Key West, Florida
Experience true tropical Key West living as the locals do in this spacious mid-century private garden oasis home with large swimming pool and trickling waterfall. Located just one block from the beach, Private Pool Garden Villa vacation rental is at once exotic and comfortable. The colorful interior walls with French doors and windows throughout the house become picture frames anchoring the lush tropical garden that surrounds the property.
Authentic tropical style is what this corner lot property offers. A variety of lush foliage peaks over the high lattice topped fence. Bright red blooming bougainvillea vines drape the trellis entrance and then a bricked pathway inside the gate winds its way through the garden and leads to the front door. A variety of mature palm trees provide a rich calm feeling. Beautiful landscape lighting creates an enchanted feeling at night.
Inside the Private Pool Garden home, the spacious open living room/kitchen floor plan, is made to feel even larger with expansive octagonal ceilings and brightly colored walls. An extensive renovation of this mid-century ranch style house was completed in the 1970's to create the beautiful pool, cabana, lush garden, and spacious open living room kitchen floor plan. Now considered "vintage modern" the authentic 70's design is complete with a white painted brick fire place. French doors open to the focal point of this unique home that is most definitely the large swimming pool, pool cabana room and extensive garden.
The floor plan of this home is traditional with all three bedrooms located off the hall that leads from the main living area. This home provides two master bedrooms - one bedroom with a king size bed, one with a queen size bed, both have en-suite bathroom. A unique added feature is a bricked courtyard outside the blue master bedroom and little intriguing garden space for relaxation.
The third (spare) bedroom, also off the hall, is cozy and has a tropical forest view of garden. Bedding is a trundle bed that offers one or two twins. The half bath (i.e. sink and commode) are directly across the hall from the third bedroom.
Bedding Summary:
1 king size bed, 1 Queen size bed, and a trundle bed (2 twins).
Special Features: Very large swimming pool and fun outdoor cabana entertaining area; Close to the beach.
Amenities: Large swimming pool (heat optional) with large garden, fenced yard, full kitchen, A/C, W/D, color cable TV, BBQ grill, C/D player and stereo. Linens and towels provided, easy neighborhood parking next to house. Pets allowed, restrictions apply.
Area: The property is very unique for a Key West weekly rental in that it is located in a quiet residential area away from most vacation rentals that are licensed to rent weekly. Situated on corner lot, there are neighbors only on one side. There is plenty of room to lounge at the pool in the large garden area.Located on the south side of the island in the beachside neighborhood, the houses on this street are less than a five minute walk to Higgs Memorial Beach. It's not unusual to see folks walking or biking to the beach in their bathing suits with towel and cooler under arm. Enjoy the paved biking and walking path stretches along the beaches, beach volleyball, tennis, and bocce ball. Famous laid back Salute Restaurant on the Beach has great food and a full bar. The Civil war fort, West Martello Tower is the home of the Key West Garden Club, a gorgeous place to visit, and a beautiful place to stage a beach wedding.
Activities: Beach, shopping, restaurants, museums, sailing, boating, snorkeling, diving, theatre, night life, family activities. Close access to Old Town.
Restrictions: The property will not tolerate smoking inside. The property is located in a residential neighborhood and is definitely not suitable for staging loud parties. We do not accept guests less than 25 years of age unless accompanied by a family group or guardian. Pets allowed, restrictions apply.
The setting was wonderful and perfect atmosphere
We had a great vacation at this house. The pool was larger and deeper than we expected, which was a plus.
Property is very nice and clean. Everything is as you would hope to be, which is great, except... The number 1 problem is the 3rd Bedroom! While it does have a small closet I can see that this barely qualifies as a room for 2 adults. 2 kids or 1 adult but Absolutely not 2 adults! This room has a single bed with a trundle bed that rolls underneath the single bed for storage. This trundle bed has a frame that can raise it's height to meet the initial single bed so essentially you have 2 single beds pushed together. If you choose to do this then you CANNOT OPEN or CLOSE THE BEDROOM DOOR! The closest bathroom is in the hallway just outside of this 3rd bedroom so you obviously want ease if access to the bathroom which means that you need to lower the trundle bed and slide it under the stationary single bed JUST so you can open the bedroom door! In this 3rd bedroom a bunk bed would be better for 2 adults rather than this trundle bed. Otherwise, I would absolutely stay here a
This Private villa was a vacation come true. From our own private pool to the forest-like private entrance to the villa, this whole-house stay was all but perfect. Everything was as listed! Spacious inside. All amenities included! We were greeted by iguanas, lizards, and a rooster who cam by daily we named Ruby the Red. Inside, we never experienced any animals or bugs. The villa was also within 5 mins walk to Higgs beach and about a 10 min drive to Duval Street. Our family would definitely 100% stay again at this perfect villa!
While dropping off our luggage, we quickly walked around the home and noticed a few things out of place. There was a large piece of duct tape on the whirlpool bathtub stating ‘Wet Caulk. Do Not use until Oct 27’ It was now November 3rd. Also the side panel on the whirlpool tub was barely attached. We noticed a light fixture in the same bathroom on a shelve that still needed to be installed. As well as screws and a fixture in the laundry room and what appeared to some type of outside vent laying on the ground outside. Just as we were leaving two very kind gentleman appeared and stated they were in fact completing some projects in the home. They were very accommodating and gave us some great spots to check out. We were surprised to see these areas were still left unfinished upon return, but hoped none of these areas would hinder our stay. As we were unpacking we heard a continuous scrapping sound coming from the master bed room. We initially thought it might be overgrown foliage but were surprised to see more people spackling and working on the side of the home. They were just finishing up for the day and wished us well. We continued to enjoy the home and all of the amenities throughout the week. The backyard with the outdoor living room is defiantly the high point of the home. We were surprised to learn that a pest control company would be coming at some point on the last day of our stay to complete a monthly treatment. While asking questions regarding the areas and timeframe about the Pest Control Company, the initial team member from Vacation Rentals seemed pretty bothered and refused to share any information. The next day, while waiting on a reply we found two American Cockroaches in the kitchen. One was dead and the other nearly dead. I had again reached back out to Vacation Rentals to share our concern and was told these arear. Since we still had several days left in the home and were uneasy about having to deal with the potential of more roaches, I reached back out for a resolution. Vacation Rentals stated that the would share this with the pest control company son they would pay close attention to this area. Ensuring each person feels welcome in a clean and comfortable home needs to be the top priority. We felt like a hinderance.
However we didn’t like the maintenance crews showing up at the property unscheduled. Our Privacy was interrupted more than once.
We loved everything about this home. You truly felt like you were in a library in the jungle. I know that sounds odd, but trust me the tranquility was perfect. Private outdoor patio with the pool was the absolute best place to be in the evenings. Plenty of rooms and bathrooms. My new favorite place in Key West.
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