***RECIPE FOR A FABULOUS FLORIDA HOLIDAY***
**PERFECT RESULTS EVERY TIME**
~~~INGREDIENTS~~~
1 private heated pool with FANTASTIC, UNINTERRUPTED GOLF COURSE VIEW and SAFETY FENCING
1 HOT TUB with adjustable temperature, adjustable jets, waterfall, coloured mood lights
1 GAMES AREA with pool table, air hockey table, electronic darts game
2 MASTER BEDROOM SUITES (U.S. queen beds) with cable TV
1 PC with high speed cable broadband connection + WiFi
5 ceiling fans (all bedrooms + family room)
air conditioning in all living areas
2 twin bedded rooms
4 cable televisions
3 full bathrooms
2 living areas
~~~METHOD~~~
Put ingredients into spacious, BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED HOME set in award winning, GUARDED, GATED golf course community.
Mix in shops (including 24 hour WalMart superstore) within walking distance and elegant clubhouse with RESTAURANT/BAR.
Stir well and enjoy swimming, watching TV or a DVD, or sitting in the HOT TUB until thoroughly relaxed.
Add theme parks, shopping malls and other Florida attractions according to taste!
Lastly add a fully equipped kitchen, laundry facilities and ALL linens and towels.
~~~THE ICING ON THE CAKE!~~~
~~ INCLUDED IN THE RENTAL RATE~~
GAMES AREA with pool table, air hockey table and electronic darts game (safe plastic darts).
TELEPHONE CALLS: local/long distance and INTERNATIONAL
BABY EQUIPMENT: crib, high chair, strollers, toddler bed bars
PC with high speed internet connection + WiFi connection
DVD player and library of films
ELECTRONIC SAFE
BBQ
**ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS ** (Ref: 1174)
(Ref: 1174)
Southern Dunes Golf & Country Club - 4 Bed/ 3 Bath (Sleeps 8)
(Owned by: Christine Creasey)
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Rookwood, our superb single storey home is maintained to a very high standard.
There are two master bedroom suites, both with cable television (75 channels), ensuite bathroom and radio/alarm clock.
The two twin bedded rooms share a third full bathroom which is positioned between them.
All bathrooms have hair dryers supplied.
NEWLY INSTALLED HOT TUB
The games area has a pool table, air hockey table and electronic darts game
FREE use of PC with HIGH SPEED internet access.
FREE INTERNATIONAL CALLS
FREE use of digital safe for the storage of your valuables.
The screened, heated pool has safety fencing for the protection of children/non swimmers.
To keep you cool, we provide full air conditioning and remote controlled ceiling fans.
To keep you entertained, there are 4 cable televisions (75 channels), a games machine, DVD player (some DVDs are provided), a stereo radio/CD/cassette player.
If there are two families sharing, our home has the benefit of two living rooms.
Outside, on the extended pool deck, you will find luxurious and comfortable patio furniture and sun loungers with thick padded cushions.
A newly installed hot tub with temperature control, adjustable jets, waterfall and coloured lights.
The award winning community of Southern Dunes has a clubhouse with licensed bar/restaurant, a children's play area, tennis courts, communal pools and a fishing lake.
Overlooking the golf course from the pool deck. Within easy walking distance of the beautiful Clubhouse, which has a licensed bar and restaurant serving breakfast and lunch at reasonable prices (children's menu available). The Sunday morning breakfast buffet is not to be missed!!
Rookwood has two large, airy living rooms, with high cathedral ceilings adding to the feeling of spaciousness.
Although ideally suited to occupancy of 8 (plus an infant), there is a sofa bed in the lounge, which will sleep an additional two people if necessary.
Of the four bedrooms, two have U.S. queen sized beds and en suite facilities. All bedrooms are carpeted and have ceiling fans fitted.
Bedroom 1 has a beautiful bathroom with corner bath (garden tub), walk in shower cubicle, separate toilet and very large closet. It also has cable T.V., a remote controlled ceiling fan, a radio/alarm clock and an extension telephone.
Bedroom 2 also has en suite facilities – a bath/shower, wash basin and toilet. There is also a cable T.V., ceiling fan/light and radio/alarm clock.
Bedroom 3 a twin bedded room with cable TV, ceiling fan/light and a games machine with built in games.
Bedroom 4 also twin bedded and with ceiling fan/light and a selection of toys suitable for our younger guests.
A third full bathroom is positioned between the two twin bedrooms. It has a bath/shower, wash basin and toilet.
There are two living areas, both of which are carpeted and have high cathedral style ceilings, making them large airy rooms.
The lounge A restful area for sitting and relaxing with a good book, or for listening to music. If you want to plan your holiday itinerary, or keep in touch with family or friends, a PC is available. Fitted with a high speed broadband cable internet connection, to enable you to check out all the parks at speed, or maybe plan your route to the attractions of Florida! WiFi connection is also available if you prefer to bring your own laptop/notebook.
The family room For your entertainment! A 32” LCD cable T.V (75 channels), a DVD player (plus some films) and board games are all provided. Sliding doors lead out onto the patio/pool deck. The doors are alarmed for the protection of youngsters. This alarm can be switched ON/OFF.
The kitchen is centrally placed between the lounge and family room and is fully fitted with all necessary appliances - cooker, dishwasher, microwave oven, fridge/freezer and waste disposal unit. All cutlery/crockery/glassware is provided. There is also a coffee maker, blender, electric can opener and electric kettle.
A telephone answering machine is fitted to make sure that you do not miss any calls from your nearest and dearest back home!
The private swimming pool can be heated if required. It is also screened to keep out insects, but will not stop the sun from shining down onto the pool and extended deck. There is a covered porch area with a newly installed hot tub for you to relax and enjoy the therapeutic massaging jets. Luxurious patio furniture and sun beds with thick padded cushions are provided.
All towels (including pool towels) and bedding are also supplied.
Southern Dunes is a peaceful, quiet, award winning, gated community less than 20 minutes from theme parks. The gates are manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for added security. Tennis courts are available free of charge for the use of guests on a first come first served basis. There is also a fishing lake (Lake Joe) within the community.
Immediately outside the security gates is a 24-hour WalMart superstore, which sells everything from groceries to sports equipment. An ATM cash machine is available for your convenience, although there is also a bank located nearby. Other shops within walking distance are – Win Dixie, Walgreens, Blockbuster and other smaller shops.
There are several family restaurants within 5 minutes drive – Manny’s Chophouse, T-Bones, Sonny’s BBQ, All Star Bar & Grill, as well as take away outlets such as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Burger King.
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A selection of comments from our guests:
“Dear Christine & Peter,
We have stayed in many homes in Florida over the last 20 years and I have to say yours rates as No 1!
Lovely furnishings – beautifully maintained & comfortable. Extremely high standard of cleanliness. It was a pleasure to stay here!
We very much appreciated the P.C. – great for local info etc. also being able to keep in touch with friends & family and not least – my husband’s business.
Thanks for recommending Manny’s Chophouse – it was excellent – we went twice!
Thanks for a great holiday. “
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Hi Christine,
We had a lovely holiday, thank you. We thoroughly enjoyed the villa and the location. We had breakfast twice at the Clubhouse, including Sunday buffet and our last night we ate at Mannys which we wished we had tried sooner. My husband travels regularly to Indianapolis and Connecticut (we also lived in North Carolina 9 years ago) and was disappointed in the restaurants we had been to in Florida, but we found what he was looking for in Mannys. It was also probably the best value meal we had as kids are free on Mon and Tues and we were there during happy hour too.
I'm not sure what are plans are for next year but if we do go back to Florida we would love to book your villa again. We talked about going back to Orlando combined with the Gulf Coast.
Take care, thanks again
Tonya
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“We would like to congratulate both of you for working so hard to get your house up to such a high standard. The photos on the website do not do it justice at all.
As you know, we get to stay in a lot of lovely places, but have to say this comes out Tops, very spacious, lovely furnishings and all the utilities you need & a perfect view!!”
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“Hi Christine,
We had a wonderful time. The villa was beautiful.
It was our third villa but the best by far.
All the info was very helpful & Manny’s was a big hit.
Thanks again.
Great holiday & thank you for making it a great one.”
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“We really enjoyed our holiday in your stunning home, it was a real treat to stay somewhere with such excellent facilities.”
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“Good morning, Christine,
Our holiday was wonderful and your lovely home exceeded our expectations. It was gorgeous, well-equipped, and restful. Our kids loved the pool, and we loved the layout of the place and the beautiful view. It was perfect!……….“
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“The villa is so comfortable and superbly well equipped it was like a home from home even though we only spent a relatively short time actually in it. The car hire site recommended on your site turned out to be excellent and even the man at Dollar commented on how comprehensive a package we had bought - he didn't even try to sell us insurance we didn't need!
What particularly impressed me was that you allow guests free access to everything really (including the PC which you don't have to). It certainly made our life much easier being able to download digital pictures from our cameras and copy them onto CD's bought at Walmart ourselves rather than paying Walmart's prices for doing the same for example.
Kids loved the pool obviously and the games room.
Once again thank you. We certainly would love to come back one day.“
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“We really enjoyed our holiday in your stunning home, it was a real treat to stay somewhere with such excellent facilities”
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“Just to let you know that we had a lovely time at Southern Dunes. The house was wonderful. Very well set up and very comfortable. The new hot tub was a great success. The whole atmosphere of the Community and Club, with its pleasant dining room, was very restful and relaxing.”
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“Dear Christine,
We would just like to thank you for letting us stay in your Florida villa. We had a great holiday. The villa was wonderful and the pool was very welcoming after a busy day at the parks. Thanks again “
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“Hi Christine
Just to let you know that we have had a wonderful holiday in your home. I must congratulate you on your lovely home over there, and you have got it beautifully equipped, everything that I could have possibly needed was there and all your furniture is lovely!”
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“Dear Christine
We had a fabulous time at your villa. It was one of those rare occasions where it was even better than we were expecting! We have already started to
look at the cost of flights next year...........
.............We are happy to recommend your villa to friends and on our next visit to
Florida we will check availability with you first.
Thank you again, we all had a wonderful holiday.”
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“We arrived home last night from Florida. I wanted you to know your home is beautiful and everything you said it was. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Thanks again! “
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“Hi Christine,
Just wanted to say thank you and drop you a few lines now we're back to reality.
We had a wonderful time and absolutely loved the villa. You've obviously put a lot of effort into making it a fantastic place. As I mentioned to you on the phone we were sorry there is so much to see and do in the Orlando area as we enjoyed being 'at home' in the villa so much and found ourselves leaving parks earlier than we might have done to be able to at least spend the evenings in!! Alan managed to fit in two rounds of golf and thoroughly enjoyed them and it was lovely to have the clubhouse to start the day off with breakfast in. The location and local community are great and having Walmart virtually on the doorstep made life very easy for picking up supplies and anything else that takes your fancy. We've all come home thinking how lovely it would be to have a place like yours to escape and eventually retire too.
We hope to go back one day now that we've seen all the sights and have more time just to relax around the pool and enjoy the accommodation. “
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| Rental Rates (per week - for the home - NOT per person) |
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| 2009 Dates | US Dollars ($) | UK Pounds (£) |
| 01 Jul 09 - 05 Sep 09 | $1125 | £728 |
| 06 Sep 09 - 30 Sep 09 | $900 | £581 |
| 01 Oct 09 - 31 Oct 09 | $1025 | £658 |
| 01 Nov 09 - 20 Nov 09 | $900 | £581 |
| 21 Nov 09 - 27 Nov 09 | $1025 | £658 |
| 28 Nov 09 - 18 Dec 09 | $900 | £581 |
| 19 Dec 09 - 05 Jan 2010 | $1225 | £749 |
| 2010 Dates | US Dollars ($) | UK Pounds (£) |
| 19 Dec 09 - 05 Jan 2010 | $1225 | £749 |
| 06 Jan 2010 - 30 Mar 2010 | $900 | £581 |
| 31 Mar 2010 - 13 Apr 2010 | $1225 | £749 |
| 14 Apr 2010 - 30 Apr 2010 | $900 | £581 |
| 01 May 2010 - 30 Jun 2010 | $1025 | £658 |
| 01 Jul 2010 - 31 Aug 2010 | $1125 | £728 |
| 01 Sep 2010 - 30 Sep 2010 | $900 | £581 |
| 01 Oct 2010 - 31 Oct 2010 | $1025 | £658 |
| 01 Nov 2010 - 21 Dec 2010 | $900 | £581 |
| 22 Dec 2010 - 04 Jan 2011 | $1225 | £749 |
US$ prices quoted do not include 12.00% Sales and Tourist Tax. UK£ prices quoted are fully inclusive of all taxes.
Prices are guaranteed not to increase once a booking is confirmed.
Pool heating costs £12/US$22 per day.
Hot tub use included in rental rate.
The end of rental cleaning charge is included for rentals of more than 7 nights. For rentals of less than 7 nights a charge of £55/$90 is made.
A refundable security bond is payable on all rentals.
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Large pool with extended deck
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Hot tub-adjsutable jets
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Lounge area with PC and wifi
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Dining area
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Family room with TV, DVD, boar
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Master ensuite bedroom
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2nd Master ensuite bedroom
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Twin bedded room with TV
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Twin bedded room with toys
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Very well equipped kitchen
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Games area
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Golf course view
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And what a view!
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Clubhouse restaurant/bar
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Lots of birdies!!
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