We had a wonderful trip in St. John. The location of the house is at coral bay, which is very convenient to go to either north shores or south beaches. There are several grocery stores and restaurants nearby. You don’t need A/C at home because the breeze will be cool enough. We even don’t need to use fan during our stay. Amelia is very kind, warm, honest and quick in response. She checked in with us the first few days to make sure everything was ok. If you text her, she would reply or call back in a minute. Beach chairs, towels and floating noodles are all prepared by the host. The house also have some games for kids so my son didn’t feel bored.

Really cherished our stay at this house. The east side of St. John is quite lovely, a little more quiet and local feeling than the west side of the island. It has the feeling of being remote, but is still very easy to get to and there is plenty of local food and bar businesses nearby, notably a convenient little grocery market called "Love City Market" just two minutes from the house. This house is in the perfect location to hit pristine beaches, prime snorkel spots and beautiful translucent bays, many within a scenic 10-20 minute drive or less from the house. The house has a lovely vibe that lends itself to connecting with the surrounding ambience and nature. The screened in, naturally-lit sunroom porches are perfect for family dinners, a cup of coffee in the morning while plotting an adventure for the day, or a game of rummy after a long day of sun and swimming. We found the kitchen to be exceptionally beautiful and ergonomic. It was really nice to hang on the bar stools around the central island in the kitchen and have a cocktail while one of us began to cook dinner. The house feels very open and breathable with ceiling fans placed conveniently throughout the house, but also feels cozy and relaxing with tasteful, warm lighting. A great place to regroup and relax while adventuring around St. John. We were also happy to find many books available at the house on the local botany and marine biology you can spot on the island. As a marine-bio and plant enthusiast, I really appreciated being able to have resources to inform my understanding of the wonderful, rare, and truly special ecology that thrives in and around St. John. We even found a pretty tree frog on the porch that came to hang out each night! Amelia and Steve were very responsive and always kind and helpful in the booking process. I hope to return again in the future; one week went by way too fast!

My wife and I had a fantastic stay at Serenity House in first half of March. This is a great location as a base for exploring the island. North shore beaches are 15-20 minutes drive away, Salt Pond and East end 10-15 min. The house is lovely and well maintained, with a nice view of the lower half of the valley above Coral Bay, nice private porches with island breezes. We really appreciated the many little extras in the house like beach chairs, towels, sun block, fish and bird books, Scrabble game. There is 1 bedroom upstairs and a family room downstairs with 2 futons. Upstairs room has a bunk bed as well as a king bed, so younger children could stay upstairs with parents. Older kids would probably stay downstairs, as our adult son did during 1 week of the stay. Separate bathroom downstairs, but shower only available upstairs. A jeep is required to navigate the bumpy dirt road up from Coral Bay. All in all we had a wonderful time and would definitely stay here again.

This is our second year staying here. We have not been disappointed either Year and are planning to book again for a third year. The home is quaint and simple in design. We like the large table in the screened in porch for card playing. We cook our meals and everything we need is provided. its tastefully done for a small place. The tile work is lovely. Our friends who visited us were quite surprised by how nice the home was and is. For the price, it's a perfect fit for our family. We look forward to many more years of renting from Amelia.

We stayed at Serenity House in Feb. The house is clean, spacious and comfortable, with lots of lights and ceiling fans. We found a fully equipped kitchen, which was a delight being away from home. Beach chairs and towels were available as well as a great book collection (to identify what we saw snorkeling or hiking) as well as games. There was also an outside hose to clean snorkeling masks. It was great advice to arrive in the daylight and once we were used to the roads it was easy to find. It was also fun to have the Love City mini market close by. The screened in porches got the morning sun and our hosts even thought about leaving solar lucy lights for night time. Over all we had a wonderful time on St. John and loved having Serenity House as our base to relax, eat and sleep each day after exploring the island. We highly recommend Serenity House and would give it more than 5 stars if we could, we will return as soon as we can.

Serenity House was just the right place for us! The house is spacious and airy with multiple ceiling fans in each room. It is a well kept, clean and peaceful place. The large screened in porches were a perfect place to relax or play games or have coffee and watch the sun come up. Although it's a small thing it did not go unnoticed that they provided plenty of very large, very soft towels for everyone. Thank you for a wonderful vacation get away. We will be returning customers!

Great home, well designed for air flow was never hot, wonderfull cieling fan layout. Nice attached screened in porch keeps house airy and a wonderful outside feeling even in the rain The tap water it better then bottled and all we drank Bedroom is wonderful open and airy never hot or stuffy No bugs Neighbors nice folks helpful and quite feel completely safe here we didn't lock the car or house ever Very quite and peaceful the back yard is big enough that you don't feel like you buried in the jungle Back deck nice and sunny during the day I enjoyed nights and early mornings sitting out side no bugs Very close to coral bay which is back in good shape after hurricane both love city market and dolphins market are well stocked between the two you can purchase all the groceries you need. There are serveral reastraunts and places to get a drink here so no pressing need to go to Cruz bay Owners were great to deal with straight forward, reasonable, and honest Houses are like shoes one size and style does not fit all if you are looking for a clean comfortable quite simple easy living space to just relax and enjoy look no further Enjoy

The property was semi remote and quiet. Tile and natural wood work throughout. Plenty of island breeze and ceiling fans thoughout the home. Tons of outdoor deck space and no issues with mosquitos. Screened in porch on the bottom level was our family hang out after the sun went down. The water straight from the tap is amazing. Would recommend for families!

We loved our visit to St. John and our stay at Serenity House. The location is awesome! We loved being so close to the restaurant/bars of Coral Bay and had an easy ride home in the dark (some roads in St John are crazy...). We explored a wide variety of beaches & hiking trails from this location and enjoyed having our home base away from the crowd in Cruz Bay. The property itself is somewhat secluded and very peaceful. We saw more wild donkeys and chickens than neighbors. The breezes and fans kept it comfortable day and night. There's no water view but we saw magnificent views everyday out at the beach, snorkeling & hiking so we didn't mind that. The water is fantastic at the house - it tastes pure (bring your refillable bottle).