We had a lovely stay with family on this spacious, clean, well appointed home near Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, MA. The house easily accommodated my family of 3, my parents, my brother's family of 4 for a total of 9. The first night we had 2 extra for a total of 11 and there was plenty of room to sprawl out!
Location: The house is situated on a private gravel driveway on a hill overlooking a lovely pond across the street. The private beach is about a half a mile away of which you can use the golf cart to transport chairs, etc to and from the beach. The private beach is awesome but there is very little beach at high tide, so look at the tide charts to plan. The public beach is a little further away and parking is $25 They do have portable restrooms at the public beach. Exit 13 off RT 128 is where the house is, so it's a short drive north to downtown Gloucester where you will find everything you need. There is a small convenience store named Annie's, a good place to stop on the way to buy purple city mandated trash bags. There is also a lovely farm stand called Marshall's very close by where you can buy fresh local produce, eggs, marinated meats, baked goods, etc.
Accommodations: in a word, lovely. The house is very well maintained. No shoes are allowed inside and that is why it's so clean with beautiful wood floors. The large garage has a huge bedroom above with its own AC system that can easily sleep 3. The main floor has a half bath off the mud room, a large eat in kitchen, a dining room we never used, a large screened in porch overlooking the pond and a large living room with sectional sofa and huge TV. Downstairs is a nicely appointed recreation area with board games, pool table that turns into air hockey table, huge sectional sofa and another large color TV. Upstairs are 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. The first bedroom has 2 sets of bunk beds that can sleep four. The second bedroom has a king bed. The master is huge and has a large walk in closet and en suite bathroom.
TIDBITS:
1- Trash- must be in purple bags for the city to take
2- temperature/ thermostat- locked at 73 for max lowest temp. I am used to setting it colder, so that was a challenge. I just turned the fan on higher and this enabled me to sleep comfortably
3- Golf Cart- in garage, pretty easy to operate, just make sure to charge it
4- kitchen- incredibly well appointed. They really have everything you need
We would rent again without reservation!!