Davenport, Florida
This lovely villa is nestled in the exclusive vacation resort at The Abbey of West Haven, a gated community. This Villa is in a great location with easy access to highway I-4 (1.5 miles) which is the main highway to most all the Orlando attractions. US-27 (0.5miles) is the other closest highway where there are banks, a hospital, pharmacy shops, shopping centers and supermarkets as well as numerous restaurants. The Villa is 15-30 minutes to just about all attractions, with the closest Disney Park about 15 minutes away depending on traffic. In addition to the Disney Parks such as Magic Kingdom, Downtown Disney and Animal Kingdom, the Villa also provides easy access to Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld, Lego Land, Wet ’n Wild Discovery Cove, etc. All of these attractions are located only 20-30 minutes from the villa. There are also many famous golf courses such as Champions Gate Golf Resort (less than 5 minutes' drive away), Sothern Dunes, Kissimmee Oaks and Reunion which features 3 different courses designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicholas.
The beautiful Florida coastline to the East with many nice beaches and attractions, like Cocoa Beach and Daytona Beach are just slightly over an hour away. The West Florida Gulf Coast is around an hour and a half away where you will find Tampa Bay and the famous Busch Gardens as well many beautiful beaches with calm clear Gulf waters, like St. Petersburg Beach and ClearwaterBeach.
Our Villa at The Abbey is one of only 58 homes in this development community. Included is access to the Community Club House where you can indulge in a game of ping pong, play on one of two tennis courts, enjoy the Olympic size pool, or exercise with the equipment in the gym room. There is also a sand beach volleyball court available for play.
The Villa also has its own pool and jacuzzi with a large patio and tables where you can have breakfast, lunch or dinner outside. There is also a gas BBQ grill available on the deck for cooking. The pool is secluded due to high hedges between the Villa pool and both neighbors. Directly behind is yard and flowers with the only neighbors being up a slight hill about 50 yards away. This offers our guests the tranquility and privacy to relax while at home from all the delights of the Orlando area. Compared to other vacation communities our elegant resort is very quiet, clean, private and safe! It is a villa you will wish to return to again and again.
At the Abbey this Villa is in a gated community, surrounded by beautiful flowers, palm trees and further superb conservation area with an extensive view.
The guests will find everything that they need with many local amenities within a 2-5 mile zone, the Champions Gate Golf Resort with a five star Omni hotel just 2 miles away. Champions Gate has not only golf but a shopping center that includes a Publix Super Market, Walgreen’s as well as restaurants and many small shops. A 5 minute drive on US-27 brings you to Posner Park which has Target, Staples, Best Buy and JC Penny along with many other shops and restaurants.
There are over twenty restaurants in this local area that cater to a variety of international taste, Italian, American, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican and more, as well as some takeout and delivery facilities service. There are 2 Publix supermarkets, banks, gas stations, post office, pharmacy shops and more are all within a short drive from the Villa.
The villa has 5 bedrooms, 4 full bathrooms and 2 half bathrooms. There is a Master Bedroom with En Suite bath on the first floor along with a spacious Cathedral Ceiling Living Room, Kitchen and Dining Area. Another Master Bedroom is upstairs along with 3 other bedrooms and 3 baths. The pool deck has been freshly painted and we also have plenty of blankets and many towels.
With an over 1600Sf secluded pool area attached to our Villa you can let your kids and you have a lot of fun and good relaxation both indoors and outdoors! This elegant Orlando vacation home is perfect for big families and can sleep up to 11 guests in comfort.
There are 5 TVs, one in each bedroom and a big LCD HD TV in the living room. You also have all the dishes and cooking utensils one needs to prepare family meals which can be enjoyed either in the dining room or Al Fresco at the two pool deck tables. The Villa is equipped with additional bed linens, towels, as well as Pool Towels for your use. A washer and dryer are also located on the first floor for when you need to do any laundry.
There is nothing standard about this villa. In addition to its oversized lot, every conceivable upgrade has been added. Sat on a spacious nice view lot it is so calm and private, drinking your coffee in the morning or toasting your Champagne tp the sunset at the pool deck you’ll know that nothing could be better than the life as it is now!!
Awesome, comfortable, and fun!
There are lots of choices of homes to rent in the Disney area. This was our 5th year wintering in Florida. This home exceeded our expectations, and it starts with the owners who were great people to work with, very responsive, and genuinely wanted everything to be perfect during our stay. Our major criteria is a home with no carpeting. This home has all hard floors for ease of cleaning. 2 main bedroom suites were very comfortable, The other 3 bedrooms were adequate for children. The owners are planning on replacing the living room furniture which would be a great upgrade to a very nice home. The pool area was very nice as well with great overhangs to get out of the sun. We definitely will be back next winter.
The house was nicely decorated for Christmas including a tree and poinsettias. Upon arrival, we noticed many notes about rules of the house and a time limit to make the owners aware of any discrepancies to avoid charges. Some rules included check bedding and carpets for stains, no food or drinks in the bedroom, some bedding was not able to be slept on, BBQ must be left in a clean condition, etc. The 1st night, we found the BBQ was never cleaned. We also found 2 bedrooms were missing TVs and the Wi-Fi password we was incorrect. We messaged the owners not to be responsible for the missing and damaged items. They did come the next day. They cleaned the BBQ and installed one TV but couldn’t get it to work.. The unit is listed as “updated” and “pristine”. The pool and patio are beautiful. The inside is not updated. The living room furniture is outdated and uncomfortable. The carpet has fraying edges that make it a tripping hazard. The stove is old. Appliance handles are taped/ glued together. The cabinet shelves are unusable. There are lots of towels, many with holes and stains. The bedroom closet doors could not be used. The chandelier was covered with grease and dust. There were closet organizers in the bedrooms that were pulling out of the wall. The pool alarm from the house to the pool did not work. The one smoke detector was open with no battery inside. The fire extinguishers were last inspected in 2012. The pool is listed as “secluded”, it is not. The pool heater was not working. The water was also not circulating in the pool or the hot tub. After a couple of visits by the owners and multiple phone calls, we were told the heater would not work if the temperature was lower than 55. Had this been accurate, it should have been something that was disclosed in the rental agreement. However, once the outdoor temperature was consistently above this arbitrary number, the pool heater was not functional. We were finally able to use the pool and spa on Thursday after checking in the previous Friday. There is a note stating if more than 3 or 4 loads of laundry are left, there will be an additional charge. I spent the last day of vacation doing laundry. Every bathroom had 2 or 3 rugs. We used all but 2 of the beds. We had seven people and washed and dried towels all week but just the towels from showers before they left was a load of laundry. The layout of the house was perfect for us but unfortunately, we will not rent this property again.
We rented this villa for 18 nights. The problems started on day one with the pool, bedroom TV’s and phone. We tried the phone number we had been given for the management company. This number was no longer in service. Eventually a dialog between us and Lucy started via email. She appeared very apologetic, but did very little to remedy the situation. The best way to highlight the problems we had would have been to add the email I sent to Lucy on our return home. But it's too big to fit in this review. So, the short version is:- 1 - house is the shabbiest in the street 2 - pool problems (jacuzzi and cleanliness) were never corrected and we cleaned the pool ourselves 3 - all bedroom TV's did not work 4 - one smoke alarm removed, one with no battery fitted 5 - ice maker in freezer broken, waste disposal removed 6 - cleanliness of the whole villa was well below standard 7 - telephone stopped working (day 3) was replaced the day before we left. 8 - bed linen was stained (on arrival) 9 - lounge seating dirty and so old it's uncomfortable to sit on also pool seating worn and shabby 10 - laptop is old, running windows xp and no internet connection 11 - games room smelly, cluttered with junk. pool and air hockey tables old and worn 12 - BBQ grill absolutely filthy 13 - So many notes threating loss of deposit for this or that 14 - The management company were not helpful. This was the end of the email sent to Lucy:- I have a great number of photographs confirming all the points raised. We were all extremely disappointed with the villa. Considering the amount I paid and the vast number of things that were wrong, I am seeking a substantial partial refund from you. Hopefully we can reach a mutual agreement and resolution to this matter. Regards Geoff Lucy didn't reply. But I have contacted HomeAway who were unable to help obtain a refund. I seriously suggest you avoid this property
Well where do we start, We can not say this was a home from home because it was everything I would love in our own home but do not have !! The open plan living space was amazing, DVD, Play Station, Interactive TV so we could use our own netflix in the communal living area which was huge with and incredible dining area and sofa. The bedrooms , the pictures on here do not do them justice, Things others may find silly but to us pure customer service and looking after your needs - if you do not like the standard pillows look in the wardrobes for duck down ones, forget your dressinggown, they are there as well. Forgot you laptop, dont worry there is one there for you to use, The hot tub, if you have any ache and pains you will leave without them its incredible The showers are powerful, TV and dvd in every room great, If you are not a TV fan, a great selection of books to read (we left some), The games room - WOW - My son loves the gym and used the on site on daily, There is also a huge pool at the club house but we did not need to use that because the one here was fab. Even though the Villa here was incredible what made this a better and easier holiday for us was the Owners, Frank and Lucy, we asked them for advice for example about the space station, they replied asap, they helped us with numerous things , Close to disney and all the attractions, a great supermarket near by, BBQ on hand, There is nothing I could say to make you not want to stay here, We have visited here before but staying at this proprty made it a holiday of a life time, Thank you x
Overall property is well maintained and is a good place to stay if you are vacationing in Orlando.
Plenty of space for a large group. Everything we needed in the house. Really enjoyed our vacation there.
The home was almost exactly as shown in the pictures. It was clean and comfortable. It had everything we needed with regards to kitchen items and toiletries (hotel size soaps etc). The patio area and pool very enjoyable and clean as well. The only reason I gave 4 stars versus 5 is only due to the fact that I felt I had to do most of the laundry myself before leaving and the pool had not been heated (like it says online) until we called maintencae 2 days into the vacation. There are many notes throughout (which is understandable since their are rules to follow). But, we could not leave more than 4 loads of laundry according to the rules and we had to remove all of the linens from the beds. Since there were 9 of us in this 5-bedroom there were lots of towels used which would have been way more than 4 loads (not even including linens from beds). So, i had lots of laundry to do on my last day. I would have enjoyed my last day more if I could have just left the towels and sheets for housekeeping - like at the hotels and resorts. I guess since this is my first home rental, it might be something that is the norm and I wasn’t aware beforehand and I’m already spoiled by the hotels. All in all, I recommend it to anyone who has a decent size group or family. It was after all what was in the online picture and the price is very reasonable - I just prefer less housekeeping while on vacation. Thank you to the owners for letting us rent your home.
I love the house. Very clean and well taken care of. I will stay here again my next trip to Florida
This was a great house for a vacation. The were a few maintenance issues that needed to be resolved but the management took care of them in a timely manner.
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