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For many people, it just doesn’t get better than a holiday in the Florida Keys. We’ve been going, on & off, for the last twenty years, and each time we’ve refined our choice of accommodation.

This year we really hit the jackpot with our stay at Villa Southern Comforts in Saddlebunch Key.

First of all, the location is outstanding – just 15 miles from all the attractions in Key West, yet set on a quiet road with local amenities (Baby’s Coffee is superb!)

Without a doubt, the best feature of the location is that the villa is on the sunset side of the Key. There’s no need to trek down to Mallory Square – just enjoy the most amazing sunsets from the privacy your own back yard – the drinks are cheaper too!

Secondly, an excellent local Realtor professionally manages the property. Payment was easy and secure, (often a problem from the UK) there was a point of contact during our stay and nothing was too much trouble.

Finally the villa itself: Previous reviewers who have focused on the wear & tear that rental properties acquire over time have, I believe, missed the point. This property’s outstanding feature is the pool. It is completely secluded and as private as you are ever likely to get in the Keys. Everything else was in working order, but even if it hadn’t been – with a pool that good it would have been churlish to complain. Easy access and a sense of security combine to give a real feel-good quality to the property that turns a good holiday into a great one.

In short – we loved it, and are already planning our return trip.

We too found paradise at Southern Comforts. This year we returned for our second stay and we enjoyed it even more this year than last year, which I would not have thought possible. The pool was as ever PERFECT, there is new patio furniture which is lovely, and the grounds were well looked after and ideal for watching the amazing wildlife. We fed the fish every day from the dock and by the end of the first week we had a very full aquarium. The neighbours and neighbourhood are great, the house is the perfect distance from Key West and very comfortable. We just can't get enough of this place, we already miss it.

I'm no John Milton, but this must be the case for Paradise Lost and Paradise Found! We read with some concern the January guests' review, but we did not find any of the few issues they listed as concerns. Our family are annual snow bird visitors to the Keys, and we like to splurge on our vacations so we rent high end properties. This has proven to be far superior to the newer "lux" properties we have stayed at. It is an older typical Key West villa, well maintained without the cookie cutter look and feel of the newer stilt structures. The back yard fronting the ocean has the privacy that we have not experienced with the newer properties.I am a rehab guy, but I did not find any of the wear and tear issues described by the January guests. The bathrooms are more than adequate, and the caulking around the tubs the guests complained about were clearly professionally done.

Also we did not have any connection issues with the WiFi. It was fast and very reliable. The patio furniture the guests complained about being worn, was actually seemingly brand new, with an oversize patio table and very comfortable swivel type dining chairs. So maybe the owners have addressed the issues. There was a very useful info folder about the property with several pages of the owner's personal recommendations for dining and entertainment in the area. In fact the pool guy is a recording artist with several CDs and we heard him perform at a local venue. Great fun! Terrific fishing off the dock and more than one evening we had fresh caught grouper grilled outside as we watched the sunset from the pool! Actually quite a bit larger than most of the other pools on the newer properties. We had great weather, and since we follow the weather in the Keys, we know that this past January was unusually ugly, with rain, cool winds and overcast skies. Perhaps that also added to a bit of the disappointment for the January tenants. We found the property manager, Deirdre to be warm and welcoming and responsive and accessible. So the January folks experienced Paradise Lost, but for us Paradise Found! We are looking forward to not searching anymore for the Keys paradise, and coming back to Southern Comforts.

Great neighbourhood and home. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay as did our family. Our grandchildren enjoyed the pool which is close to the house and easy to supervise. Fishing in the channel from the dock was good .. shark, barracuda, grouper, plus others .. you will have to buy chum to attract these.

While the view and gardens are quite nice - the property is in need of a lot of TLC. Our stay was for a month. We were on a working holiday - and that was the first problem. The promised WIFI was a problem from the start. We struggled with it daily as it was MOSTLY down. It remained unsolved by the Management of the property, and we found an alternate solution ourselves. The bathrooms were both worn and in need of updating. The outdoor furniture, which is most important as that is where you want to be - was in very bad repair. A bar set and stools were literally duct taped together. We did not want any one hurt so we removed this whole set to the side path to avoid any more breakage. Although there were lots of cupboards in the kitchen, the upper shelves in the cupboards kept falling. My husband repaired them a number of times. The double doors - most of the locks were obviously rusted inside and very difficult to lock. Many of the blinds on the windows were broken and bent.

We had a problem with the pool, but upon calling the pool man, he did come quickly to repair and correct. The DVD player wouldn't open properly.

We have rented a number of years and all of the other rentals contained a "book" with house directions, property info, local restaurants, etc. Always very helpful. There was nothing in this home. I suggested it to the Property Manager and they said they were working on it. It never arrived during our month's stay.

This property has the potential to be WONDERFUL, but it needs some major attention. The property manager was slow and sometimes unresponsive altogether, to answer most of our questions or address our problems, which was also discouraging. For the rental cost of this property - I would not recommend it.