulf view, a king-sized bed and en-suite shower with walk-through toilet/bidet. The 2nd master suite also has a king-sized bed and en-suite shower/bathroom. The top floor master suite has a breathtaking view over the Gulf, an en-suite, a queen-sized bed and a dedicated a/c unit. The 4th bedroom has 2 twin beds and an amazing floor-to-ceiling view of the Gulf. There is a baby bed and a pack-n-play. "Can’t leave without mentioning the super cozy beds and pillows! Every one of us slept like babies." So the house sleeps a total of 8 people comfortably. Price is set for 6 and we charge $49 per night for additional souls (regardless of age) up to a total of 9*. Please list babies/infants/toddlers as 'children' when booking. *We can accommodate 9 (at an additional fee) if you have at least one baby/infant/toddler - since we do have a baby bed and pack-n-play. CocoHut has Starlink WiFi. Download speed is ~100 mbps and often higher; upload speed is typically 20+ mbps. Reliability is excellent - we've had 100% availability over the first 2 years. There is no wired cable/fiber optic service to the island; so this is as good as it gets. We have had no problem streaming to 3 different (large) TVs at once. I WFH from Nov-May without problems making zoom calls etc. However if you need better WIFI speeds than this on your vacation, then it's a good sign that the island is not an ideal choice for you and you're better off on the mainland. The main living area has DirecTV. There are smart/Roku TVs in the master suites. The entire beach side of the house has no overlooking neighbors! "It feels like you're the only ones on the island. No other homes nearby and nicely nestled into the trees. It's so peaceful and private - it feels like the island is all yours!" The lower level deck is large enough for you to play around the ping pong table and still have plenty of deck space for sun bathing and grilling. There are loungers, Adirondack chairs and a beach umbrella provided for you to take down to the beach. Once back from the beach, you can rinse off with the hot water, outside shower on the deck - and enjoy its unobstructed beach view! Fishing all around the island is unsurpassed (flats/inshore, nearshore and offshore) - snook, snapper, mackerel, grouper, redfish, trout, tarpon... If you don't have a boat, fishing guides will pick you up from the island. There are lots of restaurants to boat to for lunch/happy hour/dinner. To the south is Boca Grande - it has a couple of restaurants you can boat to/dock at - and it has public docks so you can tie up and walk into town for the typical tourist shops/boutiques, art galleries, wine bars, you name it. When you're done exploring, come on back to relax and get away from all that. "You get the added benefit of having high quality Caribbean style water, world class fishing literally yards away off the coast there, and also a vibrant Intercoastal Waterway filled with great fishing and really nice spots to explore on the boat with the surrounding Islands." Be prepared to discover that you've slept-in late in your comfy, memory foam and king-sized beds, because there are none of the usual, mainland noises to wake you up! The only thing you'll wake up to is that gorgeous beach view - of sea grapes, sea oats, sand dunes and sun speckled water and waves. "Nothing better than waking up to a view like this, a private walk to an almost private beach." There is an island grocery delivery service. They can even get everything into the house before your arrival. And if you forget something, or want locally caught fish during your stay, they've got you covered. At the house there is a regular fridge/freezer, plus 2 small fridges and a small freezer so, you can bring/order, everything you need in one load. In addition to a fully-stocked kitchen, CocoHut has 2 grilling options - charcoal and gas grills. We provide propane. It's a 5 min walk (~400 yards) from the dock to the house - so you'll need our sherpa to help get everything to the house, or a golf cart - which you can rent on the island and have waiting for you at the dock. With a golf cart you can explore the sandy paths and ride up to the state park in the middle of the island (or walk up along the beach). The island is about 7 miles long, the state park is <2 miles north. It's soft white sand with glorious shells. The gently shelving beach with turquoise water is perfect for families! There are no commercial properties or businesses on the island (no hotels/resorts/restaurants, grocery stores/shops) - and thus none of the associated crowds/traffic/noise/light pollution. The only ‘exceptions’ are the few private individuals who a) rent golf carts, b) deliver groceries, c) are dock-to-house sherpas, or d) offer household trash removal. For your safety, there is 24/7, 365/yr, professional paramedic/EMS stationed on the island. They can get to you as fast, if not faster, than you'd expect on the mainland. If you need care beyond what they can provide, they will call in their colleagues from the mainland station, just across the bay. They will then get you across the bay to a mainland hospital, if/as needed. Please note that all children/ toddlers/ infants/ babies count towards your total number of guests - there are no age-based exemptions. So even though AirBnB presents infants as free, they are not. If you're booking with an infant please put them in as a child instead. For the little ones we have a baby bed and a pack-n-play, (both provided with linens), a baby booster seat and a toddler booster seat, and a spiral stair guard railing. The furniture in, and around, the house has a maximum tolerance of 245 lbs. Therefore we are not able to accommodate guests who weigh more than that. We offer discounted rates for monthly stays. We do not accept pets/animals of any description/designation/classification. We do not allow access to the small deck on the very top floor. During your stay you may need to do any, or potentially all, of the following. If these are the kinds of things that you either can not do, or will make a big issue of having to do, then please don't book with us. You're looking to book on AirBnB, not a major hotel chain! 1. Switch out an empty propane tank for a new one a few yards away. 2. Change a light bulb - taking a new one from the bedroom closet and using a step stool, if necessary. 3. Swap out the batteries in a remote control. Given that guests have too often set ridiculously low temperatures that have caused the units to ice up, we implement the following in order to ensure that the AC will work for everyone: The thermostat cannot be set below these temperatures: Day time (9am – 7pm): 75 Night time (7pm – 9am): 71 There are fans in every bedroom that take down the sentient temperature by several degrees, depending on speed setting - so the effective night time temperatures can be in the mid 60s. If doors/windows are left open, to prevent damage to the AC, it has a maximum daily run time. So it will switch off. The above is intended to discourage bookings from the kinds of people who enter a residence and crank down the A/C as low as it will go and then leave it there. These same types of people typically also make little or no effort to keep doors/windows closed while cold air is blowing out through them. The settings will have no detrimental impact on comfort for everyone else. In fact, those who are considerate of how much energy they consume, and are concerned about our planet, will find it both reasonable and understandable. If that's you, then we look forward to hosting you. If you are not comfortable with any of the above, then simply do not book with us. In order to book on this site, you will be asked to agree to the terms and conditions/house rules that include a liability waiver. So please read them before you request to book. Once you're here you'll appreciate having more beachfront to yourself than is available anywhere else, an extra special level of privacy and a view that will: - captivate you during the day, and - provide spectacular sunsets that will unfold not just in front of you, but all around you, "The views I had the pleasure of capturing were straight out of a computer screensaver folder." If that floats your boat, then we look forward to welcoming you to your own little piece of paradise! Guest access You can access all areas, except the upstairs/top floor deck. With no bridge to the island there are no cars/garbage trucks to wake you up. That also means that you can't drive to the island. You can park at Eldred's Marina on Boca Grande Causeway (anything from a truck/trailer to an RV/bus) ($10/day), and take the water taxi or you can bring your own/rent a boat. (Length limit is 24ft.) It takes ~10 mins to get across the bay. The house is 450 yards from the dock so you'll need to rent a golf cart (on-island rental options) or have our sherpa come pick you up. Other things to note Maximum furniture tolerances are 245 lbs. Therefore we are unable to accommodate guests who weigh more than that. Please note we have minimum A/C temperature settings to ensure that the previous guest hasn't iced up the unit and that it will be working optimally when you arrive and for the duration of your stay. Dockage fee of $10/day applies if you bring your own/rental boat. Max length is 24ft. Docking is first come, first served - i.e. you will NOT have an assigned slip. At peak times there is a possibility that no slip will be available. Peak times include: holidays such as 4th July. In the event that no slip is immediately available you can land your boat and disembark. Then options include double stacking or anchoring in the bay or at the beach in front of the house. (We haven't ever had to do any of these, but they are (remote) possibilities.)