Where we are in relation to Surfside
We're just south of it. Our address is 7418 Harding Avenue, in the North Beach part of the City of Miami Beach. The Town of Surfside starts at 87th Street and runs north to 96th Street, from the Atlantic across to the Indian Creek waterway. Head north on Harding from our gate and the street numbers climb from the 74s toward Surfside's line.
So we aren't inside the town limits. We're the house you stay in when you want Surfside's pace without paying for a building on its beachfront.
What Surfside actually is
Surfside is a separate town, not a Miami Beach neighborhood. It was incorporated on May 18, 1935, and covers about half a square mile. The 2020 census counted 5,689 residents. It has its own mayor and commission, its own police, and its own mile of beach between 87th and 96th Streets.
It's small enough to cross on foot in an afternoon, and that's the appeal. There are no big resorts lining a strip, and the streets behind the beach are mostly low and residential.
Harding Avenue: our street, and Surfside's main street
Harding Avenue runs past our front door, and further north it becomes Surfside's business district, between 94th and 96th Streets. The Town calls it one of the most walkable corridors in the north beach area. It's a few blocks of storefronts, a pharmacy, small offices and places to eat, the sort of street where residents do their errands rather than a place built for visitors.
Our advice: go in the morning or late afternoon, browse without a plan, and keep walking north. At 96th Street you're at the edge of town, with Bal Harbour Shops next door to the neighborhood for the afternoons that turn into wandering.
A little history worth knowing
Surfside has older roots than its 1935 founding suggests. In 1923, land clearing for the Altos del Mar development turned up evidence of a Tequesta village, the region's earliest settlers. A dig in 1933 and 1934 uncovered a habitation mound nearly 400 feet long. Today's town was carved from Altos del Mar plats 4, 5 and 6. Knowing that changes how the quiet residential grid reads when you walk it.
The beach between here and there
The beach is just a short walk, and we have sunbeds waiting for you. They're set out a few minutes east of our gate along Miami Beach Oceanside Park, included in your stay, with no reservation needed. The sand is public and wide, and if you walk north along the water you reach Surfside's mile of beach without leaving the shore.
The house you come back to
We're a 1948 building with 29 rooms and suites over two floors, set around a courtyard. Felix designed each room himself, and every piece of furniture is custom. Mark Cherry's commissioned pieces hang on the walls, and the teak yacht deck pattern runs underfoot. Everything here carries Felix's personal touch.
What you'll use most:
- The Courtyard Pool: ringed in teak decking and native palms, open sunrise to sunset, reserved for guests. We don't sell day passes.
- The Breakfast Table: warm croissants, fruit, cold-pressed juices and yogurt each morning. We don't run a restaurant, so lunch and dinner are out in the neighborhood.
- The Gym & Sauna: weights, a Peloton bike and an infrared sauna, in a quiet room with linen curtains.
- The Desk That Never Sleeps: someone of the house is awake at any hour for keys, luggage and directions.
Who stays with us when they're here for Surfside
Mostly couples, friends travelling together, and families with older children. We welcome guests aged 12 and over. People come because they want a slower stretch of the coast and a house small enough that we remember how you take your coffee. This is the slower Miami, and Surfside is part of the reason it stays that way.