'Arkvilla' - House Front	Pool Area
Family Room	Games Room - Come Play

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Are you looking for a beautiful clean villa which lifts your spirits as soon as you walk through the front door? Do you want to spend quality family time enjoying a fantastic holiday in a home which provides all the comforts you need as well as a fantastic games room which brings fun after days out at the parks? Then get your holiday off to a fantastic start by choosing to stay in Arkvilla We love our home and are delighted to share it with people who will appreciate it just as much - hopefully that's you ! Have a wonderful romantic break or a fun family holiday in our beautiful villa, spacious luxury, for your dream holiday. Live the Florida Dream. Highgate Park is a prestigious holiday community located in a peaceful location set amongst beautiful rolling countryside with an abundance of pine trees and orange groves adding to the natural beauty of the area. It is ideally situated on the US Highway 27, just minutes south of the US Highway 192 and only a short drive from shops, supermarkets, restaurants, and golf courses and 8 miles to Disney World. Our luxury, four-bedroom, fully air conditioned vacation home is beautifully furnished to a very high standard and comes fully-equipped with everything you need for the perfect holiday. The high quality furnishings have been individually chosen to make it a real home-away-from-home and the family room and 2 Master Suites have cable TV. Four bedrooms, 2 with en suite facilities (ideal for 2 families) in addition to the family bathroom and extended pool deck area with plenty of relaxing pool furniture. The large open plan family room is comfortably furnished to a high standard and looks out on to the private pool area. The luxury kitchen is fully-equipped with a full-size oven and hob, refrigerator/freezer with ice- maker, built-in microwave oven, dishwasher, waste disposal and telephone with free calls to 60 countries. Adjoining the kitchen is a separate utility room with washing machine, tumble dryer, iron and ironing board. Our vacation home sleeps up to 8 people. The spacious master bedroom, with en-suite, has a queen size bed, large walk-in closet, cable TV, safe, radio alarm clock and hairdryer. The fabulous en-suite bathroom has his and hers inset hand basins, large walk in shower, corner bath and separate toilet. The second bedroom also has cable tv, en suite facilities with queen size bed and large closet with plenty of hanging space. There are 2 further twin bedded rooms with large closets. A third full size family bathroom has basin, bath, shower, toilet and hairdryer. All bed linen and towels are provided. Patio doors lead out from the family room and master bedroom to the fully screened, extended deck area with heated pool. The pool is serviced and cleaned weekly, and arrangements can be made to have the pool heated during the cooler months. Sun loungers, patio chairs, and table are provided. There is also free use of the on-site leisure facilities including tennis courts and children’s play area. You couldn't ask for more. For a fantastic family holiday all of the major attractions including Disney, Sea World, Universal Studios, Wet ‘n ‘Wild and many other Florida attractions within 30 minutes drive. The Gulf and Atlantic Ocean Coasts and Kennedy Space Centre are only an hour and a half away. • Walt Disney World 12 minutes. • International Drive, Sea World, Universal Studios, etc. 20 minutes. • Orlando International Airport 30 minutes. • Cape Canaveral and Space Centre 75 minutes. • Tampa and Gulf Coast 90 minutes. For the golf enthusiast there is a Links style 18-hole golf course (Champions Gate - designed by Greg Norman) just ten minutes drive away. The property is also within 15 minutes of another six good courses. Amenities: Private heated pool, phone with free local calls, air conditioning, flat screen cable TV's, stereo, CD player, DVD player, Safe, Play Station 2 for the children, full kitchen incl microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator, ice maker, cooking utensils provided, linens provided, washer, dryer, garage. George Forman electric Grill/BBQ. No Smoking. Activities (on site or nearby): Golf, Amusement Parks, Fishing, Wildlife Viewing, Shopping, Restaurants, Cinemas, Sightseeing, Swimming, Boating, Biking, Tennis, Air boats rides. WE WON'T BE THE CHEAPEST BUT WE PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY HOME - OUR GUEST COMMENTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL REVIEWS GUEST BOOK "I wouldn't waste time - just book Arkvilla!" Holiday Date: August 2011 Review Submitted: September 2011 Normally when doing reviews for things there's usually something you can mention which could be improved upon - but I have to say on this occasion I'm struggling! Sandra will make the booking process a pleasure – and you can tell she wants you to have the most enjoyable time possible during your stay. The location I think is ideal: just a short run to all the main parks and attractions, but just far enough to 'get away from it all'. The house itself is immaculate. I'm sure there'll be villas out there where the owners will do the bare minimum just to be able to get customers in, but at Arkvilla the opposite is true: it's like a showhome, and you can tell there's been a great deal of thought and attention put into every detail. The pictures are good, but the reality is even better. As a family of four, we had so much space it was unbelievable - no cramming the contents of your suitcases into inadequate closets: there were walk-in wardrobes with wall-to-wall clothes racks. The multiple bathrooms were a godsend, and for those who are fussy about cleanliness, I can only say the place was spotless. The villa seems to have everything you could need, and although we ate out almost every night, the fully-equipped kitchen would keep any chef happy. Needless to say the swimming pool was the feature most popular with the children, but it was closely followed by the Games room, and here again you can see the thought and ideas that have gone into the home - it had not just a pool table and a dartboard, but a full-size air-hockey table as well! Getting a good place to stay is a key part of any holiday, and of course the temptation is to spend a lot of time on choosing the right one. But anyone staying in the Orlando area couldn't go wrong with this property, and I am so delighted we stayed here: it became not just a base for our daily excursions, but somewhere we couldn't wait to relax in at night. It really did help make our holiday in Florida one we'll treasure. Donohue family, Liverpool, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dream Holiday made special at Arkvilla!" Holiday Date: 16th July to 6th August 2011 Review Submitted: 8th August 2011 We stayed at the immaculate Arkvilla for 3 weeks in July/August 2011. Our holiday had been in the planning for a long time and was made all the more special staying at this beautiful villa. Spotlessly clean, modern and stylish we felt at home as soon as we walked through the door. The rooms were all large in size and comfortable making it a perfect place to relax after a busy day in the parks. Our family made lots of use of the brilliant games room, and of course the well maintained pool was favourite with everyone with plenty of chairs and loungers to use. There are baby facilities: 2 buggy's, and a highchair, travelcot to use if you have small children, all clean and as good as new. Also a safe in the villa to keep passports etc which was excellent and easy to use. The villa is located near to all of the main Disney parks with a brilliant little shortcut (thanks Sandra!) to take you right next to Animal Kingdom. We fell in love with Florida, and the villa - a perfectly located home from home. We didn't want to leave! The guidance & advice given from the villa owners was excellent, it made our holiday even more special by staying here, highly recommended. Viki, Mark & Family, Rise Park, Essex, UK Fantastic Place to Stay Holiday Date: 8-12 June 2011 Review Submitted: 13 June 2011 Arkvilla is a fabulous place to stay. It is well decorated and very comfortable to feel at home. It has everything one would need for a relaxing vacation within a reasonable distance from all Orlando attractions. The pool was a great place to cool off after a long day. Arkvilla is indeed a Luxury home. It is very spacious and beautifully decorated. We had a wonderful stay and would highly recommend this as your home away from home for vacation! Sandra, we thank you for the use of your home. Your attention to detail makes your home spectacular! Sandra is a top-notch hostess/owner and made us feel very welcome. We will be back. Tim & Gloria Williams, Illinois, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beautiful / Fantastic Villa Holiday Date: May 2011 Review Submitted: May 2011 We have just returned home to the UK two days ago and feel I had to add our review of this lovely villa. Excellent accomodation in a relaxing and safe enviroment, 10 mins from all main Disney/Universal attractions and very close to many many restaurants, shops, crazy golf, supermarkets which are 5 minute drive away. We all had a brilliant time and the villa was an added bonus to our time in Florida. Each room is decorated to a very high standard, very clean and comfortable. Sandra is also exceptionally helpful and friendly and helped us through booking the villa to arriving home. I cannot fault anything, so sorry to come home !! Creed family, Dover, UK, stayed 06/05/11-20/05/11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Easter 2011 Holiday at Arkvilla Holiday Date: April 2011 Review Submitted: 16 May 2011 This was our second visit to Arkvilla as we had such a wondeful experience last year. Arkvilla is a lovely home to rent it is immaculate in every way. Plenty of space we were a family of Seven three children and two grandparents.The pool is a lovely way to start or end the day and there is a lovely patio area to relax and enjoy meals outside.The games room is great as well. The location is excellent supermarket not far away, all the Disney parks only 20 minute drive away. Sandra the owner is very helpful with any information that is needed. We would definatley reccomend this villa to our friends and family.We would love to visit florida in the future and would use Arkvilla again. Ken & Deborah Berry and Family, Chester, UK Great Family Holiday GrahameMarieSophie Glasgow, Scotland. Our 14 day stay at ARKVILLA was one of the best, most relaxing family holidays we have ever spent. This was our fist experience renting a villa & I can categorically say that it will not be our last. When we return to Florida it will definitely be back to ARKVILLA. Lets start with the booking. We booked late, very late, yet the whole transaction could not have been handled any better, from receiving directions & instructions, giving tips on the best places to visit locally to the return of the deposit, it was all handled swiftly & with the minimum of fuss. Thank you Sandra. The villa itself is fantastic, the photographs on the website, although very good do not do justice to how spacious yet homely & comfortable the house actually is. So much so that we spent more than a few lazy mornings lounging by the pool instead of doing the usual park / tourist things that Florida is renowned for. The games room is well equipped with pool table, air hockey, dart board & playtstation 2. The bedrooms & lounge are immaculate & the pool area has plenty of room to either relax or splash about. The kitchen also has everything you would need, including blender & coffee maker & everything in the house is spotlessly clean. We found the villa a great base to not only do the parks but to visit the beaches on each of the coasts. Cocoa Beach & Clearwater you can easily drive to & if you leave early enough you can have a great day at either place. Cocoa was just over an hour away & Clearwater a little bit further, but it was worth it to visit such beautiful beaches. We made good use of the icebox we found in the villa & packed a great picnic. Lakeridge Winery was another place we visited, but make sure you check the events section of their website as its better to go when they have something on. We went on a weekend where they had a Classic Car show, live music & food available. We had a good fun afternoon for only entry. Oh and free wine tasting. On most holidays after 10 or 12 days spent returning to a hotel room each night we are ready to come home. With this holiday it felt that each night we were coming home. Thank you again for the great holiday. ------------------------------------------------------------ Wow! Words cannot express our appreciation for this lovely home. We have so enjoyed our time at Arkvilla. Thank you for your personal attention to every detail and your sincere interest in ensuring that our stay was enjoyable. Our time at Arkvilla has been beyond our expectations and we look forward to coming again! With heartfelt thanks, James, Vana and Cathy (Canada)" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My family and I have just returned from our second stay at the fabulous Arkvilla. Firstly, we would all like to say a very big thankyou for letting us share your stunning home. After a rather hectic and long journey we were soon living the dream! I really can't think of a better place to visit at Christmas and as we entered through the gated entrance it felt like we had returned home. We were greeted by a wreath hanging on the door and a beautifully decorated Chrismas tree. All of this, plus the lovely phone call from Sandra to check that everything was o.k, all adds to the individual care and attention you will receive. This is the reason why we have returned and why this villa is heads and shoulders above the rest. The decor, fixtures and fittings are of an extremely high standard, yet you don't feel like you shouldn't touch or use any of them. The villa layout is spacious and accessible, giving you the choice of quiet time or family time. The pool area is relaxing and our family made great use of this facility. There are ample sun loungers and chairs and a table where you can dine alfresco. The privacy screen around the pool is an added bonus, along with a chest full of pool toys. The games room with the pool table, air hockey and darts were a hit with all the family. There is an abundance of bedding and bath towels and having children, the washing machine and dryer are very welcome and very useful!!!! The kitchen is very well equiped, with everything you will ever need. The villa is situated on the US27 and is 15 minutes away from Disneyworld. Various shops, supermarkets and restaurants are all in very close proximity. We would not hesitate in recommending Arkvilla and look forward to spending many more happy family holidays there. It gets better every time we visit. Once again, many thanks Sandra Gary, Tracey, Amy & Ellie Bennett

Rental rates

From	To	Price USD	Rental period
January	February	545	week
March	May	570	week
June	August	590	week
September	December	570	week
Christmas		660	week
New Year		660	week
Easter		660	week
January	February	545	week
March	May	570	week
June	August	590	week
September	December	570	week
Easter		660	week
Christmas		660	week

Baby crib, high chair, booster seat and buggy all Free of Charge Booking Deposit, 20% of Total Amount. Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice Rates include all Florida Taxes and Exit Clean A welcome pack can be ordered at a cost of plus cost of food. Refundable security deposit - £200 Booking deposit - 20% Balance to be paid - 2 months prior Refundable security deposit - $300