Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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This beautiful property is now available for the first time as a vacation rental home and is also available for flexible-term winter leases. 4-5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths. Sleeps up to 12 guests. Chosen as the recent photo shoot location for the Serena and Lily catalog, the home is both beautiful and upscale.
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VRBO #1958654 and another "coming soon" (on our website) home in northern Scottsdale, Arizona**.
This beautifully renovated home is located in the most popular neighborhood in Cape Elizabeth, popular because of the close proximity to downtown Portland and the walkability to 3 beaches, the shops, restaurants and bakeries of Cottage Road and Willard Square, and an easy walk to the Portland headlight--the world's most photographed lighthouse.
This 2800 square foot home offers several large spaces for entertaining and smaller spaces for quiet moments--the best of both worlds. The layout is as follows:
First Floor:
*Huge chef's kitchen/great room/casual dining area, featuring casual lounge furniture from Maine Cottage, a dining table/chairs and a breakfast bar. Chef's dream of a kitchen features commercial grade 48" Viking stove with dual ovens, 2 Bosch dishwashers, 2 farmhouse sinks and a Sub-Zero Refrigerator. Kitchen features a tremendous amount of storage space and also a pantry. Great room Features a mini split/heat pump for air conditioning, as does the living room. Together, they cool off (and heat) the first floor.
*huge front to back living room with 55" Samsung flatscreen, 2 96" sofas, 2 wicker chairs and plenty of space and furniture for large gatherings and entertaining friends and family. Heat pump/mini split for room air conditioning.
*private TV den with brand new queen sleeper sofa, Samsung TV and kid toys.
*center-of-home fireplace sitting area with a comfy Maine Cottage sofa and 2 chairs and cozy wood stove insert.
*First Floor MASTER bedroom with a KING BED with a luxurious Beauty Rest Black pillow top mattress, gorgeous Anthropologie and Pottery Barn bedding, 100% Egyptian Cotton Percale Sheets, 40" Samsung Flatscreen and room a/c. Please note: more gender-neutral bedding is available for this bedroom. Window a/c unitl
*renovated powder room with bead board.
*new first floor laundry off of the side-entry mudroom with a new step-in shower, a new sink and vanity area and brand new washer and dryer.
*spacious mud room with a large double coat closet, another single closet and lots of hooks.
*an additional front coat closet.
2nd Floor:
*Master Bedroom Suite: Very luxurious California KING master bedroom with luxurious ensuite master bathroom. Bedroom features gorgeous French caned furniture from Restoration Hardware, a fantastic California KING-size bed with fantastic new mattress and beautiful Pottery Barn bedding, 100% Egyptian Cotton Percale Sheets, 40" Samsung Flatscreen, His/Hers closets, a window seat and room a/c.
*Gorgeous new en-suite master bathroom features huge shower with a luxurious 11" rainhead shower head plus a hand-held shower and seat, a deep soaking tub, a double-sink carrerra marble vanity and a semi-private toilet area.
*Guest Room #1: A beautiful antique KING bed with matching dresser with a fantastic new KING mattress, gorgeous Pottery Barn Bedding (more gender-neutral bedding available), 100% Egyptian Cotton Percale sheets, a chair, two closets and room a/c.
Guest Room #2: Beautiful sunny bedroom with 2 large windows, 2 DOUBLE beds with beautiful bedding from Nordstrom, room a/c.
*a beautiful new urban farmhouse style full bathroom for the two guest rooms to share is located in the upstairs hallway and features a very large double shower with a seat.
*a cedar closet and 2 linen closets are also located in the upstairs hallway.
This gorgeous home sits on a 1/2 acre land peninsula, with only one abutting neighbor on the back side of our back yard. The perimeter of the entire back yard has many pine trees for privacy and a fantastic yard for kids to play in.
Off the kitchen, there is a huge deck with lounge seating and a matching table and chairs for 8 guests. A spacious and fun area for casual outdoor dinners or get-togethers. The deck features a new propane fire pit for cool Maine evenings.
A stone patio next to the deck features a brand new 7-person therapeutic massage hot tub. There is also a covered porch off the great room area with additional lounge seating and a brand new large SS gas grill.
Gorgeous, very large and private yard is the perfect outdoor sanctuary.
Private access to sandy and absolutely gorgeous Casino Beach, considered the prettiest beach in Cape Elizabeth. Note that because our beach is a private neighborhood beach, you have special privileges not offered at public beaches, such as open alcohol and the ability to have bonfires for roasting hot dogs or marshmallows.
This home is the perfect sanctuary for your family during your vacation, whether you enjoy being indoors or out. Located in a very peaceful setting, the home offers everything you could possibly want in a vacation rental home. Walk to our gorgeous private neighborhood beach or to Willard Beach. Walk to the Portland Headlight and 80-acre Fort Williams Park, with multiple walking trails and a cliff walk, in just 10 minutes. Gorgeous private neighborhood beach.
This home is also an easy walk to the restaurants, bakeries, ice cream and the gourmet food shops at the border of Cape Elizabeth and the Willard Beach neighborhood. All of the restaurants, bakeries, ice cream and coffee shops and gourmet food shops are within a 10-20 minute walk, including Scratch Baking, which has won national awards and has been featured in the NY Times and Bon Appetit. Please ask for more details about the neighborhood! It's the most popular vacation destination in the entire greater Portland area and the walkability to so many places is a huge reason!
Portland was named by Thrilist as "The #1 City in the country to spend the weekend" and "The most underrated food city in the US" plus "The Best Drinking City. It was also rated by Bon Appetit as the US's "2018 Restaurant City of the Year" which also ranked Portland years ago as "The Foodiest Small City in the Country".
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Excellent property and experience!
We visited Cape Elizabeth for a quick getaway for my wife's birthday. Between both of us working and my three girls' crazy school schedules (and way too much screen time for all of us), we needed a little escape. The house and location was perfect for us. The house was clean and beautiful. The neighborhood was quiet and we enjoyed being so close to the coast. My older girls (12 and 14) enjoy cooking and for them the kitchen was the big highlight, I really enjoyed it also. They baked treats for mom on Saturday while I cooked dinner. My wife enjoy time relaxing in the hot-tub and laying by the fire. It was nice having wood right there in the garage! The owners were fantastic, quick to respond when needed and even helped out by bringing over a mixer for the girls to finish off their icing for mom's cake. Being so close to Portland, I thought we would spend some time there but everyone just wanted to spend time relaxing at the house and around Cape Elizabeth. We had an amazing short getaway and my family is already planning a return visit!
We had a great stay in this rental. It was a last minute need for us and The host was very accommodating! She made sure things were ready for us and that we were comfortable throughout our stay. Thank you so much!
House is just as described and as the pictures look. It is very well stocked, beautiful and comfortable. Marilys, the owner, is very responsive and wonderful. Location right down the street from Ft William is great. Quiet neighborhood and very relaxing. Look forward to returning and/or renting another property from them. Highly recommend.
This home was a beautiful place for a family gathering. It has lovely visiting areas and a gorgeous kitchen. We had a great vacation.
We needed an upscale pet friendly rental near our daughter in Portland. This property was perfect. It is new, well maintained, and had plenty of room for our well behaved dogs. The kitchen is spacious with top line appliances. The bedrooms and common areas are beautifully decorated and spacious. Marylis was extremely accommodating and a great resource for local tips. Her comprehensive renters guide was amazing. The Cape Elizabeth area has a vacation feel, while only minutes from downtown Portland. We highly recommend Salt Air Grill for dinner and Scratch for fresh baked goods for breakfast. The house is perfect. If I wanted to improve on perfection, I would suggest better access to bedside outlets. I am a CPAP user and had to run extension cords. There are outlets behind the beds, but the very large and comfy beds are too heavy to move to access them. That however was a minor inconvenience in the sea of major pluses this property has to offer. We will definitely be back. Thanks!
This was one of our favorite home rental stays, and we use these services often. The property suited us perfectly (family trip). It is a very nicely done home with an incredible backyard, quite large interior, and one of those rare homes that is actually as nice as the pictures lead you to believe. The neighborhood is beautiful, and the access to the private beach was fantastic and provided a truly enjoyable part of our stay. If you are thinking of staying in Portland itself, I would encourage you to stay here in Cape Elizabeth instead - it is just so beautiful, yet so close to anything you would ever want to do. Above all, Marilys is just such a wonderful and generous host. She went out of her way to accommodate us, from booking, to check in, to the end of our stay. We hope we can visit and stay in her home again. I would highly recommend staying here if you are considering a visit.