Availability and rental details

Saturday, March 02, 2002 Rental details: We have listed here the 2002 rates, these may be subject to change. These rates may vary a little from what is listed on the Internet; this is because we have not been able to update all listings. Honestly, we probably have 2 or 3 people who want to rent the house for most weeks and more than 10 for some weeks! We could probably raise the price but don't think that's fair. So a couple of things: except for longer term rentals in our slowest season, mid October to December we don't negotiate our rates or rental periods.  We only rent by the week Saturday to Saturday; and please don't make a reservation unless you are really sure you want it. If you do we loose money, you loose your deposit, and someone else doesn't get to use the house. These are house keeping rentals, there is no maid service and you are expected to leave the houses in a "broom clean" condition when you leave. That means you need to plan on a little cleaning time before you leave. Our rates are $1000 to 2000/week depending on season, rates are highest in the summer and lowest in late fall and early winter.  Please refer to the calendar at the end of this website, it shows open weeks and the rates for the open weeks.  About our rates: We have to add Florida sales tax to our rates, currently the rate is 7.5%, you will have to pay the rate in force at the time you occupy the house, Jeb has to get his cut. Longer rentals: We will discount any rental of 2 weeks or more, in the busier seasons we will take $100 per week off of additional weeks, in the off season we will consider longer term lower priced rentals monthly rentals. For longer rentals we will require a portion of the rent be prepaid at the time the reservation is made and the amount depends on the individual situation. We are open to most any time frame so just e-mail us to let us know what you are interested in and we will give you a quote. All rates are based on up to 6 adults and 6 children. If you have more than 12 people in the house we charge $50 per person. If you plan to have more than 6 adults or more than 12 people please let us know. We like to rent to families.  If you have a group with more than 6 adults please let us know your relationships to each other.  We usually don't rent to large groups of unrelated singles.  This is not a party house,  it is in a quiet area and we need to keep it that way.  This is also no place for spring breakers, Panama City is the spring break scene, 100 miles to the west.  We do make exceptions for unrelated groups, for example we once rented to a group of 12, a bicycle team in training.  Just tell us a little about yourselves.  We are not out to discriminate against single folks, we are just trying to keep things quiet as the neighbors will immediately complain to us if there is a problem.  We want to avoid that (and so do you). Move in/out is on Saturday; check in after 4:00 PM, check out by 10:00 AM. Rent includes all utilities, but on top of all charges we have to add Florida State tax, at the time of this writing, 7.5% The rent is due in full 45 days before your start date unless you rent for two months or more, and then it depends on the conditions of the rental. Rent and all other payments must be made in cash, or by certified check, unless payment is made more than 45 days in advance; in that case payment can be by check. You can also make payments by credit card through paypal.com. To use paypal.com you have to register with them and that takes a few days.  If you want to use a credit card, it is a safe and easy way to pay. We have had to start collecting rent in advance as we were losing money to no shows.  We don't understand why someone would pay a deposit, sign a contract, and then just not show up, but it happens. So we collect the rent in advance which gives us time to rerent the house if the rent is not paid. Last year we had no unreserved vacant weeks, but we did have a couple of no shows.  That cost us the rent and the renters lost their deposits and deprived others who wanted to rent use of the house. There is also a deposit required at the time you make a reservation.  It will be returned after you leave, providing everything is OK.  In 8 years of renting a beach house out to hundreds of renters we have only kept deposits or part of deposits 3 times.  We like to think this is because we have good renters and we would be happier if we never had to keep any deposit money.  One of these times was when the renter was a no-show without notice, and this was before we started collecting  rent in advance.  One was a group of college students on spring break who abused the house, caused damage, and left it filthy.  The other incident we had was a very unpleasant renter who refused to allow us access to the house and as this resulted in costs and damages to us, we charged the renter for the costs.  Anyway, we have had well over a hundred other renters who have been responsible renters and we have fully refunded their deposits.  For rentals of $200 or less, the deposit is $400.  With longer term rentals the deposit will be proportionally more, but when it is, we will usually apply the amount above $400 to your rent at move in. If you cancel more than 45 days before the rental we will refund $300 of your deposit.  After that the refund amount depends on our ability to rent it for the days you reserved it. Unfortunately we have had some no shows and on a long rental, that can really hurt, so we ask for a bit more deposit. Please, if you aren't sure that you want the house, don't make a reservation. We have to turn down a lot more people than we can rent to and a no show or last minute cancellation not only costs money, but it keeps someone else from using the house. Housekeeping: This is a house keeping rental.  We do house cleaning between renters, but this is for major things like washing windows and walls and the like.  We expect our renters to keep the house clean while they are in it and to leave it clean when they leave.  We try to keep the house equipped with cleaning supplies, a vacuum, brooms, etc.   If you need more maid service than we offer let us know and we can help you make arrangements.  One important part of housekeeping is the garbage. This is a rural area and we get only once a week garbage service, on Fridays.  You will have a large garbage can and you can put additional bags out, but you need to do this on Friday morning so that when you leave on Saturday the garbage can is not full.  Starting Date Status Rent (tax not included) Mar 2, 2002 Jacobson   Mar 9, 2002 Spiczak   Mar 16, 2002 Cannon   Mar 23, 2002 Aalund   Mar 30, 2002 Hill   April 6, 2002 Hand   April 13, 2002 Mette   April 20, 2002 Open $1200 April 27, 2002 Open $1200 May 4, 2002 Dawson   May 11, 2002 Roa   May 18, 2002 Bumber   May 25, 2002 (Memorial Day) Open $2000 June 1, 2002 Galambos   June 8, 2002 Safran   June 15, 2002 Safran   June 22, 2002 Weiher   June 29, 2002 Hinchee   July 6, 2002 Hinchee   July 13 McManus   July 20 Open $2000 July 27  Open $2000 August 3 Open $2000 August 10 Open $2000 August 17  Keyserling   August 24 Keyserling   August 31 (Labor Day) Open $2000 Ask about discounts for longer rentals after Labor Day   September 7 Open $1500 September 14 Open $1400 September 21 Open $1300 September 28 Open $1200 October 5 Wellday   October 12 Rohse   October 19 Rohse   October 26 Rohse   November 2 Open $1000 November 9 Open $1000 November 16 Open $1000 November 23 Thanksgiving Open $1500 November 30 Open $1000 December 7 Open $1000 December 14 Open   December 21 Hinchee     De;cember 28 Hinchee    Ask about dates after this     Home