Waterfront Dock Fish Manatee Clean Luxury-Brand Furnished House Gulf Coast

Luxury-furnished waterfront home — recently renovated top-to-bottom with true designer quality (West Elm level), not the typical “condo leftovers.” High ceilings, walls of glass, and a light-soaked great room looking straight out over the river, oaks and untouched preserve land — zero homes across the water. A screened-in, covered porch overlooks it all — morning coffee with yard full of water birds, manatees/dolphins gliding by, golden-hour sunsets, and the parade of beautiful boats to see go by… it becomes the ritual of your winter. Huge waterfront yard with string lights and a fire pit for nightly sunsets. Deep-water dock with power, water, plus floating dock for kayaks or a small boat. Fish snook + redfish right from your backyard. Miles of wild mangrove preserves, tunnels and mazes to paddle and explore, and minutes to the clear Gulf by boat deep water. Manatees + dolphins here and flocks of unique birds commute to nearby roost grazing the river every night — it’s genuinely like ocean wildlife on demand. PickleBall court and pool next door never used. Every detail is stocked — dishes, linens, cookware — just bring a toothbrush and step into Florida aquatic heaven.

Unique Benefits

Dock, Waterfront, View no other home, Perfect central accessible location, premium furnishings, Endless mangrove paths, Pickleball

Area Information

4 minutes from I-75 — your main artery to everything on the Gulf Coast — but still on true deep water teeming with life and boats. This is the rare Florida winter rental that doesn’t force you to choose between convenience or real water. The home sits directly on navigable river water — endless mangrove channels and bays to explore, and easy boating out to the Gulf. And because you’re right off I-75, you can be in Sarasota in ~25 min, St Pete in ~25 min, and UTC Mall / Lakewood Ranch in ~15 min. Meanwhile most “waterfront snowbird rentals” are 40–60 minutes from either the beaches or the towns. Here, you don’t sacrifice. This is the needle-in-the-haystack location where winter people get both boat life and fast access to everything.