La Casa Gialla

Our large family took our first beach trip together to Port A recently and stayed at La Casa Gialla for 4 nights. From check-in to check-out, we thoroughly enjoyed our time and La Casa Gialla was clean, comfortable and accommodated our large group well. The bedrooms were nice size and the beds very comfortable. The kitchen and living room areas were roomy enough for all of us to be together at the same time and still not feel crowded. We weren't able to enjoy the outdoor patio as often due to mosquitos and the heat, but this wasn't a big issue for us as we spent most of our time at the beach. The only recommendations we have is there wasn't space in the kitchen for non-perishables (pantry space), so we had to leave most of our groceries in bags on the floor. Having a gate between the kitchen and hallway would have been helpful to keep the little ones safe and away from the stairs. The outdoor shower wasn't working properly, so we weren't able to rinse off when returning from the beach and before entering the home. These are all minor issues and none that we felt hampered our stay in any way. We highly recommend La Casa Gialla for a family wanting to spend a fun trip at the beach while having all the comforts of home.

I rented this home because it had plenty of room and a pool. This is the second time renting this house. Check in was easy and on time.

Everything was clean, convenient location, golf cart was a plus! Would recommend!

This was so cozy and inviting, and was one of the most well stocked homes that I’ve stayed at in my 20 plus years of coming here. The kids and grandkids had all the blankets and pillows they needed, plenty of room to spread out, and had a BLAST in the private pool and huge backyard. My husband has some health issues, and the owner made some special accommodations for us that made our vacation ten times better than it would have been, and Starkey management was amazing in helping us with our issues. Fantastic stay and would definitely book again!!

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Overall great. My negative comment would be safety. Both showers upstairs need something to make the shower pans not slippery.
Same with the upstairs deck and around the pool area.
The stairs from the pool up to the deck area was extremely hot and slick has well.
The house was extremely well stocked we had a very great stay
Would recommend this property

The house was clean and well stocked with everything anyone could possibly need. We had a wonderful time in the pool and enjoyed the heck out of the buggy that came with the rental! All in all just such a great place to stay! It is in central Port A with easy access to just about everything!

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The private salt water pool was absolutely the best feature - our kids loved it! We really enjoyed the firepit at night for S'mores with the family. This house had plenty of room for everyone to spread out and the location was a 3 minute golf cart drive to the beach.

We absolutely loved our stay. It was cozy and the master/master bath was amazing! It had everything we needed and it was clean other than a few minor things... sand in the pool. The outdoor shower wasn’t working but we could have reached out for assistance. It rained the whole time and we enjoyed every bit of it still. The golf cart was perfect and we had everything we needed.

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I highly recommend! Clean and beautiful! The location was great! Beach was less than 5 minutes away on golf cart.

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had family from up north. Wanted to stay by the beach. House and amenities were great. Would rent from Starkey again

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This is a nice house. About a block from the beach, and easy to get to with the cart. You can also easily get to a store and a gas station, along with a pizza/snow cone place near there also. Minor bummer about no garage access and using the stairs, but overall a nice place.

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The Good: Location, Furnishings, Golf Cart. The Bad: No Garage access or side gate access. No backyard access accept down the stairs in back. Anything you want to take to the pool must go up front stairs, then up the interior stairs and then down the back stairs...super inconvenient! Zero mosquito control, we were swarmed every time we opened the door. The interior was not cleaned well, trash in the kitchen, stains on couch, pots/pans dirty, soda cans in the living room. The pool was dirty and there is no bbq pit available. If you bring your own you must cook on the front drive, won't let you cook by the pool. Won't be staying at this place again...especially for what we paid for the place.

Pros: The house is in a great location. It is very spacious and sleeps 10 comfortably. The kitchen is well stocked and there were plenty of towels. The private pool and provided golf cart were definitely a plus.

Cons: Check in was at 4pm and we did not receive our door code until 4:15pm. Once in, my grandson went straight to the pool only to find out that it was filthy. The bottom was covered with sand and wrappers. The mgmt company called the owner's pool guy immediately but there was no response. The pool was finally cleaned the next day at 1pm. Paid extra to have a private pool that we didn't get to use for almost 24 hours...very disappointing. Also, you should know that you have to walk up to the 2nd level and go out on the deck and walk down two levels of stairs to get to the pool because the owner will not allow you to go through the gate to the pool. Also, to get to the first floor master bedroom you have to walk up a flight of stairs and then down a flight of stairs because the only first floor access to the master is through the garage that you do not have access to.
Overall, this is a really nice place to stay and I would stay again if the pool was clean and I didn't have an elderly person with me that had to deal with the stairs.

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The house was very clean and the code access made check in/out very easy. The golf cart was a nice addition, however I wasn't aware that we had to arrange drop off of the cart. It is not located at the house. It wasn't a problem to get it though. The house only had 1 roll of toilet paper in each bathroom and none were full rolls. We had to go buy toilet paper and paper towels almost immediately. The only pool access is from the top floor, inside the house. The gates outside the pool were all locked creating a problem when trying to take coolers, etc. to the back yard and the pool was pretty dirty. The access is also seems like a fire hazard since the only exit is up the stairs to the top floor of the house. The kitchen area is much smaller than depicted. We had 10 people in our group and it was tight. Beds were very comfortable, plenty of extra linens were stocked, and wifi/tv all worked great. Starkey service was excellent as usual.

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The house was beautiful, clean and very spacious. Penny at Starkey is THE BEST!!!! She actually went to the house while we were shopping and fixed the TV's for us old folks that are electronically deficient!! My only complaint is that the outside garbage cans were full when we arrived which left no room for our garbage for a few days. Other than that I would go back in a heartbeat!!

The property had everything needed to provide our grand kids a great vacation. We are looking forward to doing it again next year.

The house was great. It had plenty of room for everyone. The pool was wonderful.

The house was great. It had plenty of room for everyone. The pool was wonderful.

The house was very comfortable, the four bedrooms were large and suited our family well. The kitchen was big and had everything we needed. We enjoyed the back porch as well. The pool is small but the kids had fun. We visited in July and the temperatures were high 80’s low 90’s. The pool was HOT on several days. I think it needs a shade sail to partially cover it or a fountain to cool the water down. We noticed most pools in that area had addressed that problem. We also
Were disappointed there was no grill, we always take food to cook out and were unable to have several of our meals (hamburgers, steak, hotdogs) because of this. We have been coming to Port A for 14 years and always had access to a grill. There was a large patio for cooking and hanging out but with no grill we couldn’t use it. There is also plenty of room for an outside shower but there is not one. Overall it’s a very nice house in a great location, with a few tweaks it would be perfect. I gave 4 stars on the cleanliness because the grass was a bit tall and there was sand in the pool when we got there. The inside of the house was very clean.

Great house great location.

Very good!! House was great, well stocked with all essential items. Very nicely decorated. Owners did outstanding job of redecorating etc. after Hurricane.
Would definitely recommend!!!

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Great house

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House was comfortable for our needs. A/C worked great.

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The home was very nice and comfy. However too many stairs and was interupted by police at 10:30 due to neighbor complaint to quite down. Other than that we all had a wonderful time at this beautiful house. Thank you

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It was nice. We like the house since it is across the street from another house we rent with another family. One problem was that one shower was not working in one of the bathrooms. Seems like the cleaning people would have reported it before we arrived since they do clean the shower area.

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It was nice. We like the house since it is across the street from another house we rent with another family. One problem was that one shower was not working in one of the bathrooms. Seems like the cleaning people would have reported it before we arrived since they do clean the shower area.

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we had a blast and our entire family (12 People) were able to live extremely comfortable in this very nice house. complete thumbs up. thank you!

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Was a great place to stay. Fit everyone. Clean. A little dated, but really, who cares?

My family really enjoyed our stay in this home over Spring Break. This is a nice large home with ample room for the 10 of us. The large deck and fenced yard out back were great. The only thing that I feel guests with possible health issues should be aware of is that there are lots of steps to go up and down.

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Great vacation, but too many stairs!! Everything else was excellent!

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