186 Route 16.8, Rio Grande, PR 00745

"THE SKY HOUSE" now available for rent 1-6 months, is an up-dated, 3-bedroom 2 bath, house, fully furnished, (just bring a toothbrush!), located at the edge of El Yunque Rain Forest. Yet only a 35-minute drive from SJU Airport and the City of San Juan. The house Brags 180-degree UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS to the valley below, San Juan, & the Pacific Ocean. This spotless, pet friendly home has everything you need, including "High Speed Internet", a 50" TV and a large fully equipped kitchen, sheets and towels. All cooled by new split air conditioning units (one downstairs and 1 in each bedroom), a huge 400 square foot roof top patio plus a newly added deck out front with a large plunge pool with seating for 8!) all overlooking the jaw dropping 30 plus mile views. Located in a small, gated cull de sac, on a dead-end street, "The Sky House" is part of a very small (a dozen houses?) gated community, offering one square acre of fenced lawn, total privacy & security, and a palpable sense of wellbeing, nature, & peace. Your neighbor on the north perimeter of the property is El Yunque Rain Forest with a sea of wildflowers and jungle foliage to enjoy from the roof top patio. Explore multiple rivers, hiking trails, waterfalls and swimming holes. A country drive north brings you to world-class, ocean front golf course resorts with upscale hotels, bars & restaurants on the north shore. A 25-minute walk brings you to a large hidden swimming hole in the woods. With a rushing river, and boulders to sun on. (The healing, mineral water (drinkable) is rated the purest in the US park system.) (see in picture) A 15-minute jungle drive north through the woods brings you to "Hacienda Siesta Alegre Hotel". A gorgeous 100-acre horse ranch which caters weddings and special events. Also, an unforgettable ASPEN like bar / restaurant attached to the property called "The Hitching Post", offers great food & cocktails overlooking the horse-riding circle. Wednesday-Monday 4pm-10pm. An eight-minute (bumpy) mountain drive south brings you to a quirky, super cool Restaurant & Bar with old cars and airplanes sticking out of the ground, gorgeous views, and a live weekly band at Sunday Brunch. ("Fablian?" ) Walmart, Marshals, 2 shopping centers, banks, and a multi plex movie theater are just a 15-minute drive down the hill. A 25-minute walk through the jungle on a wide fire trail brings you to a secret swimming hole, fed by a rushing river with huge rocks and boulders making for great swimming and sunning year-round. The water is rated the cleanest in the US park system, drinkable water containing huge amounts of minerals for good health. The weather is always about 10-15 degrees cooler than in San Juan, (comfortable 60-80 degrees year-round & 50-70 at night. Breezes abound. Rain is usually short & strong-breaking to blue skies and white puffy clouds & rainbows. The Sky House"... As close to "Heaven" as you can get without leaving this world! Super-fast Internet is up and running and can be continued for $99 a month. Tenant pays utilities and has option to keep up the plunge pool or pay $80 per month for service. Plus option to mow grass with power driven mower or hire the estabablished gardener. ($180 every 3 weeks $240 a month). No neighborhood trash pick-up. Trash & recycling bins for the neighborhood near by.