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Harwich Vacation Rental home in Cape Cod MA, Merkel Beach 2/10 of a mile | ID 29899
7 BR
4 ½ baths
Sleeps 16
Beds: 3 kings, 1 queen, 2 doubles, 7 twins, cribs, sofabedss and youth bed
Beach: Merkel Beach 2/10 of a mile
Guest Reviews: 27 reviews 27 reviews
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Off-season 2024/25
$1,000 - $1,500
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$1,000 - $1,500
Off-season 2024/25
$6,000 - $12,000
Summer 2025
$14,000
Off-season 2025/26
$6,000 - $14,000
Off-season 2024/25
$10,000 - $15,000
Summer 2025
 
Off-season 2025/26
$12,000 - $24,000
Listed by Marylynn Clune
Active
6+ years
Property ID 29899
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Description

Description

''Stepping Stones,'' located across from Wychmere Harbor, is a magnificent, small elegant estate on two acres offering a captivating setting adorned by huge shade trees, a sweeping emerald lawn plus a sunken garden with a Koi pond. Stepping Stones is a wonderful place to stay while you are getting married or attending a wedding. Only 400 steps from the wedding venue. The compound consists of a 7-bedroom main house (Stepping Stones) and a one bedroom cottage (Pebbles) 125 feet away.
This can be rented with the house for an extra cost. It is not included inp the price of the house.
The main house, which is air conditioned with its 6/7 bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths, has been lovingly maintained and updated with a gourmet kitchen, a chefs kitchen and butler's pantry waiting for your vacation enjoyment. A distinctive post and beam ceiling surrounds two fireplaces that make the living and dining room a warm and welcoming place for you to truly relax. The first floor has an extra den/bedroom plus a large welcoming sun porch with another gas fireplace.


Two of the main house bedrooms are in separate quarters with their own elegant mini kitchen.

Pebbles is 125 feet away from the main house. Just renovated, it has one king bedroom, a living room with a pull out sofa, a large living room with a gas fireplace, and a full kitchen. There is an outside shower and tub surrounded by a lovely garden. Pebbles does not come with the house it is an extra cost.

Stepping Stones is across from Wychmere Harbor, the most photographed harbor on all of Cape Cod. In the morning, just meander down the driveway with your coffee for even more amazing views. Merkel Beach is two tenths of a mile from our house plus there are side ways that lead one half mile to town for shopping and excellent restaurants. Public transportation from our driveway can take you to Provincetown. You do not need a car.

Enjoy a complete summer vacation with your entire family, plenty of space to either spread out or come together for a holiday that will make wonderful memories.
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Location

Location - Harwich, just across from Wych

Nearest beach: Merkel Beach 2/10 of a mile

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Pricing & Availability

Pricing & Availability

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  • Summer 2025
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Calendar Last Updated: September 24, 2024

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Additional availability info: We can rent for three or more days before the full season. This is a Sunday to Sunday vacation rental.

Payment Methods: Personal checks

Other Fees:

Cleaning Fee:

$600 includes linen

Pet Fee:

$50.00 per pet per night

Security Deposit:

$1500 seperate check

Additional Pricing Info: We do have 'Event Fees', State and local taxes of 14.45% will apply

Amenities

Amenities

  • View of salt water View of salt water

  • Walk to a salt water beach Walk to a salt water beach

  • Central air Central air

  • A/C unit(s) A/C unit(s)

  • Outdoor shower Outdoor shower

  • Washer&dryer Washer&dryer

  • Pets considered Pets considered

  • Internet Internet

  • Linens provided Linens provided

  • Bathtub Bathtub

  • Firepit Firepit

  • Deck, porch or patio Deck, porch or patio



    Green Amenities

    3
    • LED lighting LED lighting

    • Recycling Recycling

    • Reusable grocery totes Reusable grocery totes

    Reviews

    Guest Reviews

    27 reviews
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    Thanksgiving week

    We rented Stepping Stones for Thanksgiving with our children. The property is lovely and we had plenty of room for everyone. The owner was so gracious and very responsive to any inquiries we had. I cannot say enough about how beautiful the home and grounds are. We will definitely look to rent again.

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    Date of Stay: November 2024
    Date Submitted: December 2024
    Margaret M.
    Member since Aug 2018
    Lovely property

    What a wonderful experience renting this wonderful family home for our son's
    wedding. The owner was fantastic and was just the best to work with
    throughout our planning process. I can not say enough. It felt like home
    away from home.

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    Date of Stay: September 2024
    Date Submitted: October 2024
    Julie C.
    Member since Aug 2023
    Ideal house for our family vacation

    Stepping Stones was perfect for our weeklong family vacation in Harwich Port in July. We had 13 people from three generations, including several children and two larger sized dogs, and everything worked out great. The beautiful property is a short 10 minute walk to idyllic Merkel Beach as well as the restaurants and shops in town, and the large front yard sets the house back nicely from busy Route 28. We especially enjoyed using the large indoor and outdoor dining spaces for family meals. The house was very clean and well maintained, with all of the amenities and supplies we needed. Our party arrived separately from multiple locations at different times, and the owners allowed us to check in early which was hugely helpful. One of our guests left an important item behind, and they went of their way to ensure that he got it back the next day. Thank you, Marylynn and Dave, for sharing your house with us! show more show less

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    Date of Stay: July 2024
    Date Submitted: August 2024
    Sam W.
    Brooklyn, NY
    Member since Aug 2023
    Wonderful Rental

    We rented Stepping Stones – main house and cottage – which was such a convenient location for our son's wedding at Wychmere Beach Club. The property provided everything we could have asked for – comfortable accommodations, space for a tent for outside gatherings and all the supplies we needed so we did not have to bring anything (coolers, vases for all the flowers, grill and kitchen supplies). Our guests from abroad found this property to be most comfortable and relaxing and enjoyed staying here versus a hotel. Marylynn and Dave were extremely helpful in providing insights for vendors which made our arrangements much easier and made the time less hectic. Because of the hot weather, the property afforded a beautiful (cooler) backdrop for all the wedding photos which turned out to be stunning. We wholeheartedly recommend this property for family/group gatherings for any occasion. show more show less

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    Date of Stay: September 2023
    Date Submitted: December 2023
    Irene K.
    New Smyrna Beach, FL
    Member since Oct 2022
    Amazing

    Loved every minute that we spent at Stepping Stones. We had 16 people aged 19-88 yrs old , booked both houses and had plenty of room for our mix of cousins, couples and age variety.
    Such a well supplied house , linen, dishes, glasses, we ate in house most nights.
    Can't say enough about how great the location was, Contact with owners was great and would love to do it again.

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    Date of Stay: August 2022
    Date Submitted: April 2023
    Jackie H.
    West Roxbury, MA
    Member since Apr 2023
    Fantastic Family Week!

    3 generations across 4 states were able to come together at the Clune's Harwich Port gem of a house and cottage to enjoy celebrating my in-laws' 50th Wedding Anniversary. We all had the BEST week and completely enjoyed staying at the Clune's beautiful property.

    Marylynn could not have been nicer to work with as we planned our vacation. The house and cottage were perfect for our needs, beautiful, and close to everything we needed or wanted...Merkel Beach, kayaking in the harbor, ferry to Nantucket, great seafood & shopping, family friendly fun activities like bumper boats & mini golf, Cape Cod baseball and ice cream within walking distance!

    The property itself was a haven for relaxation at the pond, family bonding around the fire pit, barbecuing on the grill, outdoor meals at the big outdoor table under umbrellas and so much more.

    Marylynn was a wealth of information and gave a great recommendation of a caterer who could provide our group with a New England Clambake...delicious! Thank you Marylynn and David for opening your Stepping Stones home to our family. We so appreciate you, your lovely Harwich house and our special time together!
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    Date of Stay: July 2021
    Date Submitted: July 2021
    Catherine D.
    Member since Sep 2020
    Beautiful home, kind and welcoming hosts, and an amazing weekend all around!

    I do not have enough good things to say about this property or the hosts. Our prior reservation for this weekend cancelled on us last minute with no warning, and we thought we were going to need to cancel our girls weekend, which was the only plan we had left to celebrate my best friend who's wedding had been cancelled due to Covid. Marylynn was so responsive and so kind and eager to have us - she even went as above and beyond to ask me what our color scheme for decorations was so she could pull some matching plating and linens for us. She allowed for an early check in so we could decorate (and even helped by pulling some beautiful rose gold lanterns from her attic for us!) and offered a late check out as well so we could enjoy the beach.

    The house is LOVELY, so well kept, and has such charm and character. More than enough beds for our group of 10 girls (could even have more). The front yard overlooks the harbor and is lovely to sit outside on (or in our case, play some games!), and additional parts of the large property's yard hosts a BBQ area with ample seating, and a fire pit with cozy couches surrounding it, even a Koi pond area with adorable lighting! The beach (which essentially is private, we were there on Labor Day weekend and the beach was empty except for us and a couple other people) is a 5-10 min walk, just across the street, and absolutely beautiful.

    We hosted an amazing and very special dinner catered by a private chef at Marylynn's beautiful dining room table. She allowed us to use her many decorations and plates to set the table for the special evening. I truly cannot thank the Clunes enough for our stay - they saved our weekend and allowed us to shower our best friend with love and memories, thank you so much and we can't wait to stay here again!
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    Date of Stay: September 2020
    Date Submitted: September 2020
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    We were so pleased to host Amanda and her delightful friends at Steppingstones. They took great care of our home away from home and treated it as if it were their own while enjoying THE HOUSE AND AREA to the fullest extent. Moreover, it was gratifying know that they availed themselves of our lovingly acquired dinnerware that complemented the expertise of their private chef who brought his expertise to this long "Covid-19 delayed" wedding celebration. They were honest about their planned celebration and followed the rules of Stepping Stones and Harwichport. We would WELCOME Amanda back with her friends anytime.show moreshow less

    Amanda H.
    Boston, MA
    Member since Aug 2020
    Amazing Week at Stepping Stones

    We were able to enjoy the most wonderful week during COVID-19 with 3 generations. The house is perfect for separate families sharing the same space. We were able to spread out and enjoy so many great seating areas inside and out. The beach was so close, my husband and son got up every morning to go fishing down off of the Jedi in front of the Wychmere Club and we loved how private Merkel Beach was, not crowded at all.

    The house was stocked with beach chairs, umbrellas, a paddle board and much more. We had a good old fashioned lobster bake one evening and it was delicious, I definitely recommend making the trek to Ring Bros. Marketplace in South Dennis and getting their clam chowder, steamers and lobsters for a crowd. The long table inside accommodated us perfectly. The 2 kitchens right next to each other were great spaces to have a few people prepping. It was super convenient since we ate in most meals. The walk into town was so easy and quick.

    The front yard was the perfect spot for our daily whiffle ball games. We brought our own corn hole set and had that going on the side yard off of the kitchen. There wasn't a patio we didn't enjoy! The weather was also perfect the entire week. The breeze coming in off of the ocean was just as perfect. Thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us. It truly is a special place to create lasting memories. We hope to be back sooner than later!
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    Date of Stay: August 2020
    Date Submitted: August 2020
    Kerri A.
    Member since Jul 2018
    Multigenerational Family Vacation

    We had a terrific three-generation family vacation at Stepping Stones in August. Everything about the house was perfect. Marylynn and Dave were wonderful hosts. The house easily fit twelve adults and two small children, plus two small dogs that Marylynn allowed us to bring. Merkel beach was terrific, both for the kids and for the avid swimmers and the hosts provided beach chairs, umbrellas and beach toys. All you could need for a perfect beach vacation.

    We shared home cooked meals every night at the beautiful dining room table, a significant part of our coming together for the week every year. Many thanks to Marylynn and Dave. show more show less

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    Date of Stay: August 2019
    Date Submitted: September 2019
    Dana B.
    Member since Mar 2019
    Family Gathering at Stepping Stones

    My family was in Harwich Port for our son's wedding reception at the Wychmere Beach Club, which is down the road from this magnificent house and property.

    This house was perfect for us. Stepping Stones was exacting as described! Spacious for our family of 16 and a short walk away from the town and beach. Will definitely consider Stepping Stones for our next Cape Cod family gathering. An added plus—the owner was very accommodating.

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    Date of Stay: August 2019
    Date Submitted: September 2019
    Owner Response:

    Thank you for your positive response regarding Stepping Stones. We are pleased that you had the chance to enjoy your lovely family, friends and wedding. It is always fun to have people share the various extras that we provide to make your party complete. You and your extended family left the house in excellent condition. We were happy, also, to have your son use our cottage. Our only regret was that the tornado on July 23, which came across the harbor, tore through the yard and up our driveway taking down eight trees and leaving its mark. We were able to have the largest trees removed on the same day leaving us waiting for the stump grinder. All of your family were more than gracious regarding the back acres and carried on with your family events as planned. It was a very special time for everyone!! Thank you and we hope to welcome you back to Steppingstones and Pebbles.show moreshow less

    Rita M.
    Floral Park, NY
    Member since Sep 2019
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    About Marylynn Clune

    Member since:
    1/27/2018
    Reviews:
    27 reviews
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    Marylynn and Dave have enjoyed sharing their fully equipped seven bedroom home away from home located across the street from Wychmere Harbor in Harwich Port since 2011. Their two acre site also has a one bedroom, fully equipped cottage on the private back acre of the property. Both properties serve as a quiet oasis while being in walking distance to town, beach and harbor. when it is not rented, their ten grandchildren ranging in age from 1 to 18 enjoy their home away from home whenever they can! Grandparents enjoy keeping the numerous gardens pristine and the 4500 sq. ft. house in immaculate condition with a full gourmet kitchen four fireplaces and large living -dining areas . Perfect for families, corporate retreats and caring friends.

    What is special about this property?
    We love the expanse of our 100 yr old cape style home, with many private spaces inside and out.

    What is special about your town?
    Harwich Port has many fine restaurants, fresh and salt water beaches and access to the 30 mile bike trail to the outer beaches and towns.

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