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Deck riverview, SE, toward Waquoit Bay, Vineyard Sound, Martha's Vineyard
Location: Mashpee, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA (on Seconsett Island Point in Waquoit Bay, East of Falmouth)
Accommodations: Deck House, 3 Bedrooms + Den, 1 Bath (Sleeps 5-7)
On Waquoit Bay and Little River. Scenic salt-riverfront privacy with a woodsy path to private, small, sandy, Waquoit Bay beach, ideal for small children, kayakers, canoeists, windsurfers, and swimmers.
The Wolery is a casual, compact, tree-top cottage with 12 steps up to a gated wraparound deck and 24-foot by 32-foot living floor with cypress entry, one full bath, washer/dryer, bedroom/den with double futon, small single bunkroom, stairs to 2 loft bedrooms with l king and 2 singles. Open plan flows around large central chimney with full-size kitchen, dining and deck access, living room with fireplace. Inside stairs lead to ground-level barefoot ramp to outside shower, covered parking, hammock, and river access.
Breezy, partly tree-shaded deck and living room have awesome, view of the convergence of two navigable rivers entering Waquoit Bay, and of Vineyard Sound, and Martha's Vineyard from East Chop to Oak Bluffs.
Located on a quiet, sandy road two miles south of Route 28 and 15 minutes drive to Falmouth stores, Mashpee Commons, and South Cape State Beach on Vineyard Sound. The harbormouth, the Sound, and uninhabited Washburn's Island are all about a mile across the Bay by water.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Washer
- Dryer
- Linens Provided
- Covered Parking
- Off Street Parking
- Wood Fireplace
- Wood Stove
- Beds
- King Bed
- Twin/Single Bed
- Bunk Bed
- Convertible Bed
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- DVD
- CD Player
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Outdoor Features
- Deck/Patio
- View/Location
- Waterfront, not Lake/Oceanfront. Ask for details
- Communications
- Telephone
- Other Amenities
- Cooking utensils, dishes provided, washer/dryer, clothesline, outdoor shower, pets OK, gated deck. A shallow slip in the saltmarsh will accomodate your small boat. Guests kindly respect our personal residence and contents as if it were your own. Please, if practical bring your own linens and towels, or use, wash, and dry ours. Guests kindly clean thoroughly upon departure unless otherwise arranged.
- Suitability
- Pet Friendly
- Kid Friendly
- Smoking Not Allowed
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Golf
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Kayaking
- Boating
- Swimming
- Windsurfing
- Biking
- Wildlife Viewing
- Fishing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Other Activities
- Relaxing, reading, boatwatching with panoramic view from spacious treetop deck. Nearby osprey nest, cormorants, gulls, blue heron, goldfinches, chipmunks, and fiddler crabs. Pvt river access and pvt bay beach for swimming and kyaking. Nearby kyak and canoe rental with escorted tours. National Estuarine Reserve with uninhabited Washburn's Island, State Beach, ferry to Martha's Vineyard, Woods Hole Oceanographic and Marine Biological Labs and Aquarium.
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
Jul & Aug .. $2000/week .. $8000/month.
Apr, May, Jun, & Sept, Oct, Nov .. $1400/week .. $5000/month.
Short stays sometimes possible @ $200-$300/night, 2 night minimum.
Sunday to Sunday. Arrive @2, depart @11, unless otherwise arranged.
End-of-stay cleaning fee $100. Pet fee $100.
Winter Oct-Apr snug seclusion artist/writer/couple $1200/mo plus heat & electric.
LAST MINUTE SPECIAL:
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Owner's Profile
Owner Description
Year Purchased: 1980
Ned Allen is a physician/owner/hobby builder with a lifetime passionate connection to Waquoit Bay. Here, as a boy, his family was frequent summertime guests of his mother's brother. The uncle's original hunting camp was destroyed in the hurricane of 1954.
With the help of family, friends, and a salty Cape Cod carpenter, in 1980 Ned fulfilled his boyhood dream of a hurricane resistant, energy efficient, passive solar, compact, waterfront summer home of his own. He personally designed, engineered, and built much of the "Wolery" from a tractor-trailer load of lumber which barely survived the tree branches overhanging narrow, then and now, unpaved Seconsett Point Road.
Although the waterfront cottage is primarily a family retreat, selected guest-tenants, often with pets, are invited to share and enjoy its idyllic location. The owners, Ned and Carolyn, are also long-time serious hobby-breeders of Labradors at Pippin Labradors on the Connecticut shoreline.
The Unique Benefits of this Deck House
Waquoit Bay is one of the Cape's largest bays. Bounded on the West and South by uninhabited land, its shallow waters and a prevailing Southwest breeze are perfect for small boating and for natural cooling on hot summer days on the mainland. The Wolery, with its secluded informal treetop living in a central location, and its superb water views and private waterfront, has hosted innumerable memorable family vacation retreats and reunions.
Property Photos
- Deck riverview, SE, toward Waquoit Bay, Vineyard Sound, Martha's Vineyard - Mashpee, Massachusetts
- Living room view of tree top deck and junction of two salt rivers - Mashpee, Massachusetts
- Living Room looking West - Mashpee, Massachusetts
- Galley from dining area
- Upstairs loft master bedroom
- Cottage in early Spring before mostly hidden by trees
- Low Tide at private Waqouit Bay swim beach
- Aerial View of peninsula waterfront showing riverfront and bayfront beach
Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #62052
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