Spacious and private house in Camden. Two-week and longer stays.

This is home base for everything Mid-coast Maine has to offer. This house is made for entertaining as well as quiet nights, and has everything guests could want, for shorter stays or longer adventures. It is perfect for families staying for an awhile to learn about the area before they buy a house. It is also great for those who are staying temporarily for work, or simply to enjoy the winter holiday season or the summer in the lovely village of Camden.
Although VRBO does not have a bookingfeature that makes this clear, the price of the house is $4,000 a month Oct 1-May 30, and tenants pay heat and electricity, if they choose to stay a month or longer. (We are responsible for every other cost of running the house during that time).
The nightly rate for Oct 1-May 30th is $500 a night.
June 1-Sept 30. the rate is $900 a night (we pay for all costs of running the house during the season). For stays longer than two weeks during June-Sept there is a 25% discount. There is a lease for stays longer than one month.
All stays are a minimum of two weeks, with two days in-between guests, to allow for a thorough housecleaning and inspection.
We are offering the main house, which is about 6,300 sq ft. There are five bedrooms in the main house, and three-and-a-half baths. There is a deck, an upper lawn and lower lawn, a gardening shed, and a stand-by generator. There is a mini bar and sink in the “music room”, for easy entertaining. There is a bright art studio on the first floor.
The in-law apartment, which can be locked off from the main house and has its own entrance/exit to the driveway, will be reserved for our occasional use. In the off-season, we will come up very rarely. As the weather gets warm, we will come up occasionally, but likely not often in the summer of 2027, because we will be traveling.
The house is in a convenient location: a few minutes' walk to downtown, a few minutes' walk to Laite Beach, an easy bike ride to Rockport Harbor, a quick drive or leisurely walk to Camden Hills State Park, and a 15-minute kayak paddle out to Curtis Island. The local grocery, post office, restaurants, shops, and town park are within easy reach- almost all are within half a mile of the house. You can see the inner harbor from our deck (more so since the photos, because a tree fell over in a storm!). There are also peeks of the harbor through several windows. The house is across the street from the water, and guests can sneak through the lower garden, through the bushes, and onto the sidewalk. Despite this closeness to the water and streets, the house is on a hill and very private because of the tall hedgerow and other mature landscaping.
This house is one of the most private in the Village, yet steps away from the ocean and the busy life of downtown. For those seeking even more privacy than on the deck or gardens, there is an enclosed courtyard, which is a great space to sit in the sun and watch the birds, and eat a pear from the pear tree, or nap on a lounge chair.
The house has central AC in the bedrooms, it is heated by oil-fueled hot water baseboard and electric kick heaters and wall heaters, and an air exchanger that pulls hot air down from the upstairs landing to the living room. There are two working fireplaces (woodpile under the deck) and there is a two-story solarium. The solarium is not heated, so it is not practical to use in the cold months, and the doors must be kept closed Nov.-April. The kitchen has an AGA stove, for people who enjoy a challenge and the ability to bake many pies at once. It also has a conventional stovetop and oven, for those who do not enjoy a stove- and- oven- related challenge.
The house is fully furnished with typical furniture and equipped with everything the occupants might need, including office supplies at the desks, towels, linens, numerous kitchen gadgets and appliances, placemats, coasters, glassware, dishes, candlesticks, vases, etc. Hundreds of books, art on the walls, area rugs, cozy throws, many pillows. There are two vacuum cleaners and lots of cleaning supplies. However, it is important to note that this house is big and unless you adore cleaning all day, is it probably wise to have some outside help with housekeeping if you are staying for a longer period.
There is a large media library consisting of VHS tapes, DVDs, music cassette tapes, classical CD collection, and audio books. There is a baby grand piano and sheet music, a grandfather clock, a barometer, wind chimes, and outdoor wicker furniture (on the deck) and cedar furniture (in the lower garden).
There is a hammock that tenants can bring out of the garage and use (we will get a frame if you want to use the hammock), and additional outdoor chairs stored, plus a card table.
TVs: one in downstairs master bedroom (w/ROKU), one in dining room with integrated DVD player and ROKU) (Dining room TV is inside a media center with the stereo. The stereo has CD, radio, and tape components), one TV is in the study (CRT with DVD player and VHS player). This is a bit of an analog house, but tenants are welcome to bring in more modern technology. We have newly-installed fiber Internet, with routers throughout the house. Garage and laundry room are outfitted with many items that a tenant might find handy. There is room in the garage for one car and the driveway can accommodate about eight vehicles if you arrange them carefully. The studio has a sink, large easel, and lots of storage for art supplies. We have many Halloween and Christmas decorations in the basement which tenants are welcome to use. There is a gardening shed with lots of pots and tools for tenants to use for container gardening. (If a tenant loves gardening, and wants to take on the weeding and light pruning of the courtyard and rose bushes, we will will reduce the rent accordingly. Otherwise, we have a gardener who does a spring and fall clean-up.)
We are open to requests that a tenant may have to make their tenancy more comfortable or to their taste. If it's reasonable and we can do it, we are happy to help.
Tenant may contact CMP (power) and PG Willey (oil) for past utility costs of running the house.