The Cracker Shack Tiny House is an open plan Florida cottage with living, dining, and work spaces, a quality queen size ships bunk, a walk-in closet with washer and dryer, a full bath with whirlpool tub and shower combo, a full kitchen with dual stainless sink, dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave convection oven, toaster oven and coffee maker, and quality cookware and dishware. There is a large deck facing the back yard with hammock and Holiday Park beyond. There is also a covered front porch. The property is fenced all around with tall hedges surrounding it.

Furnished with my grandparents North Carolina porch wicker, my mother’s Welsh Pine armoire, a narrow desk with an antique rolling chair from the S and O railroad office in Chicago, my step-brothers antique cedar chest found in the attic of a 1930’s house he bought in Delray, a queen size bed built into an alcove like a ships bunk with a back yard view and hidden storage underneath, and some painted pine pieces to fill in.

Outside there is vintage wrought iron furniture on the back deck; a round table with umbrella and four chairs, and a cast aluminum chair and footstool that came from the Hollywood Beach Resort Hotel from 1926, and two lounge chairs . You can hear tennis rackets whacking balls at the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center in Holiday Park, or a concert in the Park on Friday nights in Summer, not the lions roar Olive remembered remembered when it was home to the Clyde Beatty Lion Farm.

When you are in this house you feel like you are in the country in a different, gentler age, but it is in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Two rusted but serviceable beach cruisers are available for guest use. A Smart TV with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime accounts and an antenna for broadcast tv, wi-fi, Panasonic sound system with Bluetooth and Amazon dot deliver music, news and entertainment. Experience living in a tiny house, you may find its all you need!

What is a Florida Cracker? According to Wikipedia, “Among some Floridians, the term is used as a proud or jocular self-description. Since the huge influx of new residents into Florida in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, from the northern parts of the United States and from Mexico and Latin America, the term "Florida Cracker" is used informally by some Floridians to indicate that their families have lived in the state for many generations. It is considered a source of pride to be descended from "frontier people who did not just live but flourished in a time before air conditioning, mosquito repellent, and screens” I’d say that’s about right. Poor tough pioneers living in the harsh conditions of Florida. Air conditioning changed the trajectory of the State, and the rest, they say, is history.

Available for periods of 30 days or more.

Note: There is a security camera outside on the front of house that monitors the front deck, front yard and parking areas. There is an Amazon Alexa disc that is not a surveillance device. Feel free to unplug it if that spooks you, but remember to plug it back it.