This private beachfront is steps from your adirondack chair and kitchen door
Location: Sagamore Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA (Upper Cape Cod)
Accommodations: Cottage Home, 4 Bedrooms + Other (See Description), 2.5 Baths (Sleeps 8)
QUICK RESERVATION UPDATE 2009 and 2010
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NOVEMBER - sold
DECEMBER SPRING- available
SUMMER WEEKS 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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Notice please that LAKEHOUSE has minimum stay (mulit-week) requirements due to Beach Association bylaw
Incredible. Everybody asks us for a house RIGHT on the beach. They say, "We want to be able to see the kids playing on the beach right from the kitchen window." Now if you look (see all our rental listings) we offer some outstanding (even awesome) waterfront homes, but THIS charming home, with dramatic vaulted living room and towering stone fireplace, occupies an enviable spot right on the crystal clear waters and pristine white sandy beach that at so many have asked for...and now we have it: LakeHouse Beachfront Cottage.
LakeHouse Cottage is a Nantucket Barn-style house in a park-like setting which has three levels, all rooms looking out onto the water. The sandy beach is a happy 30 feet from the kitchen sink, and you will be closer to the water than almost any home in New England (or anywhere.) But it isn't a tacky crowded beach area, -- far from it -- it is a serene private enclave of charming cottage-homes at the end of a quiet country road conveniently near an exit to the Cape Cod to Boston Route 3.
Some of the irresistible features include a dramatic Great Room which has a 2 story stone fireplace, a newly renovated kitchen, wraparound decks, patios, balconies and a crystal clear lake (1 mile from the ocean, 2 miles from the Cape Cod Canal bikeway) with delightfully swimmable waters, a dock for parking your kayak or canoe or jet ski. This charming home gives you more amenities than 95% of other vacation homes being offered. And it is only offered MONTHLY (we've cut the price in HALF so you can afford to rent 2 or 3 or 4 weeks as our only guests for your month.)
Where can you go to find it possible to spend the day at the ocean, but in 5 minutes you arrive at your multi-level lakefront hideaway home on a sparklingly clean, spring-fed 376-acre lake so close to the ocean and the Cape Cod canal, they practically merge? Impossible? It sounds that way. But that is the unique beauty of this oceanfront/lakefront area at the northern edge of Cape Cod, a little known, overlooked spot, just north of Sandwich on the north side of the Sagamore Bridge. You'll be on the beach at LakeHouse Cottage while other Cape-bound vacationers are mired in the infamous traffic, parked on the highway. But not you.
You can grill breakfast on the lakefront deck, then mid-morning you can zip over to wade in the Atlantic, stroll out on the pristine sandbars, beachcomb for sea stars and hermit crabs and sand dollars. Pop home for lunch at your lakefront where from the kitchen sink, great room, many decks and balconies and each of 4 bedrooms all take in the lake and beach view.
With panoramic water views, The cheerful, vaulted great room (on the middle level) features a 20 foot stone fireplace with sit-upon hearth, rustic beams, with a wrap-around tree-shaded deck with water views in three directions. A multil-level spiral staircase leads up to the master bedroom which has its own balcony overlooking the water. (oh, those sunsets...)
Another three bedrooms (and full bath, and laundry room) on the beach level, each have their own doors out onto the brick patio, garden, and lawn which is 6 long strides to the water and sandy beach.
LakeHouse is tastefully decorated in appealing New England style. Hardwood floors, 12-over-12 cottage windows, antique cabinets, maple countertops, new appliances (gas cooktop, convection oven, dishwasher, side-by side refrigerator) antique touches and modern amenities make this a lovable vacation home. A large antique pine table is perfect for laying out your seafood extravaganza, or setting up your laptops to check you email with our complimentary WiFi. Comfortable beds (currently 2 kings, one double, and a bunk room with bunkbed and room for cots.) There is an outdoor shower on the brick patio. And a fire pit on the patio for memorable nights watching the starlight, moonlight twinkle on the water a few feet away, while you toast marshmallows in the fire.
For outdoor fun, swim, float, kayak in the spring fed waters of the lake, bike along the nearby Cape Cod Canal, where there is a seven-mile, level bike path and easy parking for your car. (Several shops rent bikes by the day or week.)
Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower, and facinating Plymouth Plantation, (which is like a trip in a time machine) are 10 miles north where whale watching boats and deep sea fishing cruises leave right from Plymouth Harbor. And don't forget that Plymouth, "America's Home Town" has an abundance of shops, multi-dealer antique malls, boutiques, souvenir shops, and museums.
The area has many fine golf courses and has historic homes - some of which date to the 1600s and can be toured. Play a round of golf at nearby top-ranked Rees-Jones designed course, in The Pine Hills. Crosswinds, Atlantic and other golf courses might tempt you to hang up your inner tube.
And there is nothing quite like being oceanfront when the July Fourth fireworks can be viewed across the water. In fact, neighbors seem to spare no expense to celebrate the 3rd, 4th and 5th of July, where you can see fireworks all around you as lakefront owners, and oceanfront homes enjoy campfires and clambakes.
Beach association bylaw requests multi-week rentals, please call or email for details.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning: New Mitsubishi split unit plus additional in great room, window unit in master bedroom suite, and freestanding area unit on beach/patio level.
- Washer: Top quality stainless steel Miele front loading stacked washer dryer
- Dryer: Top quality stainless steel Miele front loading stacked washer and dryer
- Linens Provided: Nice sheets, abundance of pillows, towels, beach towels
- Off Street Parking: Parking for about 3+ cars, additional parking in nearby grassy open area
- Parking for RV/Boat/Trailer: Park-like setting has set aside an area for this type of conveyance
- Gas Fireplace: Enormous stone fireplace with gas logs
- Wood Fireplace: Outdoor firepit/fireplace provided
- Beds
- King Bed (2) : Master bedroom king is on upper floor via spiral stairs, king bed configuration is made of two twins with extra padding to unite beds. One bedroom on beach level is made up the same way (2 singles united to be a king.)
- Double Bed: Beach/patio level bedroom has antique pine full-sized bed - might feel short for extra-tall people
- Twin/Single Bed: Great room has an antique day bed which can sleep a person up to about 5 feet tall. Great room sofa has twin-bed sized sofa seat cushion.
- Bunk Bed (2) : Beachfront bedroom has a bunk bed (2 singles) plus room for another twin or cots or pack n play.
- Child Bed: We offer a Pack'N'Play portable bed for any of our guests upon request
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- DVD (2)
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Music Library: CDs available may depend on how many stay, and how many leave
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen: JennAir convection oven, gas cooktop with pro-quality Kitchen Aid stainless steel hood, stainless side-by-side refrigerator, stainless dishwasher, airy charming kitchen with door to deck and balconies and great view of water from sink
- Cooking Utensils Provided: A well appointed and provisioned kitchen with spices and staples provided
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher: New stainless steel as of 2008
- Microwave: Stainless steel microwave... and the gas grill is just a few feet away
- Outdoor Features
- Gas/Electric BBQ Grill: We supply a high quality stainless gas grill
- Charcoal BBQ Grill: Weber kettle upon request
- Deck/Patio: For enjoying the panoramic water view, the decks wrap around three sides of the house. The beach level patio outside 3 lawn-and-lake level bedrooms is spacious and serene.
- Balcony: Master bedroom has balcony with beautiful lake views
- View/Location
- Beachfront: Rare! This beautiful house is separated by the beach ONLY by 30 feet of grassy lawn!
- Lakefront: Only 1 mile from the ocean, you can enjoy both ocean beach and lake beach only minutes apart!
- Communications
- Telephone: Upon request. Most people use their cell phones these days.
- Free Long Distance: Upon request, unlimited US long distance and local calling $20/week
- WiFi (Wireless Internet): Enjoy our wireless internet throughout the home and decks and patio and lawn
- Other Amenities
- 2 Kayaks are provided. Additional kayaks available for optional rental fee $150 per kayak per month. Guests using kayaks must sign liability waiver.
- Suitability
- Pet Friendly: $150 pet fee
- Kid Friendly: VERY kid friendly, but remember our dramatic spiral stairs in case that is a concern in your family
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters: This sedate and beautifully-maintained beach community seeks to keep a happy balance of enjoyment with respect to other owners and guests, WE DO NOT encourage or accept boystrous or noisy groups
- Smoking Not Allowed: Outdoor smoking is always fine as long as the filters do not end up in our gardens or grills or in the driveway.
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Golf
- Tennis
- Theme Park (Amusement Park)
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Boating
- Waterskiing
- Jet Skiing
- Swimming
- Windsurfing
- Biking
- Fishing
- Fitness Center/Gym
- Antiquing
- Live Theatre
- Museums
- Other Activities
- Wading, Beachcombing, Shelling WHALE WATCHING
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
2008 - $2500/week
2009- $ 3200/week (multiple weeks required)
May - reserved
June $6000 - reserved
Month of July $10,000 - sold
Month of August $9800 - sold
$1200-3200 week, multi-week stays required
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
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Owner's Profile
Owner Description
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
- This private beachfront is steps from your adirondack chair and kitchen door - Cape Cod Massachusetts Vacation Cottage
- All beautiful levels and decks and balconies overlook the beach and water - Cape Cod Massachusetts Vacation Cottage
- Standing in the water, looking back at LakeHouse Cottage - Cape Cod Massachusetts Vacation Cottage
- Sandy beach and crystal-clear waters 30 feet from your kitchen!
- Not your ho-hum cottage great room (water views abound)
- Overlooking the Great Room from Master Suite is an uplifting experience
- New England style with dramatic vaulted interior
- Three bedrooms walk right out to beach (shot before 3 bedrooms were furnished!)
- Master bedroom/bath w balcony overlooking water+balcony overlooking Great Room
- The island kitchen is a great place for planning adventures
- Waterfront decks+ balconies wrap around the Great Room and kitchen, amazing view
- An easy 10-second walk to the water and beach, kayak and innertubes!
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We only began renting LakeHouse Cottage a year ago, and at that time did not have our online guestbook set up, nor did we put a paper bound guestbook at the house (we were just too busy making the homes as nice as possible and didn't make time for this helpful promotional amenity. We are grateful to Claudia Fahrner from Heidelberg who kindly requested we create a guestbook (at long last) so that she could post her comments. Thank you Claudia! Here it is...
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Claudia & Don , Heidelberg, Germany