Livin' The Dream at Manasota Key

09/07/2026

Kim and Richard here, remember us? Although this page is no longer valid, we have purchased and completed a beautiful 2 BR, 2 BA villa in the Englewood Beach Villa Community behind Barefoot Trader and Circle K, right as you come onto Manasota Key that we can't wait to share with you!

We are in a 55 + gated community. The bedrooms both offer new king size beds, sleeps 4. To note: We are a 7 night minimum, no smoking, no pet property.

Come checkout our new website and use the code LAUNCH26 for 10% off the remaining 2026 weeks! Find us on FB at Villa 61.

Hope to host you soon!!

🎉 VILLA 61 LAUNCH SPECIAL — SAVE 10%Book an eligible stay between September 19 and December 12, 2026 and receive 10% off rent with promo code LAUNCH26.

06/14/2026

Hi friends! We are finally finished with our new vacation rental in the Englewood Beach Villas 55+ community (on the island behind Barefoot Trader and Circle K)! I invite you over to our page where you will find rental information and tidbits about the island we all love so much! Just a 4 minute stroll to the beach, easy walk to all the restaurants, tiki bars, and gift shops on the island. It's a perfect location! Our villa sleeps 4 with 2 king beds, so don't delay, hope on over and follow the link to our rental company Gulf Coast Vacations, and let them know that Kim sent you!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584020586166

Beach vacation rental at Manasota Key, FL.

01/14/2026

Hi. It's Kim! I explained in an earlier post that we sold the condo on this page in 2021. FB for some reason would not let me transfer ownership to the page, nor delete it.
Since then, we have missed the island so much that in March 2025 we purchased a cute 2 br/ 2ba hurricane ravaged freestanding home in the Englewood Beach Villas (behind Circle K and Gulf Realty), and it has been a huge project to say the least, and is still a work in progress, but we are getting close.....so it's time we let you in on it!!

I am making this final post to invite you to follow along as we get Villa 61 ready for our home away from home, as well as welcoming guests when we are not there.

We still have a ways to go, and renting details to work out...but here is your invitation to leave this dormant page and be some of the first to join us on our journey as we complete Villa 61!





https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584020586166

Beach vacation rental at Manasota Key, FL.

05/22/2025

Hi everyone. This is Kim, the owner of this unit from 2018 to 2021. This complex has been decimated by 2024 hurricanes. The page has been invalid, however, I cannot get FB to delete. No notifications that come from here are valid at this point.
I will update that Richard and I have again purchased on the island, a villa behind Barefoot Trader and will be offering rentals (55 and over)hopefully by April 2026. Follow our journey at Villa 61!

11/01/2024

This page is no longer valid, but I cannot get Facebook to delete. Please unfollow and unlike. No notifications come here that are valid at this point.
Thank you.

11/10/2018

Ohhhh...I forgot to share the update of the ugly bathroom. She's not ugly anymore! Here's the before and after of our main bath!

10/25/2018

Step 1....

10/22/2018

Who says you can't tear up things from 1,015 miles away? Bye bye ugly bathroom! See ya on the flip side!