NEW NEW NEW!! 3 BEDROOM 2 BATH HOME ON THE WATER WITH DOCK!!

I have often rented properties to vacation in Florida. Sometimes they don't live up to expectations. This place was the opposite. It was delightful in every way. It was extremely clean, beautifully decorated, and well located. We had easy access to everything we wanted to do and visit. Although waves were a little high on the ocean, we fished every day and brought home a large cooler full of fish. This property was the best value I have experienced in the Keys. Our vacation ended up being a great success, due in part to this house. I would recommend it to anyone who promises to take good care of it.

Truly a home away from home; clean, lovely decorating, and the kitchen has every item you need. The open, updated floor plan is welcoming and functional. We enjoyed eating breakfast and dinner on the patio overlooking the canal; we grilled out several times. The connecting bedrooms worked fine for our family and two bathrooms were a bonus. The Key Colony location is great. You can ride bikes throughout the neighborhood, to the Cabana Club, beach, marina, shops, and sunsets. You are also close to Sombrero Beach, the 7 Mile Bridge, shopping, restaurants, snorkeling,kayaking, and fishing. We did a one day trip to Key West and it was a scenic, easy drive. The park across the street is great for the kids with basket ball courts, tennis courts, bocce ball, horse shoes, and playground equipment. People are very friendly and you felt very safe and comfortable in the neighborhood. Jillian was very nice to work with and gave us many helpful tips about the area which added to our stay. We had a great time and look forward to returning in the future.

We had a really good experience staying here a week over Christmas. The duplex is fully equipped and everything is new and in working order. The house was immaculately clean and full of nice details that you only get in a house that the owners use themselves. It certainly is not what you expect in a rental. It is tastefully decorated, includes beach towels and has a fully equipped kitchen with all the plates, glasses, tableware that a party of 6 could need and a full set of utensils, pots and pans etc for the cook in the family.
For the uninitiated - like ourselves - a duplex has all the bedrooms connected by doors; you walk from the living room to the third bedroom through the principal and second bedrooms, and none of the doors lock. No problem for us but something you should be aware of. However the second and third bedrooms do have doors to a pathway down the outside of the house so that you can get to them from the living room without passing through the other two. The owner (Jillian) is a very pleasant and easy person to deal with. She responded quickly to all our requests and concerns.
The house came with a complementary Cabana Club membership which we didn't use, preferring to go to Sombrero Beach where the mangrove island of Boot Key provided a lot of fun for kayaking and paddle boarding but with very voracious insects at dusk. There are so many passages to explore through the mangroves, and we saw dolphins, small mantas etc in the canals. No manatees unfortunately which are apparently normally around this area. You may want to take beach chairs if you plan of using Sombrero. We followed Jillian's recommendation and rented the kayaks and paddle board from Wheels-to-go. We thoroughly endorse her recommendation; they are the nicest and most helpful people to deal with. They drop off and collect the equipment at the house, so it is worth calling ahead so that everything is there when you arrive. Its a pity that the dock does not have a platform at water level to ease the use of kayaks. Because of the dock height getting a kayak into and out of the water requires a bit of planning (and a length of rope) but the dock does have a ladder so you can get into and out of the kayak with no problems.
Jillian also recommended Captain Hooks for snorkeling trips, which was spot on. A great outfit which we would certainly use again.
We certainly plan of going here for another vacation - but next time for longer, a week is not enough.