Canandaigua, New York
Location, Location, Location!!!
How true.
Lovely old home on Canandaigua available, with dock, 3600 pound hoist, and 50' lake frontage. Sleeps eight, plus futon on porch and pullout bed in main-room couch. New kitchen with dishwasher, microwave, etc. New floor throughout main floor. No TV, for we enjoy the lake instead. On east side and our sunsets are gorgeous. Fire pit, plenty of chairs, and picnic table lakeside. Lovely vacation spot.
This charming cottage is lake side, on the east side of Canandaigua Lake, which surveys say competes with Tahoe as "the prettiest lake in the country". This house sits on Nibawauka Beach, serviced by a private road coming off East Lake Road that leads to a private access road for all the cottages on the Beach. Our neighbors are wonderful people and many of them are year-round residents.
There are a couple of families with active children. So we tell prospective renters right away that this is not a "party house". It is a lovely spot on a lovely lake but if you're interested in late night action you should look elsewhere.
The house is lovely, but basic, and sleeps eight. No chrome. No plastic. No TV---but you're welcome to bring your own. A Bose radio is included. Wi-fi is available. There are four bedrooms, a fold-out couch on the front (lakeside) porch. The dining room table seats eight or ten. New floor throughout main floor. The living room has three comfortable arm chairs and the large sofa, as well as a very efficient gas heater for the "cool" days. The kitchen has a gas stove, plenty of pots and pans, plenty of dishes and glasses, standard electric "fridge" and freezer, and lots of light. There is a full bathroom upstairs and a toilet in the barn out back. We are on city water, city gas, and city plumbing.
Outside, the front (lakeside) lawn has a large picnic table with benches, another smaller round table with four separate chairs, and several very comfortable old "sitting" chairs. Shade is provided by a maple on one side and three shade trees on the other, but the middle of the lawn is open and sunny The lake is down a flight of concrete steps to a concrete dock and an extended aluminum dock that leads out about fifty feet. The water at the end of that dock is only about 5 feet deep. An adult can walk out about 100' into the lake and still have his/her head above water. Several times a day several families of ducks paddle calmly past us, but we don't feed them. The Canandaigua Yacht Club is directly across from us and the weekend races are delightful to watch from our front lawn. City-run fireworks are easily seen from the lawn. The sun and moon set calmly over the hills on the other side of the lake over a mile away.
We have a sturdy boat hoist that is listed to handle up to 3600 pounds of boat. It is electrically powered to lift and lower. Fishing is productive at times right off the end of the dock, and certainly better if one takes a boat out into the lake. Rock bass, sunfish, perch, "punkin seeds", etc. are commonly caught and released. Pickerel, large- and small-mouth bass, three species of trout, and catfish are also caught in the lake.
The "barn" in not included in the rental program. But it has a fully functional toilet in a room just inside the back door that is very convenient. The lawn between the house and barn is a pleasant place to sit and let the world go by. Garbage service is included in the rental and is collected once a week. Adequate parking is provided just off the beach road beyond the barn on our "very back yard". We are starting some small silver maples to replace someday the big ones along the private road, so please don't drive over the little ones. Thank you.
The nearest grocery store is about a mile and a half north and it's WEGMANS, on Rt 5&20 just past the Post Office and before the larger shopping center a bit further west on 5&20. Walmart's, Lowe's, and the movie theater are all around the same distance from the cottage on 5&20 to the east. Canandaigua itself has numerous restaurants of all types. The town's Main Street is wide, with flowers in the business area, and has lovely stately homes in the residential area to the north. Finger Lakes Community College is a mile north on East Lake Road and hosts musical programs in its CMAC outdoor pavilion nearly every week during the summer. Kershaw Park is at the north end of the lake, about a mile by boat from our site, and has a large sand beach with wadable water out nearly 200 yards. We hope you never need it, but Canandaigua's excellent Thompson Memorial Hospital, associated with the University of Rochester Medical Center, is only a short distance away from us. Ambulance service is efficient.
In short, our cottage is in a particularly nice location, privately situated but with easy access to amenities, golf, wineries, and local attractions. Ice cream shops are a short boat ride away, as are good restaurants. Sunsets are miraculously beautiful. Oh, and our "very back yard" is large, grassed, protected, and perfect for children's games, golfer's chipping, and bocce contests.
Come, enjoy, relax, and love the lake. We have for decades and still do.
Beautiful view of lake. I can deal with dated but the place seemed to be very messy, not clean. It looked like they hadn’t dusted in a month or more. When you enter the cottage there were dead leaves in the entryway plus an old Exercycle. It would have taken someone less than an hour to clean that out.I had to stand on a chair to change a lightbulb in the bathroom. Pros: Beds were comfortable Washer and dryer available Even though not air conditioned the fans did work well Well stocked kitchen
Description is very accurate - the house is not fancy, but had everything we needed. The biggest issue for our group was that the only bathroom in the house is on the second story, which was a bit tough on my in laws and young children. The setting right on the water was beautiful and makes up for what the house lacks. We did not use the lift, but we were able to tie our boat to the dock. It was a short drive to the boat launch and all other conveniences in town. Owner was very responsive to a couple of issues when we first arrived. Overall a good experience!
The classic home, circa 1940s-50s, on east (BEST!) side of Canandaigua Lake, with breathtaking views and breezes, easy shallow shoreline, spacious and tons of easy parking, great open, well light airy kitchen, 5 bedrooms upstairs, (2 facing the lake!), fun front porch, toasty propane heater, the extra outdoor building with toilet, and the generosity of the hostess (Janet); these are some of the highlights
Dish washer did not work. Spiders on the dock. Needs professional help. WiFi very weak. Put in wrong place. Not enough fans to cool up stairs. Bought 4 at Walmart and left at cottage. Stove had only one knob. Great large living area. Great front porch overlooking area. Great dock. Nice size bedroom. Convenient location.
More than rustic, it’s dated. The cottage is in a beautiful location but lacked many features for price paid. Dock for boat was ok but hoist inoperable, lights without bulbs, all baseboards hadn’t been wiped down in years, screens in disrepair and no WiFi or ac. Granted it’s a advertised as a rustic place but with limited fans, no air conditioning coupled with dust and bugs at night due to screens, left us leaving to sleep elsewhere and only use the cottage during the day. The owner was responsive but gave no significant consideration for our inconvenience. If you want a relaxing place and have issues with heat or dust this isn’t the place. I hope they are able to update this historic home.
Stay was as advertised. Cottage was nothing fancy, but beautiful lake views right on the water. I would say the place only has one bathroom because the other in the barn left a lot to be desired. That being said we had a great time and would stay here again. Thanks.
We were extremely disappointed with this rental. As soon as we pulled up, we were greeted by 2-3 foot weeds all around the back entrance. The cottage was advertised as being cleaned with disinfectant and enhanced cleaning practices, however the place smelled so dusty and musty that we did not even sleep there. We paid for a hotel in Geneva instead and just stayed outside at the cottage during the day. Rather than cooking there, we ate all meals out so our vacation cost more than double. The cottage also advertises bedrooms but the walls do not go all the way to the ceiling so there is zero privacy. The upstairs felt more like an attic with partitions and was blistering hot. The mattresses were extremely old and lumpy. There was a bees nest in the ground and 2 hornets nests by the back porch and we were stung several times. The “fire pit” was just a few rocks right next to the outdoor electrical outlets. We also saw a chipmunk enter the house under the screen door. To charge what they charged per night for this cottage, which is not properly maintained and advertised falsely is unbelievably wrong.
The property was incredible. It had everything we needed and everything was very easy to access and navigate. We all had a great time and really enjoyed our stay
Great property. We had so much fun. Lots of beds, windows and room. Outside area overlooking the lake was beautiful. Dock was nice with ladder at the end for swimming. I would definitely stay here again. Location to stores was perfect.
Description of the property was accurate. Location on the water was wonderful. Our family really enjoyed our time there
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