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Pirate's Retreat -Beautifully renovated lake home with Dock minutes from Clemson

Lakefront holiday home with kitchen and patio

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Location

Exceptional

3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 8

Popular amenities

Dryer
Washer
Parking available
Fireplace
Barbecue grill
Kitchen

Explore the area

Seneca, SC

Place, Lake Keowee
‪1 min walk‬
Place, Clemson University
‪19 min drive‬
Place, Memorial Stadium
‪21 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Captain's Quarters

1 Queen Bed

Common area 1

1 Single Bed

Crew's Quarters

1 Double Bed

First Mate's Quarters

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms

Guest Bath

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Master Bath

Toilet · Shower only · Jetted bathtub

Spaces

Deck or patio

Kitchen

Garden

Dining area

About this property

Pirate's Retreat -Beautifully renovated lake home with Dock minutes from Clemson

Enjoy a relaxing stay on the water. Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with everything from new appliances and furniture to small luxuries such as board games, DVDs, gas grill, 2 kayaks, 2 bikes, inflatable kayak, and outdoor games for your enjoyment. The property has a gorgeous view of the lake and mountains and is only a short 15 to 20 minute drive to Clemson University. Maybe you would like a mountain day trip to visit some local waterfalls or hit the trails, either skiing or off-roading, don't forget some shopping...endless possibilities. Walking distance from South Cove park where you can play tennis, pickleball, basketball, and use the boat ramp.

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Amenities

Kitchen

Washing machine

Dryer

Free WiFi

Air conditioning

Outdoor space

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 25

Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Please list ages when booking.

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Due to COVID, the garbage service refuses loose trash. All garbage must be in plastic bags. $25 charge if violated.

Before leaving, verify all door are locked. This includes the sliding glass doors as well.

Upon leaving, take green trash can to the road. Trash pickup is Wednesday.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Seneca

Located in Seneca, this holiday home is in the mountains and on the waterfront. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Lake Keowee and Lake Hartwell. Travelling with kids? Consider South Carolina Botanical Gardens, or check out an event or a game at Littlejohn Coliseum. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.

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Seneca, SC

What's nearby

Lake Keowee - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
South Cove Park - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
Oconee County Library Seneca Branch - 11 min drive - 10.0 km
Clemson University - 19 min drive - 20.5 km
Memorial Stadium - 21 min drive - 21.8 km

Getting around

Clemson Station - 18 min drive
Greenville, SC (GSP-Greenville-Spartanburg Intl.) - 72 min drive

Restaurants

‪McDonald's - ‬6 min drive
‪Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits - ‬6 min drive
‪Wendy's - ‬7 min drive
‪Starbucks - ‬6 min drive
‪Applebee's Grill + Bar - ‬7 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Pirate's Retreat -Beautifully renovated lake home with Dock minutes from Clemson pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Pirate's Retreat -Beautifully renovated lake home with Dock minutes from Clemson?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Pirate's Retreat -Beautifully renovated lake home with Dock minutes from Clemson?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Pirate's Retreat -Beautifully renovated lake home with Dock minutes from Clemson located?

This family-friendly Seneca holiday home is located on the waterfront, within a 5-minute walk of Lake Keowee and South Cove Park. Applewood Shopping Center and Golden Corner Plaza are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Exceptional

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10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Holley S.

4 Aug, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Place was amazing and had lots to offer. Location was perfect! Clean and lots of amenities. Everyone loved it.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ryan H.

2 Sept, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

This house is very peaceful and is as advertised. We will book this house again! Highly recommended!

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chet P.

6 Jul, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house

Overall a great little house for the family to enjoy a weekend on the lake. Has everything you need.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lonnie L.

13 Dec, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Hidden gem

This place is a great place to stay any time of the year.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lonnie L.

8 Sept, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pirate Retreat

This is a great place to stay.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin A.

19 Apr, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

This is a lovely property on the lake. Will highly recommend!

Process of renting this property was seamless. We enjoyed our short stay.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jenny T.

4 Sept, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing sunrise, close to town

We had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed Pirate’s Retreat. Very clean, easy entry, lots of fun amenities for the kids (and us!). Would definitely stay here again.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Giancarlo A.

12 May, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful short visit

Wonderful property on a beautiful piece of land. Hope to come again next year but for a bit longer stay. Very clean, well stocked, and convenient with how they set up checkin.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike L.

17 Jul, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The home was beautiful. The lake was great. The place was accessible to other area locations.

I would rent this place again. It was very relaxing.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anne U.

24 Nov, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful place

We had a great stay at Pirates Retreat! Very neat & clean. Beautiful lake view. Took a very nice walk to the campground near by. Thank you for a smooth checkin and checkout process! Would definitely come back!!

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dwight C.

6 Jul, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another fantastic year at Pirate's Retreat!

Really a perfect location in so many ways: quiet, private cove, close to supermarkets, close to Keowee Marina for boat rental and east-facing for beautiful sunrises and afternoon shade. The hosts are awesome and the property is super-clean, full of toys and just perfect for a week or two at the lake!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brett B.

27 Jul, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Such an amazing lake house!! They thought of everything for their guests! House is welcoming, clean and updated! The dock is well maintained as well and everything you need to boat kayak float etc is there! The game room is awesome and we had some crazy fun out there as well! Extra fridge and freezer are a huge plus! Loved the Keurig coffee! We made our own but loved having that for a quick cup of joe! Everything you need to cook in the open kitchen and a propane gas grill and instruments to cook outside. The views are the absolute best esp from the kitchen table and the huge den! TVs in every bedroom and awesome bath towels!! Loved the easy walk down to the dock!!

Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lonnie L.

10 Sept, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great and relaxing place

It was awesome especially the pirate theme!

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey D.

29 Jun, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent Visit

Stayed here for a week with family (all adults). We have been coming the Keowee/Hartwell area annually for the past decade, and this property was easily the best maintained and equipped out of any of the lake houses at which we have stayed. Great location on the water. Easy to get in and out of town. Home was fresh and modern-feeling on the inside, not like some of the worn, aged lake properties we have experienced. Dock had been freshy stained, and the deck was in good shape as well. The only minor drawback of the property was the lack of shade on the dock and deck. Otherwise 10 out of 10. Highly recommend.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey D.

17 May, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pirates Cove

Great stay! The house is well kept and location is terrific! Susan is a wonderful host and was extremely responsive.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lynda C.

20 Jun, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxation

Great place to stay, the host was wonderful, thought of everything. We will definitely be back again.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mary C F.

15 Jul, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Love Pirate’s Retreat

The whole Family had an excellent vacation! We loved our stay at Pirate’s Retreat and love Lake Keowee. We’ll be back.

Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Danna P.

19 Nov, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved our stay

One of the best VRBO stays we have had. Very clean and comfortable. Beautiful location. Enjoyed backyard, fire pit, and the view. You can tell they put a lot of thought into making your stay enjoyable. Communication was excellent too. We will definitely stay here again.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Beth R.

12 Sept, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pirates Retreat

Very nice and clean. We will stay again!

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

korah t.

1 Jan, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing

The place was amazing and clean. We had an amazing time staying there. Susan is also quick to reply to any questions and checks on us if everything is OK.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Brenda R., Greer, SC

13 Jul, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome view, Great Location

Property was clean and comfortable. View was awesome and everything was as advertised. We will definitely visit again as we loved the home and the game room was fantastic. We also enjoyed using the kayaks and fishing from the dock.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joshua W.

6 Jul, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

5 stars

Our family really enjoyed our stay and every aspect of the property and its furnishings exceeded our expectations. Highly recommend!

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer D.

27 Sept, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing View & Adorable House

We LOVED our stay! House was adorable and was perfect location for us to be in town for Parent's Weekend at Clemson. The house was perfectly stocked and we really appreciate the attention to detail! Thanks so much!

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mary C F.

15 Jun, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Above are expectations

Excellent time had by all. Young and old a like. We highly recommend staying at the Pirate’s Retreat.

Stayed 6 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Dwight C.

21 Aug, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic! Our second time here and we'll be back again!

Great location, close to everything but quiet and peaceful. Very clean and well equipped with everything you need for relaxation & recreation. Perfectly set up as a rental. One of the best hosts we've ever had the pleasure of working with. Can't wait to come back!

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

About the host

Hosted by Susan Fairrington

This property has been in our family since 1990. My husband and I have spent time renovating the home with comfort in mind. We have always felt a sense of relaxation and relief each time we come through the door and we hope you do too. Our family motto is “You are suppose to be happy!” Life is short, enjoy every minute. Welcome to our home.

Why they chose this property

Pirate’s Retreat is a warm, welcoming…well, retreat! Fully renovated with all new furniture, flooring, and appliances. Inside, there are small comforts such as DVDs, board games, sporting equipment, kayaks, and bikes. The property is located walking distance to South Cove Park which offers basketball courts, tennis courts, pickle ball courts (we had no idea what that was either, but you have some rackets and balls if you want to give it a try!) Outside there is plenty of seating on the back deck, a gas grill, a beautiful fire pit, and dock. An inflatable kayak is under the porch for your use as well. You are day a trip away from mountain hikes, off road adventures, white water rafting, snow skiing, not to mention right down the street Clemson University offers ACC sporting events, Greenville has the Peace Center for the Performing Arts, shopping, and fine dining. I guess the real question is why would you not stay here?

What makes this property unique

Benefits include rest, relaxation, a chance to recharge and reflect. Spectacular sunrises. Time to bond with family and friends. Fun, laughter, memories.