Phil's Pholly: Secluded Home 3/10 mile to Great Hollow Beach
Truro Vacation Rental - ID 33453

We have owned this house since 1994, and have been renting it since 2007. This is a family home, and we treat it as such. I am not an absentee owner who depends on a disinterested property manager to simply fill up dates on a calendar. I have a deep personal, emotional connection to the house and the area; I have been coming to this part of the Cape since I was born. Although most of my tenants are long-time renters who I am on a first-name basis with, I am always looking for new folks who'd love to enjoy this wonderful classic Outer Cape house. We make improvements regularly and have a crackerjack team of year-round local professionals who efficiently and discreetly handle everything from regular quick response, on-call, on-site care-taking, landscaping, trash and recycling pickups to changeover cleanings and capital improvements such as maintaining the deck, tree removal and painting.

I am a lifetime professional musician, and more recently, a teacher and writer. I live in Oakland, California, but my heart is in Truro. I come twice a year, usually at the beginning and of the rental season.

What is special about this property?
First of all, the house is wonderful; just the right size for most vacationers, with all the amenities of a Cape house, from the big deck and full finished basement to the outdoor shower (with great water pressure!). It was built in 1976 by the previous owner, and he took great care to use the finest materials and craftsmanship. Second of all, you cannot beat the location; we are a short walk to the gorgeous Great Hollow bay beach, and the same distance the other way to Route 6 (you can hardly hear the cars) and a host of fine businesses, among them two restaurants, a box lunch store, a wonderful family-owned (since 1880) produce stand, a liquor store and a great seafood market. We are a five-minute drive from Head of the Meadow ocean beach with its awesome sand bars and miles of white sand. We are equidistant from both Wellfleet and Provincetown. Lastly it's the entire vibe of the house. When you're staying here it's quiet, relaxing and peaceful--and you feel like you're a guest in someone's home, never a stranger who's simply renting the place for a week or two.

What is special about your town?
Truro is one of the oldest towns in the United States. Pilgrim Pond, in North Truro, is where, in 1620, the Pilgrims spent their second night in the New World. It's also one of the loveliest towns, a gem that combines old fashioned New England architecture, Yankee ingenuity and a deserved reputation for being home to some of the greatest artists and writers of the 20th century. I love that, thanks to John F. Kennedy, the National Seashore that surrounds the town is intact; there will not be large-scale development, high-rises, overcrowding or commercial zoning running rampant in Truro. And the place is spiritual--perhaps that comes with age. The popular attractions? Not theme parks, or shopping malls, big-box stores or tacky tourist traps. No, what my neighborhood offers is peace, quiet, and a soft place for conversation, reflection and inspiration.