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Dale V.
19 Oct 2024
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Beautiful home in a quiet neighborhood!
Dale V.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2024
Entire home
Classic Maine: Gardens, Harbors, Farms, and Beaches in a Peaceful Garden Setting
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Reviews
10 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 6
Popular amenities
Explore the area
Eliot, ME
- Place, The Kittery Outlets8 min walk
- Place, Market Square13 min drive
- Place, Water Country19 min drive
- Airport, Portsmouth, NH (PSM-Portsmouth Intl.)17 min drive
Rooms & beds
4 bedrooms (sleeps 6)
Bedroom 1
1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 2
1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 3
1 Double Bed
Bedroom 4
1 Double Sofa Bed
3 bathrooms
Bathroom 1
Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Shampoo · Hair dryer
Bathroom 2
Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Shampoo · Hair dryer
Bathroom 3
Soap · Towels provided · Bidet · Toilet · Shower only · Shampoo · Hair dryer
Spaces
Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Dining area
About this property
Classic Maine: Gardens, Harbors, Farms, and Beaches in a Peaceful Garden Setting
Enjoy our spacious, architecturally-designed, Raeside-Dame home in Eliot, Maine, a scenic town on the Piscataqua River. It has a gourmet, fully-equipped kitchen, luxury furnishings, oriental rugs, hand-forged lighting, wide pine floors, large southern-exposed windows, a cozy gas fireplace and an efficient wood stove, and tasteful art—all in a peaceful garden setting.
While not directly on the water, we're close to popular beaches: Seapoint, Fort Foster, Newcastle; pretty harbors, historic Portsmouth lush gardens & the arts. We have a plethora of gourmet restaurants incl. a James Beard winner, amazing bakery, world-renown chocolatier, farmers markets (two you can walk to) & off the boat lobster. Activities are kayaking, biking, surfing, fishing, & boating.
Two of our bedrooms have queen beds and AC. The Master has solid cherry furniture. A third bedroom has a new full-sized bed with a new mattress and en-suite bath and bathtub and AC. (If needed it can also also accommodate an Innex Queen Ultra Plush plug-in mattress or a child's twin mattress as a fifth bed.) The fourth bedroom can serve as an office or bedroom with a full sofa bed and AC. For your entertainment we have a Sony TV and Bose soundbar. The internet connection is over 100 Mbps. We offer spa and eco-safe cleansing products.
Our guests love the bountiful 1.5 acre flowering gardens with screened porch, stone patio with a gorgeous Nellie Olsen hand-crafted table, Lyman Whitaker wind sculpture, and webber grill for al-fresco dining. We try to be energy efficient and have installed a full array of solar panels & a level-2 electric car charging station. The garage is not available (except by request) as we have a wonderful tenant who lives above it with a separate entrance & drive on the west side.
Our neighborhood offers a peaceful semi-rural setting with walkable and bikeable roads, around our one mile circle or two miles past a duck pond to a farm and farmers market along the river, or drive 8-20 minutes to the Eliot boat landing and popular ocean beaches, or 12-minutes to historic Portsmouth. (The automatic listing says were walkable to the Kittery outlets, however they are roughly five miles away.) Fort Foster and Seapoint are 11 miles away.
We hope you enjoy our classic Maine home and gardens as much as we do.
While not directly on the water, we're close to popular beaches: Seapoint, Fort Foster, Newcastle; pretty harbors, historic Portsmouth lush gardens & the arts. We have a plethora of gourmet restaurants incl. a James Beard winner, amazing bakery, world-renown chocolatier, farmers markets (two you can walk to) & off the boat lobster. Activities are kayaking, biking, surfing, fishing, & boating.
Two of our bedrooms have queen beds and AC. The Master has solid cherry furniture. A third bedroom has a new full-sized bed with a new mattress and en-suite bath and bathtub and AC. (If needed it can also also accommodate an Innex Queen Ultra Plush plug-in mattress or a child's twin mattress as a fifth bed.) The fourth bedroom can serve as an office or bedroom with a full sofa bed and AC. For your entertainment we have a Sony TV and Bose soundbar. The internet connection is over 100 Mbps. We offer spa and eco-safe cleansing products.
Our guests love the bountiful 1.5 acre flowering gardens with screened porch, stone patio with a gorgeous Nellie Olsen hand-crafted table, Lyman Whitaker wind sculpture, and webber grill for al-fresco dining. We try to be energy efficient and have installed a full array of solar panels & a level-2 electric car charging station. The garage is not available (except by request) as we have a wonderful tenant who lives above it with a separate entrance & drive on the west side.
Our neighborhood offers a peaceful semi-rural setting with walkable and bikeable roads, around our one mile circle or two miles past a duck pond to a farm and farmers market along the river, or drive 8-20 minutes to the Eliot boat landing and popular ocean beaches, or 12-minutes to historic Portsmouth. (The automatic listing says were walkable to the Kittery outlets, however they are roughly five miles away.) Fort Foster and Seapoint are 11 miles away.
We hope you enjoy our classic Maine home and gardens as much as we do.
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About the area
Eliot
South Eliot, a neighbourhood in Eliot, is home to this holiday home. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Long Sands Beach and Short Sands Beach. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at York Golf and Tennis Club or Rye Airfield.
Eliot, ME
What's nearby
- The Kittery Outlets - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
- Market Square - 13 min drive - 11.7 km
- The Music Hall - 13 min drive - 12.1 km
- Water Country - 19 min drive - 18.1 km
- Hampton Beach - 27 min drive - 37.6 km
Getting around
Restaurants
- Chick-fil-A - 14 min drive
- McDonald's - 14 min drive
- Cumberland Farms - 13 min drive
- Cumberland Farms - 6 min drive
- Texas Roadhouse - 15 min drive
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About the host
Hosted by Heidi
My husband Dennis and I are avid sailors and live on our sailboat for much of the summer. Dennis is a retired landscape architect and I am an author and a retired creative director. You can find out more about me at HeidiLoveAuthor.com.
Why they chose this property
We are new to VRBO and have all glowing 5-star reviews on other sites and have earned a Superhost status.
Our classic Maine home, while not directly on the water, is a short drive to all the Southern Maine seacoast has to offer. It is a unique, architecturally-designed Raeside Dame colonial reproduction in a friendly, tranquil neighborhood with classic New England homes. It's a spacious 2100 sf+, stand-alone home with three to four bedrooms (our office has a new full sofa bed that converts it into a forth bedroom if needed), three baths, rich wide-pine floors throughout, exposed timber beams, large south-facing windows and modern conveniences including a fully-equipped gourmet kitchen, Vermont Castings wood stove, Hubardton Forge lighting, Nellie Olson Bella Bloom art table, and a romantic gas fireplace.
We have a lush 1.5 acre garden, gorgeous stone patio, and screened-in porch where you can watch hummingbirds, experience outdoor dining, cook on our Webber grill and eat al-fresco. We try to be energy efficient and have a Level 2 charge station for electric vehicles. Our home will be fully solar powered by spring 2023. We offer Body Spa and Eco toiletries and Myers cleaning products.
Our classic Maine home, while not directly on the water, is a short drive to all the Southern Maine seacoast has to offer. It is a unique, architecturally-designed Raeside Dame colonial reproduction in a friendly, tranquil neighborhood with classic New England homes. It's a spacious 2100 sf+, stand-alone home with three to four bedrooms (our office has a new full sofa bed that converts it into a forth bedroom if needed), three baths, rich wide-pine floors throughout, exposed timber beams, large south-facing windows and modern conveniences including a fully-equipped gourmet kitchen, Vermont Castings wood stove, Hubardton Forge lighting, Nellie Olson Bella Bloom art table, and a romantic gas fireplace.
We have a lush 1.5 acre garden, gorgeous stone patio, and screened-in porch where you can watch hummingbirds, experience outdoor dining, cook on our Webber grill and eat al-fresco. We try to be energy efficient and have a Level 2 charge station for electric vehicles. Our home will be fully solar powered by spring 2023. We offer Body Spa and Eco toiletries and Myers cleaning products.
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