Port Lavaca, Texas
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NOTE -- Please give us an ACCURATE number of Adults and Children in your group. Our Listing states that we sleep 20. That assumes some children in your group. Limit of beds for adults (and older teens) is about 14 including blow up and bottom bunk. If you bring more adults, you may have to provide additional bedding. Beds includes top bunks, cots, couches and/or fold-outs for kids.
Our houses are not run by a property management company, but is a family business. We live close by on the Texas Coast and equip our houses with everything we want for when we stay there. No cast off or "hand me down" mattresses. All are good quality for when we and our friends and family stay there.
Whether you are interested in Dolphin watching, birding, swimming, boating, fishing or simply watching the sun set, The Texas Court House has it! We have even seen Dolphins right off the end of the pier!
We are KID and PET FRIENDLY!!! We have 5 kids of our own and have tried to include all the things to keep the kids entertained.
When you are there, if feels like you are a million miles from civilization, but you are in a great community and only 15 minutes to a Super Walmart! You drive through a lot of ranch land and then, suddenly, you emerge in a Jewel of a place with stilt houses on a wonderful bay.
The Texas Court House is a 5 bedroom house located on Caranchua Bay near Port Lavaca, Texas. Located about halfway between Houston and Corpus Christi on the Texas Coast, Caranchua Bay is convenient to all major cities in Texas.
This house is not a canal home but a BAY home and fully equipped with EVERYTHING you might need for your stay. You need only bring you self, food and clothes. We provide everything else including all linens, towels, pans, dishes, etc. There are not 5 cups, glasses and plates here. There is PLENTY of good plate, pans and utensils. If something necessary is missing, let us know.
The Texas Court House is a luxurious two story house covered in Texas Hill-Country Limestone for a unique design not found on any other vacation rental on the Texas Coast. It has two full kitchens - one upstairs and one downstairs! It has two full Master Suites upstairs with an oversized tiled shower and large Jacuzzi tub in EACH Master Bath. The three bedrooms downstairs are good sized and you can enjoy a movie on the big screen HDTV and Blu Ray DVD player using our collection of DVDs. For the little ones, we have a play set out back.
Right out the front door is Caranchua Bay and your own NEW 6 foot wide and 200 foot long lighted pier with direct access to the water. Caranchua Bay is full of redfish, shark, trout, flounder, pompano, gafftops, whiting, croakers, sheepheads and drum. There is no commercial fishing in the Bay so fishing is GOOD! Kayaks and basic fishing gear provided as well as bright fishing lights on the pier. Don't forget to look for the dolphins!
Bring your boat! There is a boat launch nearby, and you can tie it up to our pier. Also, with your boat, you have easy access to Matagorda Bay, considered by all to have some of the best fishing on the Texas Coast!
For the wildlife enthusiast, there is an abundance of wildlife in the area. You can see deer, raccoon, possum, turkey and other wild animals.
For the birding enthusiast, this area is teaming with a large variety of bird species including Black-necked Stilts, Ibis, Rosette Spoonbills, Reddish Egrets, Gull and Tern species, Least Turns, Rails and Snipe, wintering Geese, Sandhill Cranes and White-tailed Hawks. You might even see endangered Pereghrine Falcons, Wood Storks or Brown Pelicans. A loop of the Great Texas Birding Trail goes right down the street the house is on. There are a number of birding sites within a few miles of the house.
Port Lavaca is a short drive away with a sandy beach, museums, shopping, and antiques.
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What a great place We had a wonderful time
The fishing pier is in need of repair but we were able to use it and had so much fun this house was a blast!
We had a fun weekend! Very relaxing and good time fishing!
We have a larger immediate family and were able to all be under one roof!
We enjoyed every minute! Awesome location the house was great and roomy. We overall enjoyed our trip.
This place is beautiful and has plenty of space for large family gatherings. We had a blast the house is equipped with everything you need to have a great stay. The fishing was not as good as expected because of the wind but we didn’t mind because there was so much more to enjoy. The host is responsive and accessible great job we loved it here and we will definitely be back thanks!
We had a great stay, everything was perfect. House is beautiful, property is well kept. Fishing was great, we all had a good time.
Overall the house and property was great. There was enough room for our large group, and we enjoyed our stay. The beds were super comfortable. The tubs and showers were amazing. The guest book needs a little updating, but I have zero complaints, and would definitely stay here again.
House was beautiful and was exactly what we needed for our trip.
We were at the house the week after Christmas, 2022. We were very comfortable with 6 adults and 4 teenagers. Thank you so much forthe wonderful family time. This place is better than advertised!!!
Very relaxing and clean. Great place to get away from city life and just relax. This is one of the best getaways on VBO!!
The Court House is a great place to stay. Very clean and comfortable. Fishing pier was was fun. A great place to get away and relax with friends. I highly recommend this place.
Nice and clean, will stay again.
To start off this was absolutely a beautiful home and worth the stay. Love the spacious two kitchens and the rooms were not your average size. A couple of downsides is that the charcoal grill was not cleaned out and seemed to us like it does not get cleaned out very often. We had to clean it and it was pretty heavy and thick of used charcoal. The Keurig that was put away in the kitchen cabinet still had an old kcup that was used. Had to clean it out because it was pretty dirty. Pier would have been better suited if it had a green light to draw in trout at night. Pots and pans need updating. I know these are the little things that would make us go back. Our family did have a great time and loved the stay. From the Martinez Family we Thank you!!!
Our second stay was just as great as the first. Clean and spacious accommodations. Front porch gives great view of the bay. Great location near fishing in Matagorda and Palacios. Fishing on the pier there is great too.
Had a great time in your beautiful house. Would have liked smoke detectors. We are in the fire alarm business so we noticed these things Also snagged 2 alligators at dock! Excited kids?
the courthouse fit our 5 families comfortably to celebrate a joint birthday/family reunion. The fish were pretty small, but we had fun catching/releasing. We did pull in a hand full of sting ray, baby lemon and bonnet head sharks. Overall, a fun filled family weekend in a spacious and clean accommodation. Would definitely consider this place again for future family gathering. Check in/out was pretty smooth and communication with property managers was pretty open. Check it out.
Home was very nice. You will need to take a blow dryer to dry your hair if you need one luckily we had family close by to bring us one. It was very roomy and is about 13 miles from Walmart.
Great place to stay! Enjoyed fishing and crabbing. Would definitely stay here again.
we had a great time at the court house. there was plenty of room for my whole family, my kids had a blast in the big yard and on the water and everything was as advertised. would definitely recommend
I had my parents, sister, two adult children and two young granddaughters here for a week. We had an awesome time. The girls had a great time playing on the swing set and catching fish. You can literally catch as many fish as you want off the pier. They are small but a blast to catch. I highly recommend the sunrise from the upper deck porch. Rent this place. You will be glad you did.
We had a wonderful stay at the Court House! We used every part of the house and property since we had a large group and stayed for a week. The upstairs area is more open than the lower one so we spent most of our together time there. It's very comfortable. Having double kitchens was WONDERFUL! Laundry was great, bedrooms were very nice, bathrooms and the actual set up was great for our group. We arrived on Saturday late afternoon hoping to grill for our first meal, but there was no propane in either tank, and no charcoal. We were told we could fill the tank and ask for a refund, but it's really too late at that point so we had to improvise. We did wish for more towels also - not enough for our size group. It was mentioned in an earlier review that pots and pans were lacking, which we found to be true too. Cooking for large groups does require bigger and more pans. We utilized the ovens / stovetops often and they were great. We had very windy days most of the time, so fishing wasn't great. That being said, we did catch a baby hammerhead, a crab, and some various other fish. We were able to get one of the kayaks into the water once which seemed to attract a dolphin to the dock area. We also used the small beach a short way away. It's not the greatest, but it stays shallow for so long that's it works well for little ones. Wear beach shoes though! We also drove to the beach approx 1/2 hour away. It was super nice, really big, and was shallow forever. Fantastic for little ones. Thanks for a great stay!
Enjoyed our stay at The Texas Courthouse. Spacious clean home with everything we needed for a fa.oly vacation!
If your looking into this home to rent Do it. It has everything you need and well lit fishing pair. Everyone enjoyed themselves!! The night fishing was awesome! Beaches and stores not far away as well.
We had a wonderful and relaxing weekend with the family to celebrate our parents birthdays! Thanks for such a lovely stay.
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