MODERN 5BR, NEW CARPETS, SOUTH FACING POOL W/ POND, WIFI

We have been going to Florida and renting homes for many years now but this is the first time we are going back to the same home for the second time in a row. We had a great experience! The home is great; very large, clean, well furnished and nicely located in the community. The owner is easily contacted and returns calls and e-mails promtly. They even called us during our stay to make sure everything was ok!
The community where the home is located is really beautiful as well. A gorgeous community pool area with playground, basketball court, beach volleyball, and pond for fishing, and tiki bar! Close to many many ammenities like Walmart and any restaurant your heart desires as well as a 10-15 minute drive to Disney, SeaWorld, Universal, etc. You can't beat it! I love that after a long day at an amusement park I can come back to a place to call 'home' and relax! I would recommend this home to anyone and fully intend to go back again and again!

We are 2 families (5 adults + 3 children), wanted to visit the Disney World. We figure that house should be much more comfortable than the hotel, and we don't have to worry about the kids been loud to disturb the others, and it can offers enough space for everyone to stretch out and roam around. This house is about 10 minutes away from Disney, there are 24 hrs Walmart nearby.

We rented the house during the Christmas week. The house is simple, cozy and functional, decoration is very modern, mostly from IKEA. There are 3 bedroom upstairs sharing 1 bathroom, 1 master bedroom down with the bathroom inside, and 1 queen bed room down with bathroom down the hallway. Upon arriving, you can tell the house is just clean from the strong odor of chlorine, it takes some time to get use to. Before we unpacked, we checked for bed bugs, there was none. When we inspecting the house, we found few minor things which got addressed the very next day (breakfast light was lose from connection at top, upstairs shower was draining slowly, etc). The house does not have toilet paper, paper towels, trash bags, etc. So the trip to Walmart was unavoidable. Upside is that we were able to do some grocery shopping, having a home cooked meal is very satisfying. There are enough serving wares/silver wares that you can wait until dish washer to be full before running them. Love the DLP in the living room, there are few DISNEY movies in the selection.

Now the down side:
1. Our kids were so looking forward to the pool, but with the below freezing weather at night, the pool was not able to heat up. Kids was very disappointed. (This is not owners' fault).
2. With the high ceiling, the upstairs gets heated much more especially up the stairs. Inside the room are cold. Suggest to install a ceiling fan in the family room so the air gets circulated better.
3. Walmart closes on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. One roll of toilet paper is not enough when the store does not open. (I later found out that there is a 24 hrs Walgreen which is ALWAYS open, no holidays).

Overall, we really enjoyed our stay, whenever the problem arises, we were able to get a hold of Winnie (instead of reading the packet on the counter for local support), and the issues get resolved quickly.

If you can imagine coming home to a soft comfortable bed after 15 hours of Magic Kingdom, if you can delight in the comfort of swimming in tropical temperatures where not a bug or mosquito can cause havoc because the pool is completely screened with a safety fence for small children, if you can imagine laughter and joy as you vacation with your family, at a place that offers a host of amenities then you can imagine Terre Verde! Our booking was effortless, our arrangements were complimentary to our desire to experience a carefree vacation close to any and everything you could want or need. Disney- it was fabulous. The house was immaculate, and spacious. Plenty of area to dine, watch television, play video games, or just do absolutely nothing or everything….There was a minor problem with the air conditioning (clogged lines or something that caused a leak in the equipments closet) and the maintenance staff was very attentive in fixing it right away, we never suffered a loss of any comfort whatsoever. I would definitely recommend Home Away and our agent Winnie Cheung gets high marks for her gracious assistance- she made the difference and we would definitely go through her again- great experience for what a lot of us work so hard for….a vacation!