Location: Manomet, South of Boston, Massachusetts, USA (45 mi south of Boston- 4 m to Plymouth Rock- 10 m to CapeCod) View Map
Accommodations: Cottage, 3 Bedrooms + Other (See Description), 2 Baths (Sleeps 7-10)
QUICK RESERVATION UPDATE 2009 AND 2010
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November 13-20 SOLD
November 21-28 (Thanksgiving week) SOLD
Nov 28-Dec 31 AVAILABLE
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This Thanksgiving, we are very grateful for our wonderful guests,
it has been an honor to have you stay in our home.
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Timberframe Cottage is an extraordinary destination. Nestled into an oceanfront Eden, this beautiful cottage has panoramic coastal views and a timber-frame design, big beams, stained glass, Turkish antique doors brought from Cyprus, blueberries, fruit trees, and complete and utter verdant seaside tranquility.
Among its charming features are a vaulted 14-foot barn wood planked ceilings, heavy trusses, and walls of glass doors for marveling at the incredible expanse of ocean.
This beautiful cottage is an ideal spot for seaside relaxation, sightseeing, whale-watching, antiquing, golf, touring historic homes (some of which date to the 1600s) beach-combing, and swimming.
Cloistered in its verdant setting with delightful rustic-chic decor, Timberframe Cottage might easily be the most handsome cottage available. Entering through the pleasant breezeway, you'll see the breathtaking view sweeping from Plymouth Harbor to your left, to the Gurnet Lighthouse across the water, to Provincetown as you turn east. Stepping inside the open-plan cottage, you'll enter the great room with its 14-foot stone fireplace, timber trusses, and barnwood-planked ceiling. The great room has wide pine floors and antique cupboards with beveled-mirror doors (reflecting the ocean view.) The kitchen runs the length of the great room and has a 14-foot long mahogany island with 2 undermount sinks, convection oven, a 2-drawer stainless dishwasher, and a refrigerator with ice-maker.
The master bedroom, separated from the Great Room by tall antique Ottoman doors (brought back from Cyprus), has a queen-size four-poster British West Indies bed. Here posts and beams create a jewelbox effect with ocean views all around. The bedroom's French doors open to the mahogany deck.
This recently renovated cottage has 2 full baths (with showers) with the upstairs having a mahogany countertop, vessel sink, marble shower with pebble floor, skylights above the shower & toilet. The other bathroom has a shower, vintage pedestal sink, stone walls.
Three sides of the cottage are flanked with French doors, which open to the roomy deck. The open floorplan can accommodate 2i n the Queen master bed, 2 in the double bed, 2 in the bunk beds (really just for kids), and another single adjacent to the double bed.
The lower level has stone walls, off-white carpet, cable TV, fireplace, h/e laundry, and shower bathroom. The oceanfront yard is level, perfect for croquet, frisbee, sunbathing, and relaxation. See 4th of July fireworks (as well as firework displays on some other summer days) as they explode over Plymouth harbor.
This beautiful private spot occupies a stretch of coastline with a rugged, densely vegetated slope overlooks a Maine-like rocky beach. Guests have access to the private sandy beaches belonging to our other nearby listings.
Sightseeing: Just a few miles north is the historic town of Plymouth, with Plymouth Rock, Plimoth Plantation (like a trip in a time-machine trip to 1620) antique shops, fish restaurants, lobster fleet, and whale-watching and deep sea fishing cruises. Cape Cod is 10 miles to the South. Just over the Sagamore Bridge is Sandwich (one of the Cape's most charming towns) with its glass museum, Heritage Plantation, antique shops, historic homes, and restaurants, like the Beehive Tavern and the Sagamore Inn. Your daytrips to the Cape can end back home at the Timberframe cottage, where you will be free from the traffic backups that trap so many other vacationers.
If you look closely, you will see that this destination stands apart from other vacation homes in its style and comfort. If you've ever worried that your summer rental would be shabby or tacky, crowded with cast-off furniture and depressing decor, put your mind at rest. This choice little lodge has been designed to capture your heart with first-rate amenities in an inspiring private oceanside location.
If BayShore cottage is booked for your important dates, please consider our other high quality listings. The beauty and comfort of your surroundings is our top priority.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning: Powerful Fujitsu splits at both ends of the vaulted first floor
- Washer: Stacking front loaders, high efficiency
- Dryer
- Linens Provided: ... AND beach towels, for visiting our beautiful private beaches
- Garage: On request (we'll empty it out for you.)
- Off Street Parking
- Parking for RV/Boat/Trailer
- Gas Fireplace (2) : In the arched stone fireplace is the handsome black iron "wood stove" style Lenox C130, with wood-like flames and the convenience of gas and a thermostat. The downstairs bedroom/den also has its own brick fireplace with a Jotul Katahdan black iron fireplace insert, thermostatically controlled and real-wood fire appearance with no mess.
- Beds
- Queen Bed: A commanding queen sized British West Indies style tall 4-poster, which faces out toward the ocean, with a real latex foam mattress.
- Double Bed: A rattan sleigh bed style, with latex foam mattress.
- Twin/Single Bed (2)
- Bunk Bed
- Convertible Bed
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV: Digital cable TV
- DVD
- VCR
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Music Library
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen: New Kitchen Aid side-by-side stainless steel refrigerator with crushed ice and water in the door. 3 Induction cooktops which can be used facing the ocean
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Ice Maker
- Outdoor Features
- Gas/Electric BBQ Grill
- Charcoal BBQ Grill
- Deck/Patio
- Lanai
- View/Location
- Oceanfront
- Communications
- Telephone
- Free Long Distance
- WiFi (Wireless Internet)
- Other Amenities
- Mahogany countertops, 14' long mahog island, 2 Fireplaces, Convection Oven, microwave, induction cookers, two undermount Grohe sinks, WIFI, he washer, panoramic ocean views
- Suitability
- Pet Friendly
- Smoking Not Allowed
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Golf
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Boating
- Swimming
- Biking
- Mountain Biking
- Fishing
- Antiquing
- Museums
- Other Activities
- Gasping at the Amazing View, Relaxing, Vegging, Sleeping, Reading, Drinking, Sunbathing, Eating Beautiful Meals, Beachcombing, Exploring, Cuddling, Whale Watching, +ï?
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
OCEANFRONT TIMBERFRAME COTTAGE WITH LIGHT HOUSE VIEWS
---a delightful, open plan gathering space with drama and charm ---
2009 summer rates $3500/week
9.7% Taxes included
$395 nightly rate for up to 6 adults + 2 children (total 8)
- linens, spices, digital cable TV, wireless Internet provided
Pet fee $150/week
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
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Map & Owner's Profile
Year Purchased: 2002
Why the Owner Chose Manomet
Incredible wraparound ocean views, a light house across the water, fireworks over the sea, utmost privacy, this is EDEN.
http://www.vrbo.com/21773 A magical 100-year old summer home commanding the finest spot on Manomet Bluffs, direct oceanfront, with vistas north toward the Manomet Bird Observatory. The moonrises over
At picturesque little seafood takeaway out on the point with ocean all around. Be sure to try their scallion crab cakes, and also let the steam your lobsters for you! - robin Jareaux, owner
On Thursdays the farmer's market is held at oceanfront Stephens Field, and on Saturdays it is held in downtown Plymouth on the Olde Courthouse Green
Miles-long sandbar where you can play in the white sugar sand or stroll through the waves
Owner's Map of Manomet
To me, creating the perfect waterfront getaway home is an art form. My lifelong career had been in designing publications, and later creating magazine illustrations (google "robin jareaux") and painting expressionistic works on canvas. When I first decided to rent my weekend home so I could renovate an incredible but dilapidated cottage (which became, at great expense, "Timberframe Cottage") I did not know this would become my work and my passion. Working in 2d was fun and rewarding, but my new ART is creating vacation homes that themselves are 'works of art.' My goal with my homes, as with my art before, is to create a setting that exceeds your expectations, and in turn, your patronage lets me continue my art form a few more years. Please read the guest comments to see the generous and enthusiastic compliments we've received. Finding just the right furnishings, using classic Nantucket decor, using materials such as massive beams, barnwood ceilings, wide pine floors, RL sheets, antique cabinets, and creating gardens overflowing with roses and peonies, clematis, daylilies, gigantic buried stepping stones, blueberries, raspberries, foxgloves (can you tell it is June as I write this?) expanses of mahogany countertop, fine appliances, stone fireplaces, stained glass, with views that will take your breath away. Please look at "all my rental listings" to see my portfolio art in the form of unique and extravagant vacation getaways. It is a labor of love... for you.
Property Photos
- Timberframe Cottage: wide - Manomet, MA - Massachusetts Cottage Rental - Just 4 miles to Plymouth Rock!
- A rare and dramatic view - Manomet, MA - Massachusetts Cottage Rental - Just 4 miles to Plymouth Rock!
- Approaching the breezeway entrance over giant sunken stepping stones - Manomet, MA - Massachusetts Cottage Rental - Just 4 miles to Plymouth Rock!
- 14 foot long mahogany island for watching waves while fixing your seafood
- Past the antique Turkish doors is the master bedroom, and spiral to lower level-
- Yes, that is a tree at the top of the spiral stairs
- Details you won't find anywhere else...
- Looking toward the master bed headboard with your back to the ocean
- The jewelbox of a master bedroom with wraparound ocean views
- Master bath has mahog countertops, marble shower, skylights, wood floors
- The lower level bedroom/ den has nice daylight and comfort
- Looking at the downstairs bedroom/den from the main staircase
- The second bathroom has vintage charm - toilet nicely private in separate room
- Oceanfront, incredible, private, and unforgettable
- Charming dining area/views to garden
- The storage room became a bunk room, for youngsters who don't need a view
Guest Comments (23)
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(from our guest book) " Your house is beautiful and you've done a wonderful job with all the appropriate touches that make it feel like a home away from home. I have enjoyed my stay immensely." - Lyn
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We have dozens of wonderful comments in our hand-written guestbook. We will post these as "owner submitted comments" but the will be verbatim transcriptions (alas without the charming drawings!) of what is written in our - in house guestbook.
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(From our guest book) " Thank you so much! We had a greally great holiday - the cottage was beautiful and everything worked great, loved the decoration style especially. And the beach was the best." Tehri + the rest of the family
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(from in house guestbook) "We just wanted to leave you a note to say how much we enjoyed our time at your timber frame cottage on Bayshore drive. The view is absolutely spectacular, and something everyone should have the opportunity to wake up to at least once in their lives. Your thoughtfulness and attention to detail in every area, helped make our honeymoon week very special indeed, (right down to the induction cookers that Lisa insists we incorporate into our new kitchen.) We had the best most romantic time of our lives, and we can't wait to come back in the fall when the colors are turning. We took lots of pictures, so you'll probably be hearing from our friends (we can't stop talking about it.) You might want to hire Lisa for your midwest PR representitive, she just goes on and on... and on. Thank you again for the wonderful memories and the grand send-off for us in our voyage through life together. Warmest Regards" - Lisa and Bill Jareo "P.S. Lisa is trying to orchestrate a family reunion of sorts for the summer of 2010, (probably June) she and her sister ar talking about "Sandy Toes", so hopefully they can get their act together in time to reserve it!" - Bill J.
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Kimberley , Ft.Worth, Texas
Homeowner Response:
Kimberly and her family had come from Texas, and it was a pleasure to be able to have her wake up in the British West Indies four poster bed that looks out onto a breathtaking view of the ocean and the Duxbury Light lighthouse across the sea. She found it to be quite a change from the dry flatlands of Texas, and we hope she finds her own getaway home here in the near future. A wonderful guest.
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"We spent each morning in bed with coffee and breakfast watching the sunrise over the ocean. You can't beat that! Lobster Pound is our favorite place for food and the view. Thank you for such a memorable anniversary.....Your satisfied guests, Janice and David Hagstrom."
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"We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves in your beautiful home ! Thank you !!!!
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Dear Robin and John: Thank you - Thank you - Thank you! This was the most perfect vacation ever. Timberframe Cottage is a delight - your attention to detail throughout is amazing. The area is spectacular - we went to every beach! Long glorious walks and swims. Do you rent in the winter? I'll be in touch and again, thanks for everything - XO Janet O'Neal
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Mike Melanson ,
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"Thank you so much for all you did to make your beautiful house so inviting for us. We had a super time." - Sue B.