Bailey Island, Maine
The Historic Captain York House in a unique New England home that was originally one home built along side another. This allows for the house to split into a duplex. The historic Captain York House has been on Bailey Island for more than 100 years. It is a 7 bedroom, 7 bathroom house that can accommodate families of up to 15. This house provides a great home base for exploring Bailey Island and the surrounding coastal areas. With 7 bedrooms and 7 baths everyone has their own area! Beds include: two king, two queen, one full trundle with twin, twin bunk beds, and two twins. Sheets, linens and towels included in linen closet. We have board games throughout the house and a mini foosball, ping-pong, air-hockey, pool table. There are many outdoor activities on and within a short drive, including; beaches, boating, kayaking, hiking trails, Bailey Island General Store, Land's End Gift Shop, Cook's Lobster and Ale House, and Morse's Cribstone Restaurant on the island (with both restaurants in walking distance). Come explore, relax and enjoy the Maine coast!
We had 3 families, so the separation of space was great. One suggestion would be to include soap and shampoo in the bathrooms. Air conditioning was nice to have. Kids loved the game room.
Brianna’s Bailey Island house is spacious, beautiful, and charmingly historic; yet it has been updated to have all of the modern conveniences. Our group had four couples and four very young children. We all had our own spaces and never felt crowded. It is very kid friendly. The kitchen is extremely well supplied and had everything we needed during our stay. There are seven full bathrooms and tons of towels and bed linens. We enjoyed sitting on the spacious porch and strolling down the street to Cook’s Lobster and Ale House to eat or view the boats and shoreline. There were even delicious ripe strawberries in the flower bed! This house is a wonderful jumping off place for the Botanical Garden at Booth Bay, ferry boats to Monhegan island, day trips to Portland and Freeport, and many walking trails. The last afternoon we took a two hour schooner sailing trip in the bay near Cook’s dock. I highly recommend that! Thank you, Brianna, for being such a responsive and helpful host. We all agree that we want to return in the future.
House is beautiful and spacious I left a message to talk to property manager for a callback
We stayed in this house for a recent family get together and had an amazing time. The home is conveniently located walking distance to a few restaurants, the cribstone Bridge, and is a walk or short drive away from a small and beautiful beach. There was so much the island offered, and the liason was ideal. The property has a yard and nice deck space for spending time outdoors. The home has a unique layout that allowed for space for kids to play. Home was equipped with kids games, puzzles, and books for kids and adults.
Great house and location for an extended family location on beautiful Bailey Island. The house is older but we viewed it as a vintage, classic house that slept 14 comfortably. We did have some problems with the air conditioning- it was really hot, but we managed. We also had trouble with the oven and while we were able to communicate it to the owners, we did not get it resolved, which was disappointing. There was a small kitchenette in the guest portion of the house with a fridge and small stove, but it was difficult cooking for 14. We also found the tv/dvd player in the basement didn’t work, so we didn’t have that as an option for the kids but we were out exploring most of the week, so not a big deal. I would imagine the owners will have some of the appliances updated and working well for future guests. Despite some of the issues with the appliances, the house was spacious, had a nice deck and patio, a great yard and a great location.
Great place to stay with a big family, lots of space; great location.
This is the second time we have stayed at this property. The first visit was super and we had no issues. Unfortunately, when we arrived at check-in time this year we had to wait an hour to enter the home because the two women who were cleaning were not ready. It was 90° outside and we were very hot and tired from the trip. When we were finally able to get into the house there was laundry, clean, set all over the house and it was 85° inside. We had to go outside and figure out how to turn on the AC at the breaker box. There is no Wi-Fi in the in the entire east wing of the house which was very frustrating. We contacted the property owner at the beginning of the week but unfortunately did not hear back from them. The house was very large and fit our three families very comfortably, it was nice having so many bathrooms. The location is amazing and Bailey Island is beautiful.
If you are looking for a Bailey Island vacation rental that can accommodate a group (refer to property description for size), then the Captain York house is the perfect choice. In the past we have used this perfect Bailey Island location as our home base to make day trips to wonderful Maine locations such as Portland and Freeport, Popham Beach, Damariscotta, Pemaquid Point, Boothbay, Rockland and Camden. This year we totally enjoyed the close to home locations: The Giant Stairs, Lands End, Cedar Beach, Lowell’s Cove, and so conveniently The Captain Cook’s Lobster and Ale House. I
We had a fantastic time, we really did! The large house was perfect for our large group - several great family time spaces!! We used every square inch of that house except the bunk Room… we fired up the grill…. The porch was used all the time - if we were awake and home someone was on the porch! We played card games upstairs and on the main level, the kids used the game table in the basement a couple of times .. watched the arrival of the Tour de France into Paris, Watched some Olympics, used the washer and dryer - what a great convenience…. We are All great cooks and each family was responsible for a night of cooking - pretty much found all we needed … there were four families there , and we all loved our bedrooms and bathrooms …so great … and appreciated the parking very much - plenty of room for the vehicles. Easy access to the house too. The island is wonderful …Lots Of fun Island activities - Don’t miss the Giants’ stairs, climbing and wading at Land’s End, wading and skipping stones at the end of street . We went to Popham Beach which is just a wonder. Also a couple trips meeting other family members at Boothbay Harbor and Ocean point…All in all It was a terrific week , and we all wished we had booked two weeks Brianna was great to work with. Easy peasy . We said hello and thank you to Captain York many times during our stay, and that’s where my title of my review came from. Fantastic .
We previously owned the Captain York House as a B&B in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. It was like coming home. The house was beautifully decorated and in great shape for a house built in the early 1900’s. The outside deck was great and the butterfly bush by the front door was loaded with butterflies and hummingbirds. Our daughters and granddaughter had a great time exploring the coast of Maine again. This trip was well worth it. The local seafood was outstanding wherever we went.The owner, Brianna, was outstanding in communicating with us and catering to our needs.
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