Only 6/10 mile to family favorite warm water Ridgevale Beach on Nantucket Sound, our custom home is located on a private cul-de-sac in a quiet residential area near the South and West Chatham line. Our area is comprised exclusively of private single-family homes with paved roads and underground telephone, cable, and electric lines. It overlooks Cockle Creek and the tidal salt marsh inlet of Nantucket Sound that flows between Ridgevale Beach and Hardings Beach. Ridgevale Beach is adjacent and connected to Cockle Cove Beach.
Day-light lower level provides a second comfortable sitting or TV viewing area, an open activity area for games, ping pong, air hockey, or bumper pool, and access to patio area with a hot shower. We provide an outdoor propane gas grill (with spare tank).
Separate enclosed laundry area is equipped with large capacity washer and dryer, an iron, drying racks, and ironing board. We supply laundry detergent, bleach, and fabric softener. Lines for fresh air drying are located under the deck.
The layout of the house is very comfortable. Two full bathrooms (tub with shower) and three bedrooms are located on the main floor of the home. Master bedroom with king bed is located at rear of house with adjoining master bath. Two guest bedrooms (one with X-Long twin beds, one with twin beds) are located at front of house. Main bathroom is located off central hall near guest bedrooms. We provide bed linens, extra pillows, blankets, bath ans beach towels.
Two (2) low steps from the main entrance to main level of the home. Step directly from dining area onto expansive two-level mahogany deck. Wide gradual steps lead from main deck to lower deck and then onto private yard or to a patio area under main deck.
Our home is situated with a Southern view overlooking Cockle Creek and tidal saltmarsh inlet from Nantucket Sound between Ridgevale and Hardings Beaches. Cockle Creek winds through the tidal saltmarsh to Nantucket Sound. Since the water depth is tidal, we recommend a kayak or canoe be launched from the inlet at Ridgevale beach. There are several websites for local area boat rentals.
Our home is located less than 1 mi. from the bicycle trail, 3.5 mi. to Chatham Center, and 0.6 mi. to Ridgevale Beach.
Ridgevale Beach is adjacent to but separated from Hardings Beach by an inlet to Cockle Creek and is adjacent to Cockle Cove Beach. We are 2.3 mi. drive to Hardings Beach. Parking pass for all Chatham beaches are purchased at Ridgevale Beach.
We provide beach equipment, including beach towels, chairs, umbrellas, and a cooler on wheels.
Chatham is located on the elbow of Cape Cod. Ridgevale Beach is on the South coast of Chatham, on the Eastern end of Nantucket Sound. The Atlantic Ocean is on the East coast of Chatham.
Our location offers proximity to a variety of attractions and activities for all ages.
Chatham offers a central location from which to tour Cape Cod. We're less than 1 mi. to a Park and Ride lot at the bicycle trail that winds through Harwich, Orleans, Eastham. Nearby Chatham Municipal Airport has small plane excursion rides. Sailing and Sportfishing boat charters and boat excursions to Monomoy Island are nearby; We're 36 mi. to Provincetown Whale Watching excursions, ferry to Plymouth, and fast ferry to Boston.
We're 5 mi. to the fast ferry from Harwich to Nantucket Island; 30 mi. to the Steamship Authority Ferry (and fast ferry) from Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket; 41 mi. to the Island Queen Ferry from Falmouth to Martha's Vineyard.
Our home is furnished and well equipped for your comfort and enjoyment.
We provide local telephone service, landline and portable telephones, telephone answering machine, clock radio in each bedroom, High-Speed Broadband Ethernet and Wireless Internet, Expanded Channel Cable HDTV TV (on main and lower levels), stereo CD player, rubbish and recycle pickup, and professional lawn maintenance.
There are four(4) 6000 BTU window a/c units that cool 1000 sq.ft.. A powerful Dehumidifier/Evaporator installed in the lower level automatically measures and evaporates humidity. The open living/dining area has a ceiling fan. An automatic exhaust fan is installed in the attic. We provide additional box, window, and portable fans.
Although days on Cape Cod can be hot and humid in July, due to our home’s location and proximity to Nantucket Sound, we normally benefit from a constant direct offshore breeze from Nantucket Sound which provides good air circulation and cooling. Tenants have reported that AC was not needed.
We manage our rental directly. We do not utilize third-party booking agents who charge tenant booking fees. Tenants contact us directly to provide additional information or to resolve any problem.
We personally inspect and ensure that our home is thoroughly cleaned to our standards and is in proper order for incoming tenants. We expect a tenant to remove their personal belongings, food, etc., and to leave the house in a presentable condition. Our cleaning and linen fee is $250.00 for 1 or 2 occupants, $300.00 for 3 or 4 occupants, or $350.00 for 5 or 6 occupants. We schedule additional disinfecting to follow cleaning.
Due to owner's SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS, we restrict rentals to NON-SMOKERS WITHOUT PETS (of ANY TYPE, BREED, WEIGHT, or SIZE). This restriction is included in our rental agreement.
Maximum occupancy is limited to six (6) persons. Our rental agreement stipulates that our property shall not be used for any function or gathering of more than the maximum number of occupants (6) without our prior permission.
If possible, we modify check-in and/or check-out times to accommodate a tenant's schedule.
We book with preference to two or more week rentals and with flexible turnover days and check-in/check-out times to comply with state/local guidelines and recommendations to maintain sufficient time to clean and disinfect between rentals. read more show less