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Newly Renovated 5-Room Apt. with Pool & Gardens , Near Downtown

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Exterior
Guest Quarters/apartment is on the right side, the side with two front windows.
Property grounds
chaise lounges in screened-in pool area

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
1 bedroom1 bathroomSleeps 379.0 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Hot tub
  • Pool
  • Barbecue grill
  • Kitchen
  • Outdoor space

Explore the area

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St. Petersburg, FL
  • Tropicana Field
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Vinoy Park
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Salvador Dali Museum
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • St. Petersburg, FL (SPG-Albert Whitted)
    ‪8 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

1 bedroom (sleeps 3)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Office
Separate dining area
Garden

About this property

Newly Renovated 5-Room Apt. with Pool & Gardens , Near Downtown

Your Guest Quarters have a Private Kitchen. In 1923 Home was built by a shipwright, the character of the space will have you rocking in shiplap. You will find a Spacious Pool, tree-lined, brick-paved streets, and friendly neighbors. Crescent lake park 2 blocks away for a stroll. Restaurants and bars are within walking distance on 4th St. N. and on Martin Luther King Jr. (9th St.). From burgers to sushi to Thai to New England seafood to Spanish tapas and so much more await your visit.

St. Paul's Catholic Church is a short walk down the street.

There are 2 CATS and 2 conure PARROTS (live in cage outside) on the property. PLEASE be aware that the house was a duplex - the SHARED porch is off YOUR kitchen and Dining Room. I am very quiet and friendly and am available if you want to talk, visit or have questions. Or not, I respect my guest's privacy.

The bedroom has a queen bed. A sleeper sofa that sleeps 2 is in the living room.

There is a divider on the shared porch/entrance to the pool area that separates the main house from the Guest Quarters.

Many outdoor areas to sit and eat, read, relax or just wander the property. The screened-in pool area is large, table with comfortable chairs, 2 Chaise lounges, Adirondack chairs & a table.

Walk downtown or take a bus at the stop on the next block. 4 blocks from 4th Street Restaurants, and shops. Museums are downtown & on Central Ave. Tropicana Field 1 Mi walk.

The full Bath ensuite was updated and fully renovated in October 2018.
The Kitchen was also fully renovated and updated in November 2018.

Pool towels are available, just ask.

Internet available, TV in living room - NOT cable/local stations and movies - you are welcome to use your streaming accounts, Desk in Dining Area.
Private, fully equipped kitchen.

Enjoy pristine beaches minutes away, visit Ft. DeSoto Park in Tierra Verde voted best USA beach is 7 miles away. Wonderful art and cultural events on the downtown waterfront all year long.

Go to The St. Petersburg Chamber website for a look at the Visitor s Guide.

I am bilingual - Spanish - si necisita informacion enviame un email por favor.

Property manager

Jo-An Thomas

Languages

English, Spanish

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Amenities

Pool
Hot tub
Kitchen
Air conditioning
Outdoor space
Water view

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 23
Check out before 9:00 AM
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Children

Adults only
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Please be considerate and do not play music or the TV too loudly. No smoking. PLEASE do not unplug the Internet WiFi Extender.
2 cats live in adjoining apartment they may visit the Pool area- if you have any allergies to cats pls do not book this apartment.
NO diving or jumping in the pool. 2 small parrots in the garden area away from pool area. You may visit but do not put fingers in cage -they bite!

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Long-term renters welcome
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

We should mention

A car is recommended for transport to and from this property

About the area

St. Petersburg

Located in St. Petersburg, this holiday home is in the city centre and on a lake. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Tampa Bay and Vinoy Park, while Salvador Dali Museum and MacDill Air Force Base are cultural highlights. Great Explorations Children's Museum and St. Pete Pier are also worth visiting. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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St. Petersburg, FL

What's nearby

  • Sunken Gardens - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Tropicana Field - 4 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Jannus Live - 4 min drive - 3.0 km
  • Vinoy Park - 4 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Salvador Dali Museum - 5 min drive - 4.2 km

Getting around

  • Tampa Union Station - 27 min drive
  • St. Petersburg, FL (SPG-Albert Whitted) - 8 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Beer Box - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Panera Bread - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Chipotle Mexican Grill - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Sesh - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Outback Steakhouse - ‬15 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Does Newly Renovated 5-Room Apt. with Pool & Gardens , Near Downtown have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Newly Renovated 5-Room Apt. with Pool & Gardens , Near Downtown pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Newly Renovated 5-Room Apt. with Pool & Gardens , Near Downtown?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Newly Renovated 5-Room Apt. with Pool & Gardens , Near Downtown?

Checkout is at 9:00 AM.

Where is Newly Renovated 5-Room Apt. with Pool & Gardens , Near Downtown located?

Located in the heart of St. Petersburg, this holiday home is within 2 miles (3 km) of Nova 535, Tampa Bay and Tropicana Field. NOVA 535 Unique Event Space and St. Anthony's Hospital are also within 15 minutes.

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

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Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 20 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 20 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 20 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 20 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

8.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Robert K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

St Pete Trip

We enjoyed our stay, the house is great and close to everything. JoAnne is a great host and very helpful we loved her birds and cats!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carmen D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Home away from home.

This is the perfect place for anyone looking for some of everything. Plenty of quiet relaxation space along with nice bedroom and dining area. Enough space to cook any meal and even extras that you might not have thought about bringing or knew you needed. We will be coming back again for certain! Jo-An is great too. :)
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Pamela L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

hmmm

Although listed as a duplex, it was more a renovated side of a larger house. There was an access door from the outside as well as the inside that locked on both sides. The cats and parrots were not outside in nature, but outside of the guest residence.We were concerned talking or watching TV that it was too loud since we could clearly hear the owner on the phone.The residence met our needs as we didn't intend to be there during the day, and it absolutely was close to everything in St. Petersburg so driving or walking was not an issue. The area of town was lovely, and we felt safe.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Kristen N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

St Pete

Great location!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Anna D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great neighborhood

We were visiting the area. This is a nice neighborhood that we had not previously seen. Hostess was very nice. The unit has shared walls which are thin. Convenient to a nice park
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leonard B., Athens, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good experience

Jo-An was very welcoming and the apartment was nicely furnished and comfortable.
Stayed 28 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Heather C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful property and area in St. Pete

My husband and I had a wonderful stay in St. Pete. The bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining and bathroom was very clean and had everything we needed. We enjoyed cooking dinner together and swimming in the pool. Great location for going to beaches, Tampa, Tarpon Springs and more. Jo-An was a wonderful host, very accommodating and always available if you need her.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

melinda g., ST PETERSBURG, FLorida USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location, Great price

This Vrbo is well located in the St Pete area. It's in a residential area that is very close to the Crescent Lake, Waterfront/Downtown area and incredibly affordable for the area. Good parking, full kitchen, a very nice backyard and covered pool area. Host is an accommodating, pleasant and helpful person. The Vrbo space is actually a separated, extension of the host home, but if location and affordability are top priorities, this is the place to stay.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ted R., Fort Wayne, IN

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Was Perfect

We had a conference at the Duke Energy Center and this was the perfect, comfortable, close to our event place, at a much more reasonable cost than a hotel. So much homier than a sterile hotel. Peaceful home, all the needed amenities and more. Quiet safe neighborhood. And tons of great eating and drinking venues nearby. If we ever have to come back to StPete, we’re definitely staying here. Thank you Jo-Ann for opening your home to us.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

William P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Classic St. Pete

It’s a great place with wood paneling and antique art and Jana see art details, kitchen was modern but no dish washer. Jo-An is a wonderful host. Too cold to swim but the pool was clean. Just a few Blocks away from Crescent Lake. The queen size bed is very firm. We’d stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Nancy H.

Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy

Not what we expected

In the advertisement of the VRBO, no mention was made of the lack of a solid door from the kitchen to the back porch; which is open and a part of her living area and home. A curtain covers where the door should be. Windows in the kitchen and dining room have shades but no glass. EVERYconversation and phone call was heard.The bedroom and the bathroom were good. The bed was great. Living room was very dark with very soft and difficult to sit on couches. Some lights didn't work. We tried to talk to JoAn about our concerns about the lack of privacy and poor sound barriers.She seemed unable to understand the problem we had with the way her house was configured.We compensated and made the best of it since there was nothing we could do about it. We did buy our own chairs to sit on the front porch to sit in the sun and took them with us. We did swim once in the pool which was cold but nice.The patio table and grill were on the other side of her living area and would require walking through her outdoor area to use.Her kitty would try to visit us in the mornings by popping thru the curtain "door" of the kitchen. The cat litter smell was occasionally noticeShe could coming thru the curtain "door". She could make a considerable improvement by putting in adequate doors and windows and try to sound proof the wall between the living quarters.
Stayed 58 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

SALVATORE M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Convenient location and a Great Price

If you're looking for a budge-priced one bedroom apartment within easy commute to everything St Petersburg, this is it. The apartment reminded me of a cabin in the woods, and is in a very nice residential neighborhood, ten minutes to historic downtown and 15 - 20 minutes to St Pete Beach, Madeira Beach and more. Joann & Richard are lovely hoshts, The apartment is adjoined to their house and separated by a privacy divider on the back porch. They are there if you need something but otherwise you have total privacy at the rear patio and pool. The pool looked nice but is unheated; and we preferred to spend time at one of the beaches. All-in-all, this is a great home base for one or two people, looking to explore any and all directions in St Petersburg, whether the cultural district, shopping or beaches. Thank you Joann & Richard! We had a very nice stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Tina S.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy

Friendly host but no privacy

Jo-An is very nice and responsive but the description of it being a separate apartment is completely misleading. The wall dividing this unit from her home runs about 3/4 of the depth but the back of the unit is completely open to a shared porch. One of her cats came over to visit at night which wasn’t an issue for us but could be for someone with allergies and shows how this is not a separate apt. There is a privacy screen but we could hear everything she said which was extremely uncomfortable. My husband was going to be working remotely while I was at USF but he left to work at a coffee shop most days to avoid overhearing her conversations with her broker on speakerphone. I had told her he would be working remotely before we booked and asked if the WiFi was good and she said it was. The speed was fine but he was not able to use Outlook. When we talk to her about it she said she had the same problem and had to switch email providers which obviously my husband can’t do. It would’ve been helpful if we knew that ahead of time. The place is older and a bit run down and we had some problems with grease ants in fact some of them made the return trip in his computer 😞 We are ok with it not being fancy but for the price we would expect a bit more like towels that don’t have bleach spots on them and a bathroom that isn’t full of toiletries from who knows who/when. It is definitely overpriced for what you get. It is also very dark, especially in the eating area so not a great place if you have to do more than sleep there. The neighborhood was nice and quiet though and we were able to walk to dinner downtown most nights. It does have a pool and lanai but those really felt more like her space than ours so we really didn’t use them. She also has a parrot out there and we didn’t want to disturb him. Again, Jo-An is nice and responsive but we would never stay there again.
Stayed 20 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

David C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Even Better Than Advertised

I rarely give 5 stars in all categories but Jo-An and her property deserve them and perhaps even some 6's if they existed. The unit combines the charm provided by the preservation of a superbly built older home combined with the necessary upgrades needed to modernize a kitchen. The original oak flooring is in fabulous condition while the range hood and refrigerator are far higher quality than one would expect in a rental unit. She did not spare expense on the kitchen utensils either. There is a private entrance from both the front and rear porch like a properly constructed "mother-in-law's" apartment should possess. In addition, there is the interior doorway that can be locked from either side like in adjoining hotel rooms. The furnishings are very nice and the bed very comfortable. The large private pool can be accessed from the back porch and is inside a screen enclosure. Finally, you could not ask for a nicer, more helpful hostess. She was out when I departed but when we talked on the phone later, I jokingly told her that I hated to be honest about how great her place was because it would always be booked up and I would never get to stay there again. If you get an opportunity to stay there, you won't be disappointed. Thanks Jo-An.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Becky G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Great location

Lovely neighborhood! Great place to walk and enjoy the surroundings. The kitchen had what we needed to prep our own meals without problems. Bed was comfortable and space nicely furnished. Close to good activities. The only surprise was the the guest quarters were actually a part of the main house separated by a door between dens and a curtain off of the kitchen. So we were very conscious of trying to stay quiet as we knew conversations could be heard. Pool was a nice bonus.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Timothy J., Ganger, IN USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice quiet place

Good location at a great price.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Lisa H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice residential neighborhood

Property is centrally located to restaurants, shopping, and a short jaunt to the beach. Jo-An told us about Fort de Soto park which we loved. We had to shorten our visit due to illness and Jo-An was very generous to offer us reimbursement or a credit for a portion of our stay.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Linda H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great apartment in lovely walking neighborhood

We really enjoyed this clean, well equipped apartment in an interesting neighborhood. Our morning walk to crescent lake park to watch amazing wildlife was a highlight of our trip. TV stations difficult to access. Jo-an was very helpful. We would return to this listing

10/10 Excellent

Sue H., Pottstown

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property

My husband and I were supposed to be in St Pete for the month of March but had to cut our trip short due to COVID-19. Jo-An offered us a credit for our next visit! The property is great, there is a grill for cooking outdoors, relaxing by the pool was wonderful. Jo-An is a very friendly and accommodating host. We look forward to going back.
Stayed 30 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca J.

Great peaceful get away

This house was everything I had hoped for. Jo-An is a wonderful host that made us feel welcome from the moment we crossed the threshold. If you are looking for a quiet affordable place to stay when visiting the St Petersburg area...this is the place.
Stayed 11 nights in May 2019

About the host

Hosted by Jo-An Thomas

Host profile image
As a military child, I have lived my life as a traveler, a seeker of culture, nature, knowledge, and people. People often ask where I am from, truly I don't know the answer to that question. Newfoundland, Canada? Fairbanks or Whittier Alaska? Williamsburg, Virginia? Hingham Massachusetts? Virginia Beach, Virginia? Puerto Rico? Panama? The Caribbean? Asia?

I have chosen St. Petersburg, Florida as my spiritual home. This place speaks to me of all the people, places and cultures I've known and reminds me of days gone by in happy times on other turfs. It is called "The Sunshine City" and I crave the warmth of the people, the place and the potential herein.

Why they chose this property

I looked for this property for two years. I wanted a home that reminded me of the places I'd lived. I love that there is plenty of land with vegetation surrounding what was originally a duplex. The two sides of the house were re-connected sometime in the 1960s. I have sectioned off the Guest Quarters/apartment for short-term rentals. It is private (but shared on the porch) for renters and has a private door to the pool area.

The location is convenient to downtown, restaurants, museums, Crescent Lake Park, art, and events. The beach is only 7 miles away unless one would like to use the beach downtown which is 2 miles away.

What makes this property unique

Guests tell me it is homey and not like a hotel, more like a place to feel at home.

Languages:

English, Spanish