Drake’s Dream is one of the best Air BNB experiences we have had since we started using the service eight years ago.
The unit is very clean. At the same time, you can tell this is someone’s home: its furniture is comfortable, and it hosts a nice collection of books, video games, and board games for all ages of family members.
Drake’s Dream has convenient access to a great beach, which is just a few minutes drive away. (Parking at the beach during our visit was $15/day and $50 for a week long pass, and well worth it for our family of five.) It is technically possible to walk to the beach (which takes 15 to 20 minutes), but we would not recommend doing this because the road from the unit to the beach is not pedestrian friendly: there is often no space for walking on either side of the road.
The space was perfect for our needs: beautiful, well-equipped kitchen; large washer and dryer in the basement; spacious backyard with hammock, tire swing, and clothesline; and a back porch and patio with a large gas grill and a very big stone bar that was great for food prep and for serving.
The backyard is lined with tall trees and thick bushes, which gave the yard and back porch a sense of privacy that I had not expected from looking at the location on a map online.
We definitely recommend the outdoor shower on the back porch: the water heating there was very responsive, and it was perfect for our post swimming/beach clean up, since we could get there without tracking sand in the house.
Richard, the unit’s host, was very responsive to our questions and incredibly friendly and welcoming through all forms of communication.
Little Compton itself is a small cozy town, so meeting various needs during your stay may require a bit of a drive. For example, Earl’s Gas, which seemed like the closest gasoline station, apparently has not had gas in months. In our case, we were staying in Little Compton but spending much of our time seeing friends in Westport, so we did not mind having to take care of errands as part of our travels to and from there.