Porchside Paradise is located in the front section of the Conch Republic Cottages. This beautiful home-away-from-home features an inviting and spacious front porchâgreat for people watching.
The unit is gated off from the other cottages, which makes it very private and great for pets too! The inside is beautifully decorated and features an updated kitchen complete with an ice-maker, refrigerator, coffee-maker, stove, oven, blender, and microwave. The upstairs loft has a king-sized bed and a skylight. The downstairs living area is equipped with a queen-sized sofa bed and sleeps two guests, if necessary. Â
Porchside Paradise is one of three units that comprises the group property Conch Republic Cottages. The three units can be booked separately or as a group.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROPERTY NO LONGER HAS A HOT TUB AND DOES NOT HAVE A POOL . You may use the pool at Danteâs if you utilize their food and beverage services or you may purchase a day pass using the link below at any of the hotels located near your rental.
Plusses: Amazing location, cute, comfortable little bungalow, fully stocked, comfortable bed, great porch, adorable yard. Negatives: parking, parking parking, stairs. If you don't have a car and don't have a problem with stairs, rent this property!! You will love it! If you do have a car and have a problem with stairs, pick another property. We spent three hours looking for an available space and finally went to a parking garage two miles away and spent about 250 just on parking for the four days we were there. The bedroom is up a flight of stairs in a loft by itself. So you will need to carry your luggage up the porch steps and then up to the loft if you want your clothes there. If you are a frequent night time bathroom user, you will need to go up and down the stairs.None of those is the owners' fault. We just wanted everyone to be aware. We would stay here again, after learning our lesson.
Absolutely wonderful location, Just Needed More Information
First, let me tell you about the positives. The location is perfect for exploring Key West. It is right around the corner from all the restaurants and the sights. I can't stress how convenient this location is. Here what I wish I knew before I came down here. There was no parking at the location. It was an additional 50.00ish per night for parking down the street. It was a bit of a shock.
Updated, modern and just off of Duval St. It is on the small side but comfortable for 3 adults. The kitchen was stocked with everything we needed. No dishwasher, though it does have a full-sized washer and dryer. The bathroom is spacious and two people can comfortably be in it at same time. Other reviews commented on the upstairs loft/bedroom with its slanted ceiling. We're on the shorter size so it wasn't that much of an inconvenience. The covered front porch was very relaxing at the start and end of the day. We would rent again.
The bedroom is in the loft which has an extremely slanted ceiling making it impossible to stand up straight which was frustrating. Listing mentioned an oven but there was not an oven. Weird quirk, whenever we turned on the downstairs TV the upstairs one would go on as well lol. It would be nice if there was some extra pillows and blankets for the couch! Customer service was excellent and location is excellent. Overall we had a great trip!
Great location right off Duval. Easy to walk to the beach and all the restaurants around Duval. Bathroom is a good size for a smaller property and the kitchen is well equipped. We would stay again.
Itâs literally a hop skip and a jump to Duval street yet you canât hear the noise. The upstairs loft bedroom has pitched ceiling and you can not stand up in there at all. Thatâs the only thing I donât like. I suggest extra blankets for person using couch to sleep. They had everything you need beach towels. Plenty of bath towels. Laundry pods for washer dryer. Coffee filters etc itâs a very small place but we managed just fine with two adults our 19 year old daughter and a dog. My only concern is that loft upstairs.
The location of this property is what we liked most. Itâs a block off Duval and right in the middle towards either end. Itâs also the quietest of the many places weâve stayed. We barely heard anything. We usually can hear roosters at 4am or street noise at the places we stay. The unit was clean, nice front porch, laundry was great, stocked with beach towels and kitchen accessories. Coffee pot, but no coffee provided however.
Now for what we didnât like. The loft is a tight squeeze. You cannot stand up straight. Weâre able bodied and not large people, but this area would be a problem for many. There is a shade over the skylight, but it was open when we arrived and the loft took a long time to cool down because of this. Keep the shade closed unless you want to cook upstairs.
The check in process was sort of silly. We had to go to the rental office only to be given a door keypad code. Would be nice if theyâd just save you the trip and email or text the code.
We had three instances of someone trying to enter our unit. One of those was successful. The house keeper entered our unit without knocking an hour before we had to check out. Luckily we were decent. The other two instances were guests of the other two units around the sides of the house. Seems like better directions should be provided to find the other units.
The couch is sad and should be retired. Thereâs no support left. We used it to unpack our stuff onto since thereâs nowhere in the loft.
The place was small, but nice. Had a little mixup on where to check in at, but the owner came and picked us up and got us where we needed to go. He was really great! The loft left some headroom so we recommend keeping your clothes on the first floor and just use the loft to sleep in.