Our sweet ‘conch’ cottage in old town Key West has been completely redesigned and custom crafted by 2 architects as our home away from home and we offer it as a MONTHLY rental when we aren’t using it ourselves. It is located in a wonderfully private yet centrally located neighborhood on a hidden lane. as our home away from home. This intimate house boasts many fun and thoughtful features which will help make your stay in Key West special. It has a lovely small freeform heated pool (with a salt water system that feels like natural water and a built-in bench), and a relaxing patio in a private backyard - complete with outdoor eating area and a wonderful outdoor shower (with hot and cold water!). Swim, eat, and watch butterflies and birds under the palms.... This is a classic compact 'Conch' house, typical of old Key West. This house is in a truly quiet, residential neighborhood just a few short blocks to Duval Street, the boisterous hub of town. Although on the cozy side, we designed it to be light and airy and is decorated with lovely modern furnishings, wireless broadband internet service (reaches the pool area as well), living/dining/kitchen area and it even has a second comfortable living room complete with a smart TV. Both downstairs bedrooms also feature flat panel smart TVs. The house is perfect for your retreat both inside and out. Inside it's cool with tile floors, central air, cathedral ceilings, a full, modern kitchen, 2 bedrooms plus a comfortable carpeted loft with 2 twin beds in one room and a double futon in the other (accessed via a steep stair). We also have 2 lovely tiled bathrooms - one with a creatively tiled tub/shower and the other with a tumbled marble tiled shower. All beds are comfortable with new mattresses! Our home is strictly non-smoking. We have provided everything you’ll need to make you feel right at home including a small collection of books, a fully stocked kitchen, a gas grille (with gas provided) and cooling ceiling fans in every room. Call us for current availability and rates for your stay. We are open to accepting pets and have a separate pet fee (if pets accepted) with an additional mid-monthly cleaning required. All you need to bring to this lovely island is your bathing suit, a pair of shorts and flip flops and come enjoy the beauty and diversity that Key West has to offer! Here's a quick To Do list I sent to someone recently: 'So much to do here! Taking a sand bar trip out to the reef (about 5 miles out) is great - can combine it with sunset, parasailing is awesome, best beach for swimming/snorkeling is Ft. Zachary Taylor - not perfect sand (lots of coral) but lovely place with beach chairs for hire too, great dining all over - definitely try our local fine dining restaurant Lola’s for a splurge (2 seatings per night- call for reservations), we also love El Siboney - a locals Cuban place, really tasty croissants at Moondog Cafe, great place for cafe con leche/breakfast is 5 Brothers on Southard/Grinnell, La Te Da has fabulous high class drag shows and dinner, rent bikes from Eaton St bikes (they’ll deliver and pick up) or rent a scooter or golf cart for the day. That's for starters. Don't need to bring many clothes or fancy shoes - very casual and carribean. Flip flops work well here day and night! p.s. At the house we've left a couple of binders stuffed with menus and things-to-do and places-to-go while you're in town. We hope you find Key West as enchanting as we do! Keywords: House, private house, house rental, bungalow, cottage, pool,single family house