Dear Guests: the 100% 5-STAR reviews say it all. 'House by the Sea' is a rare 1915 oceanfront home with incomparable Hawaii-like views, sugar sand beach, and beach stairs from our land. Carefully and captivatingly renovated to retain its rare antique detail, House by the Sea is located in a charming neighborhood of vintage homes with verdant lawn + gardens.
You'll appreciate luxury details like the Sub Zero refrigerator, 6-burner 4-oven English Aga cooker, central air conditioning, elegant traditional Nantucket style decor. This home is ideal for unforgettable family vacations. (We have some families who have returned as many as five times.)
Enjoy broad oceanfront porches with incomparable panoramic ocean views. Our screened, oceanfront dining porch is enjoyable for your fresh seafood dinners. You can nap to the sounds of the surf, check email with WiFi on the lawn, cook s'mores at the oceanfront fire pit with colorful Adirondack chairs circling the fire. House by the Sea is decorated in classic Nantucket style and has 5 bedrooms (all with ocean views) and 3 full (shower) bathrooms.
The beamed living room with stone fireplace opens to a beamed dining room with wainscoting and a charming bay window seat overlooking the lawn and water. There is a wraparound oceanfront porch, glowing maple floors, antique wavy window glass. The wine/cocktail/coffee pantry has wine glasses, a Keurig coffee maker + automatic drip (Mr Coffee + French Press, and a stainless-steel 2-drawer drinks refrigerator. The well-equipped kitchen has the iconic Aga cooker (4 ovens, 6 burners, custom exhaust hood), 36'' stainless steel Sub Zero refrigerator, and honed granite countertops. Spices, condiments, and baking needs are provided, as well as ample quality cookware, dishes, flatware, small appliances, glassware, table linens, kitchen linens, spices, condiments, Generous starter supplies of paper goods, and laundry supplies. (Starter supply of firewood provided.)
Adirondack chairs line up on the lawn or around a fire pit, where you can watch a sunrise over coffee or catch a glimpse of the big dipper on a mild summer night. You would think that all East Coast oceanfront homes have dramatic moon rises and sun rises, but not so… you have to be in the right spot, facing the right way, to get these glorious spectacles of nature. Is this the right spot? YES, it most certainly is.
There is a crushed stone patio with a gas grill and teak English patio benches umbrella and chairs. There is something special about seeing the ocean surf, bluffs, and beach through 100-year-old wavy glass.
You'll enjoy three private couples bedrooms 1) a queen, 2) another queen with bay window, 3) a king made of 2 singles, since we can't get a real king up the stairs.) 4) A full-bed open sided room on the same floor, with ocean view, railing on one side, and 5) bunk room with two bunk beds plus a single bed so the room sleeps 5 kids, or an adult and 4 kids, or all adults nutty enough to sleep in bunk beds.
The first-floor full shower-bathroom has a step-up (it's an antique house) and contains a 4-foot shower and is the location for the stacking washer dryer. The second floor has two bathrooms. One has a subway tile shower with octagon tile floor and classic antique-style (but modern technology) exposed thermostatic shower valve and shower head. The third shower bathrom is newly renovated in March 2018 with shower and pedestal sink.
From the vantage of House by the Sea sits the arc of the beach, and the bluff looks like a scene from Hawaii. There are 3 flights of 30 steps down to the beach, two landings with catch-your-breath built-in benches. On July 3, with magnificent fireworks rising from the beach, this is possibly the most spectacular place to be within 2000 miles. show more show less