The house is very updated, clean and exactly as pictured. My husband and I as well as our three kids (ages 8-14) all loved it. My boys especially loved the pool and had an absolute blast swimming, especially at night with the lights. They may have enjoyed that as much as the beach. :)
Just a few notes about the property and what to expect....it is a super short drive to Manasota Key beach and several beaches along that inlet. If you're looking to hit the more popular Siesta Key beach, it's about a 30 minute drive. Lido beach is even further north. We took the kids to Mote Marine Aquarium one day and it was a 40 minute drive. We had a great time at Manasota Key and found tons of shells and shark teeth (we were there the week of Elsa, so that may have something to do with it). The house is newer to the rental market, so there were not any beach chairs or toys for us to use while we were there. Not that any are advertised, I'm just used to beach houses having those and so I didn't pack any. It's probably just that they haven't accumulated any since they are new to the rental market. We left a small basket of beach toys there, so there's a collection started. :)
My only real complaint is that there was no good way for us to rinse off after the beach. There was one water hose outside the screened porch, but it wrapped around the house and we couldn't figure out how to use it without potentially messing up something. There is an outlet inside the screened in porch, but no hose attached and that's what we used, but it wasn't particularly easy. Hopefully, the owners will add a hose to help with the rinsing off of the beach.
Overall, it was an awesome house and we enjoyed our time there.