Cheerful Cottage On Pond w View, 5 Min Walk Bay Beach
Brewster Vacation Rental - ID 19784

The Dunbar family has been renting out our family cottage for five years now (2016). The house was built by my grandfather in 1960, and my dad bought it in the early 1970s. It has been fully renovated, and my dad made a lot of creative and interesting changes. We used to come down in the summer and spend our time at the beach, or on the screen porch playing cards, or in the pond behind the house. It was our favorite place to be.

What is special about this property?
The cottage has interesting architecture inside, while maintaining a low key classic shingled cottage appearance on the outside. There are many artistic features such as several vintage stained glass installations, and tile art from local artists in more than one room. It is also colorful and cheerful. Every year we do add something, last year we re-modeled the entire master bathroom, kept the full sized cast iron enamel bath and added handmade tiles to the wall. We also added an outside shower enclosure which will easily fit several small children with an adult. The backyard is level, and reaches the pond - and is a good place for children to play all sorts of games. We love it because it has charm, while also being a practical vacation home. And you can walk to the beach, or swim in the pond. It is a good place to make memories.

What is special about your town?
Brewster is an old sea captain's town and the downtown area close to us has interesting historic buildings and has kept its charm.

You can walk to the Brewster store from our house and get the morning paper and a donut, or come back later in the day for ice cream at the Brewster Scoop.

The town has interesting things to do for adults and children - you can rent paddle-boards and go for a guided tour on upper mill pond, or take your kayaks out on our pond or to the local state park.

There are several golf courses, good antiquing, fried clam shacks and fine dining. We also have a great new coffee shop at The Herb Shop and for yoga enthusiasts you can get a week pass for Brewster Bikram Yoga, or drive to Dennis to Yoga Cape Cod for more variety.

We recommend the Brewster Fish House for fine dining and Chillingsworth for a bistro style menu. If you want to sit outside for lunch you can try Al Fresco for a lobster roll or a sandwich - and then visit the Kitchen Shop which has great gadgets. For kids there's Kate's Ice Cream, and Joe's Clam Shack, and Cobies for burgers.

In 2015 the town added sidewalks - you can now safely walk to the Brewster Coffee Shop for breakfast, or enjoy a morning walk in that direction past old homes and interesting plantings.