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

This is our second time staying in this home and we will be back again in the future. It is a lovely, well-maintained home in a quiet, peaceful location. It is on a pretty pond and a short walk to a private bayside beach.

Some vacation rentals do just enough maintenance to get by—not this one. The owners clearly care about providing an enjoyable vacation experience. The house is lovingly decorated, well taken care of, and well-stocked. The owner is responsive.

Our family visited with two adults and four teens/tweens and had plenty of room for everyone. We spent many hours sitting on the patio enjoying the pond view, ate dinner each night on the screened in porch, and found the home and its environment to be welcoming and relaxing.

We brought our own kayaks to use on the pond (and there is a rowboat available at the house). The neighborhood is quiet and our family members kept referring to the area as peaceful. While kayaking on the pond our 12 year old declared "the whole world should be like this!"

Some activities we enjoyed nearby: Wellfleet Flea Market (20-30mins away), Nauset Beach (public oceanside beach - 20 mins away), Nickerson State Park (about 2 miles away-hiking, biking, lakeside beaches, boat and paddleboard rentals), Cape Cod Rail Trail (about 1 mile away), Cafe Alfresco (an easy stop on Saturday for lunch before checking in or breakfast after checking out). You can also easily walk to a number of small stores and restaurants on Route 6A. show more show less

We loved staying at this cottage! The best part for us was the back brick patio that overlooks the pond. We loved grabbing a book and a coffee or whatever and sitting peacefully, surrounded by greenery and the pond view. The sunsets over the pond are great and the lake itself is very pretty all day long. We enjoyed several row boat rides around the pond as well. The master bedroom is quite large and we enjoyed pond views from there as well as stepping onto the back patio from the bonus slider in the master. The layout of the house is great. We loved entering via the screened-in porch and kicking off our flip flops and entering the kitchen via side slider. We cooked a lot in the kitchen and had everything we needed. The kitchen is beautifully accented. We enjoyed eating at the table between the kitchen and living room, which is right next to a double slider leading to the back patio. We enjoyed plentiful breezes throughout the stay. The living room is very cozy, with very nice decor and a really handsome fireplace. We found the location to be excellent—walkable to private beach or Breakwater beach, as well as the Brewster Store. Also, easy shot West toward's Kate's Seafood, Luke's, Saints Landing beach, and town of Dennis. Also easy shot East on the main Brewster commercial drag, Nickerson State Park, Cobies, the rest of Brewster's great beaches, the town of Orleans, and the rest of the Cape. Neighborhood is quiet, with more dog-walkers than cars. All in all it exceeded our hopes and we were very glad we rented this home. Owner is easy to work with, nice, and very responsive. Secret tip: try to hit the beach (recommend Crosby Landing beach) mid to late afternoon, halfway between low and high tide (tide coming in), on sunny days. The water will be like bath water. We had this experience at 4-6 PM at Crosby when low tide was 1 PM. It was heaven. Enjoy! show more show less

This is a lovely, comfortable, well-maintained home with a great location. It is in a quiet, walkable neighborhood. The house had plenty of space for our family of 5 as well as lots of space for storage. The house and property are nicely decorated, very clean, and well supplied for your visit. We cook a lot while on vacation, and this kitchen had all the pots, pans, utensils, and appliances we needed and beyond!

The tree-lined backyard feels quite private. The property is situated on a small pond where we saw a great deal of wildlife. I enjoyed sitting pondside in the quiet mornings, while my kids enjoyed swinging in the hammock and my husband enjoyed his coffee on the brick patio with a view of the pond. The screened in porch was perfect for dinner outdoors.

The private neighborhood beach is close enough that it's easy to walk or ride bikes back and forth to the house throughout the day. The beach was pretty quiet during the early August week we were there -- on weekdays we were often there alone or saw just one other family. A short walk away is a busier public beach which receives visits from the ice cream truck :) We really appreciated the outdoor shower upon returning home from the beach. We could also bike to the Cape Cod Rail Trail, which is about 2 miles away.

In the evenings, we could walk a half mile to the General Store and ice cream shop, head back to the beach to see the sunset and walk the tidal flats, or stay home and watch sunset over the pond.

We had a wonderful, relaxing week in this very comfortable home. I highly recommend it. show more show less

The cottage is a great deal, and we will be back again. My wife and I can be fussy when it comes to rentals at the Cape, but we were both impressed by the comfort and location of the house. It was filled with all the accoutrements you could need for a relaxing vacation, and the owners were very attentive and personable. Our young kids loved all the activities the location had to offer, whether it was riding bikes on the back roads, taking a dip or boat ride on the pond, or walking to the beach. The General Store down the road made for fun morning walks to grab a muffin and coffee. With the pond literally in the back yard, sunsets and tranquil water views were easy to come by and added an additional element of enjoyment. It felt like wherever you turned, the cottage had something fun to offer. We look forward to returning. show more show less

My family of 5 just spent a wonderful week at this home. The house is situated in a private community that is only a 3 minute walk to the beach (in which we had the beach to ourselves nearly every day) plus a 5 minute walk to the Brewster General Store. The house itself was perfect for a family with 3 small children. The one-story living was great and the master bedroom was really spectacular. We have rented a lot of houses on the Cape, and this has been the nicest.

What was really great was that this house was very well stocked. Everything you could possibly need especially in the kitchen – down to spices, plastic wrap, garbage bags, paper towels, tissues, etc – the owner really thought of everything. The back patio was where we spent most of our time. We ate all our meals out there and the views are amazing. There was an older row boat that our 7 year old daughter loved to go out on every day. The living room was a bit small, but as long as the weather is nice, there is plenty of space outdoors.

Would highly recommend this home and plan on returning next year. show more show less