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Review submitted by george from Belfast (Submitted: 23 Aug 2009)
Excellent villa, well appointed and very comfortable. Well looked after by the management company. Hope to return next year.
Review submitted by Jon (owner) from Washington (Submitted: 21 Aug 2009)
This is Jon (owner) writing to updat e people looking at reviews...
As promised we painted the house inside and out last year (2008) and installed tile in the majority of the ground floor. We also added high speed wireless and wired internet and upgraded the cable TV channels.
We have just returned from a 2 week stay (July 09) and for the first time (in 4 years) we didnt spend 3-4 days improving our home as it looked pretty good! (apart from replacing some broken crockery and adding a couple of cheese graters!).
In the future we plan to replace the carpet in some of the bedrooms and tile the other 2 bathrooms as well as replace the sofa set in the sitting room and make the garage more of a games area based upon our analysis of booking enquiries. When this will happen will ultimately depend on demand - I will add a comment here when this has been done...thx to all our guests for their kind words and feedback...
Jon
Review submitted by Tracey from Raleigh North Carolina (Submitted: 20 Jul 2009)
My family and I had a wonderful time at the property. My grandson and his father lived in the pool. The bed was so comfortable that I could barely stay awake. It is so close to everything, Dollar Tree, Walmart, Checkers, and other restaurants. Disney, Magic Kingdom, and Epicot is maybe 20 minutes away, Universal was the farthest about 45 minutes. This was one Of the best vacations that I booked thus far. So if you do not want to have to deal with the hassle of the pool being full of people, nothing to do in the room of a hotel, and having to deal with so many other people trying to have a vacation too, book this house! It was 9 of us and we enjoyed every day of this house.
Review submitted by Janne from Copenhagen (Submitted: 10 Feb 2009)
We are very satisfied
Review submitted by paul from cape cod mass (Submitted: 10 Oct 2008)
great house loved it location was great
would highly recommend hope to go back soon
paul
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 10 Jan 2008)
Hi Jon & Fran, We all had a fantastic holiday at your villa and everyone
agreed it was a great location and you had thought of everything, just sad
we had to come home, oh well time to save for our next visit, we played a
couple of rounds of golf and what a great course, the wallmart was very
handy indeed and just to mention that the photos of the villa dont do it any
justice, much nicer in real life. We will be recommending your home and will
return ourselves some day, so thank you for everything, and can you ask your
cleaning staff to look out for a childs pink nintendo ds game as our 8 yr
old daughter lost hers on hol, we looked but just in case they come across
it...thanks again Alan & Liz McKendrick .
Review submitted by Jon and Fran from McLean, VA (Submitted: 2 Jan 2008)
Owners Comments:
We read all the electronic feedback and our guest book comments very seriously and as a result during 2007 have installed a new pool and spa heater, a playstation 2, table games (football, hockey etc), dartboard (with safety soft tips), 2 ceiling fans, new plants in the yard and a number of pictures as well as additional kitchen electrical items, cutlery and crockery.
We are having tile installed in the ground floor to replace some of the old carpets, repainting most of the walls and ceilings and will add new furniture in the first few weeks of 2008 as well as painting the outside of our home in the latter half of the year (when bookings reduce in number).
Finally, we plan to install High Speed Internet as soon as it can be sorted by the cable company...
Regds
Jon and Fran
Review submitted by Sandra from Minnetonka, MN (Submitted: 1 Nov 2007)
We were all very pleased with the rental house. We found it to be quite well equiped, though some of the funiture was aging.
We were happy to find the porta-crib and highchair.
All of the equipment was working and we found use for some of the pots and pans.
We all felt very much at home here. We are a large family that manages to get together only once a year. It was fun for us to stay all together under one roof.
Thank you. Perhaps we will be in Orlando again. I would hope to rent this house again!
Review submitted by Kathy from Pinckney, Michigan (Submitted: 14 Sep 2007)
This home was perfect for our family vacation. We had some friends of our college age children visit for a few days and the accomodations were extremely ample. We created wonderful memories and hope to visit again soon.
Review submitted by Rhys from Surbiton, Surrey (Submitted: 13 Aug 2007)
A lovely spacious and comfortable home. Convenient for local shops and restaurants.
Used the golf course and club house and fornd both to be excellent for facilities and value for money.
Review submitted by Kathy from 1444 Park Place (Submitted: 21 Mar 2007)
The house met all of our needs. Beautiful view of the golf course too.
Review submitted by Daniel from 3, Brillwee l8274 Kehlen, Luxembourg (Submitted: 5 Mar 2007)
Everything was perfect except for the carpeting which was full of stains.
The house is well equipped and we didn't miss a thing.
Should we return to Orlando in the near future
we would love to stay there again.
The book with all the instructions was a great
help.
Review submitted by Patty from Lake Butler Florida (Submitted: 13 Nov 2006)
Please advise Jon and Fran that we did have a storm one evening and the garage is leaking. It appears to have been repaired but is really leaking. Patty
Review submitted by Allyson from UK (Submitted: 7 Nov 2006)
An outstanding property in a fantastic location, which was well manicured and quiet. The views from the rear of the property are quite lovely.
The villa was extremely spacious and comfortable and had everything imaginable, even down to a pair of hair starighteners!
This would suit a large family but has ample room for two families.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable holiday.
Review submitted by Franklin from Cullingworth, England (Submitted: 21 Jun 2006)
The whole family had a great time, particularily in the pool. It rated almost as highly as the Magic Kingdom. The property more than met our expectations and the peaceful setting was perfect after the days at WDW. I would recommend this property to anyone as our party consisted of Grandparents, Adults, children including a baby. If I return to WDW I would not hesitate to book this property again !!! Excellent value for money and as advertised all we di need was our toothbrushes.
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 11 May 2006)
Your villa was pretty much perfect from our view. It had the advantage of being one of those instinctive places where we knew how everything worked and where it was. In many villa’s they tend to forget the simple ordinary everyday things like suitable cutlery and crockery and plastic cups for outside. Yours was spot on.
The TV’s in the kids bedrooms were fab (this was a real novelty for our two). And they worked! With lots of choice.
One thing I try to remember is a small torch as seeing the key lock combinations in the dark after a 15 hour journey can sometimes be fraught. Perhaps leaving the outside light on may have helped since I forgot my torch this time.
The pool area and golf course setting were ace. We never made our way to the clubhouse – but we would probably the next time.
We’d look to come back again – if it all fitted
Review submitted by Patrick from Brampton, Ontario, Canada (Submitted: 31 Mar 2006)
The property was very clean and well looked after. The only issue we had was that the pool circulation wasn't working so we had only hot tub access all week, which was fine, although the neighbors probably thought it was us that left the pump running 24 hours/day when it was actually the pool people.
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 20 Mar 2006)
We had a fantastic time in Florida, your house is great, beautifully decorated, well maintained, lots of room, wonderfully equipped and the pool was lovely to relax in.
The locations great as the men got to play some golf while the ladies went shopping, having a Wal-Mart just down the road was really helpful and being 24hrs was great to be able to do a shop when we first arrived and only 20mins drive from Disney. We watched some fantastic sunsets over the golf course while having a BBQ. In short we enjoyed it so much we are already talking about coming again next year and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.
Andrea
UK
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 9 Dec 2005)
"What a great home you have!. We really enjoyed the relaxing view from the pool area and the house was VERY clean and well equipped. Walmart was a 5 minute walk away (we could have spent days in there!). Thanks again"
The Clarks
Horhchurch, UK
"The house was beautiful and very spacious. We loved the private pool! We appreciated the extra dining room so we could eat together. This house had all the comforts of home, including the garage!! Thanks Fran and Jon!!"
Phil and Karen Mundy
Indiana
"We had a wonderful stay, your house is lovely. Everything was very well taken care of and we all had a wonderful time. I found the management company very responsive and easy to deal with.
I would not hesitate to recommend your home to any of our friends. Communication with you and the management company was always very timely, the house was very clean and well kept and we found the location was great. The Wal-Mart so close was extremely convenient. My husband golfed at Southern Dunes a couple of times and said it was a great course"
Tara
"We had a great time at your place.
We golfed Southern Dunes twice and really enjoyed the golf course. We actually golfed there last year but didn't remember that until we got there. I golfed from the gold tee boxes and hit the ball nice but those greens swallowed me up. They were lightning fast and it took me a long time to get use to them. The guy we were golfing with (on the 9th hole) kept putting up hill and couldn't make the plateau so if kept rolling back to him. He was having a complete hissy. He also hit every sand trap on that course. He was so frustrated that he asked the ranger how many sand traps the course had and they told him 181. Wayne golfed really well and shot a 77 from the back tees. Not bad for someone who hasn't golfed for 6 months. He too found the greens fast and had he not 3 putted a few holes, he would have had a great game.
Anyways, thanks again for your place. It was fun."
Tracy
"We had a great time in Florida; your house was beautiful and in great condition; we found everything we needed.The pool was warm and got a lot of use! We spent a lot of our time hanging around the pool - some great 'downtime' which was exactly what we were looking for.
Sharon
Boston, MA
"Thanks again for everything and we would not hesitate to rent the house again. I have already recommended you to a neighbor."
"We had a wonderful time in Florida and played two rounds of golf at Southern Dunes and one at Falcon's Fire. Some what of a Utopia!. The house is beautiful.
I want to thank you for all of your help and constant correspondence. It put me at ease to know that you cared about our experience. Please feel free to use us for a reference. We will pass along very positive reviews for you."
NJ
"He very much enjoyed the course. He has played some of the best. He said that Southern Dunes was a beautiful, well maintained course that offered a good challange."
NJ
"We have just returned from a lovely holiday - a great time was had by all. The villa was superb, clean and very well equipt."
Phillips
UK
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 23 Sep 2004)
Thanks again for everything and we would not hesitate to rent the house again. I have already recommended you to a neighbor.
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 23 Sep 2004)
The house was beautiful and very spacious. We loved the private pool! We appreciated the extra dining room so we could eat together. This house had all the comforts of home, including the garage!! Thanks Fran and Jon!! Phil and Karen Mundy Indiana
Karen & Phil Mundy
Indiana
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 23 Sep 2004)
We had a great time at your place.
We golfed Southern Dunes twice and really enjoyed the golf course. We actually golfed there last year but didn't remember that until we got there. I golfed from the gold tee boxes and hit the ball nice but those greens swallowed me up. They were lightning fast and it took me a long time to get use to them. The guy we were golfing with (on the 9th hole) kept putting up hill and couldn't make the plateau so if kept rolling back to him. He was having a complete hissy. He also hit every sand trap on that course. He was so frustrated that he asked the ranger how many sand traps the course had and they told him 181. Wayne golfed really well and shot a 77 from the back tees. Not bad for someone who hasn't golfed for 6 months. He too found the greens fast and had he not 3 putted a few holes, he would have had a great game.
Anyways, thanks again for your place. It was fun.
Tracy 4th July 04
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 23 Sep 2004)
We had a wonderful time in Florida and played two rounds of golf at Southern Dunes and one at Falcon's Fire. Some what of a Utopia!. The house is beautiful.
I want to thank you for all of your help and constant correspondence. It put me at ease to know that you cared about our experience. Please feel free to use us for a reference. We will pass along very positive reviews for you.
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 23 Sep 2004)
We had a wonderful stay, your house is lovely. Everything was very well taken care of and we all had a wonderful time. I found the management company very responsive and easy to deal with.
I would not hesitate to recommend your home to any of our friends. Communication with you and the management company was always very timely, the house was very clean and well kept and we found the location was great. The Wal-Mart so close was extremely convenient. My husband golfed at Southern Dunes a couple of times and said it was a great course.
Tara
Review not verified by RentalSystems* (Submitted: 23 Sep 2004)
We had a great time in Florida; your house was beautiful and in great condition; we found everything we needed.The pool was warm and got a lot of use! We spent a lot of our time hanging around the pool - some great 'downtime' which was exactly what we were looking for.
Sharon
Boston, M