Our Favorite Little Beach House on 30A {Starfish & Coffee review}

Temperatures in the low to mid 80’s. Blue water. White sand. Sounds like a dream vacation far, far away doesn’t it? Nope! It’s just 7 hours from Nashville and several other cities in the southeast and it’s our favorite! We love Santa Rosa Beach so much that we plan a 3 week trip there every fall.

We just returned from this beautiful place.

Every year we stay at the same house, Starfish & Coffee in Old Florida Village. It feels like home. Old Florida Village is such a cute little neighborhood nestled right on 30A. *Make sure to read all the way to the bottom for a discount code on our favorite little beach house on 30A*

It’s our favorite little beach house on 30A I’m sure you can see why. Isn’t it adorable? What are some of our favorite things about this home away from home?

1. The location. We have stayed other places on 30A, and Old Florida Village is by far our favorite. It’s close to the beach, restaurants, and shops.
2. Santa Rosa Beach is far less crowded and not as loud as other little towns along 30A. That’s perfect for us. We love a quiet beach town.
3. The house is right across the street from one of the two pools in the neighborhood. It’s almost like having your own private pool. It’s never crowded and you can look out your window to check on the kids while they’re swimming.
4. The beds are super comfortable. We travel a lot and sleep on a lot of beds, but these are some of our favorite.
5. 2,200 square feet. 3 bedrooms (with 2 king rooms) + a bunk room make this place one of the best to rent with friends or if you have a larger family.
6. There’s a cute, little carport with a small garage attached. Inside the garage you’ll find a TON of beach, pool, and baby items. From floats to strollers to sand toys, to wagons to take to the beach, to outdoor games and more. Leave all that stuff at home and save room in the car by using what’s available at Starfish & Coffee.
7. Inside the house is everything you need minus the groceries. All you need to bring are your clothes, bathing suit and food. For real. Inside are beach towels to use, kitchen appliances (crock pot, coffee maker, blender, pots and pans, etc), baby items (stroller, high chair, pack n play, toys, etc)
8. The neighborhood is so quiet. We aren’t fans of the loud and busy neighborhoods. We live on 15 acres in the middle of the woods and I think if we went to a place where the neighborhood was busy and loud, we wouldn’t return. Old Florida Village is the sweetest little neighborhood.
9. The view from the back of the house. So many times when you rent houses at the beach, you feel like you’re on top of your neighbors. Not at Starfish & Coffee — quite the opposite actually. We feel right at home with the backyard being in the woods with a cute, little fence.
10. The owner. It’s not often you find a friendship from renting a house from someone. The owner of Starfish and Coffee are so easy to work with, flexible with booking your stay, and are available throughout your stay to answer any questions. You don’t always find that, so when you do, it really stands out.

One of our favorite things about the area is that you can use a street legal golf cart to take you to and from the beach or even to dinner or to grab ice cream. This was our 3rd year renting from SoWal Beach Buggys and we can’t imagine coming to 30A without this rental. There are some things you can do without, a golf cart on 30A isn’t one of them!

Having this golf cart keeps all the sand and mess out of your car going to and from the beach. It also is great to haul alot of things back and forth to the beach. It has 6 seats + a little bed space in the back for all your beach gear. All 6 of us and all our stuff fit just fine.

From the beginning when we made the reservation with SoWal Beach Buggys, through the end of the trip, they were so easy to work with and answered any questions we had. The cart was there when we arrived at our rental, and was picked up the day we left. Talk about convenience!

We are heading back to 30A in just a few weeks and already have a golf cart lined up with SoWal Beach Buggys. If you rent once, you’ll see the need to have one during every beach trip after that. There are quite a few different options of carts. Which one is your favorite?

SoWal Beach Buggys also has other rental services available. Check out their kayak, Yolo boards, beach bonfire, or fishing trips.

You can see why we love having a golf cart from SoWal Beach Buggys so much as well as a few fun golf cart videos over on my Insta Stories. Just click on the 30A highlight in my profile.

Another fun thing to do while visiting Santa Rosa Beach is to ride bikes. Whether you bring your own or rent some while you’re there, you must ride up and down 30A and ride to the beach on your bike. We got our bikes again this year from Live Well 30A.

The entire 30A community is extremely bike friendly. Most of 30A has a bike path. No better way to experience the beach, the sunshine, and beautiful 30A than on a bike. We had 2 adult bikes, one had a baby trailer on the back. We also had 3 individual bikes for the boys as well. The boys would wake up each morning and the first thing they’d ask to do is take a bike ride around the neighborhood. Why not? We’re on beach time. No where to be and nothing to do.

You can see why we love getting our bikes from Live Well 30A so much as well as a few fun videos of the kiddos riding over on my Insta Stories. Just click on the 30A highlight in my profile.

I’d love to help you plan your vacation to 30A, specifically to Starfish and Coffee. Take 10% off your stay at Starfish & Coffee (excluding May 25th-August 10th) in 2019 by mentioning my name when you make your reservation. *Just make sure to message the owner before booking letting her know of the discount so she can apply the 10% off.* If you have questions or need advice on where to stay, what to do, and who to rent from, just comment and let me know.