We stayed for about six weeks over the holiday season as a working vacation and had an amazing time. The property is exactly as portrayed in the listing, a little extra room was available because of how homes are built in the Keys. The house was professionally cleaned before we got there, the furnishings were all good, and the owners left a thoughtful note and welcome gifts along with recommendations for nearby activities and dining.
Key Largo Fisheries and the Dolphin Rescue are both right around the block. The fisheries has wonderful harbor side dining, and we met a great local dive shop that we could walk to for scuba dives. The fishery had fresh catch, stone crab in season, and we would frequently buy a pound or two of fish to grill on the awesome outdoor grill back at the house, or pan fry in the well stocked kitchen.
We rented kayaks for a month and kept them on the amazing dock at the house. There is access to some of the most amazing mangrove kayaking five minutes down the canal, better than Pennekamp because there are no motor boats and few other people.
We didn't rent a boat, but the dock at the house was definitely up to the task for bimini style boats. We enjoyed a lot of charters between diving and fishing, and recommend that for folks who haven't done boating in the shallow waters of the Keys.
The appliances are new and got the job done. Some of the controls were not intuitive and we had to read instructions for the microwave and oven, but we regularly cooked for 6 and had a fine time.
Some fun memories: 1: All the life you can see in the lit canal at night, we saw shark, lobster, stingray, octupus and plentiful fish. During the day we saw manatee. 2: The back deck and pool faces the sun, so were often back there sunning even on cooler and windy days. 3: This neighborhood is amazing on New Year's if you like crazy good amateur fireworks, I bet July 4 is the same. 4: Kayaking 5 minutes over to the pens at the Dolphin rescue and greeting the dolphins.
Overall, this place is fully stocked, well equipped, you even have access to basic tools and equipment which is exceedingly helpful on a longer stay. We highly recommend, we would definitely come again, and hope this review helps anyone on the fence.