This place is really fantastic. Obviously you are thinking about choosing it because you have seen the gorgeous photos of that amazing deck. The photos do not do the deck justice. The view is ridiculously beautiful, but also, the house is surrounded by beautiful old growth trees that provide privacy and shade - I’m not exaggerating - all day. It is shady and perfect on that porch, with a gentle breeze off the water, from morning until evening even when it is blisteringly hot out on the street. But somehow, even though the trees blocked the sun through all of the hottest hours of the day, somehow they did not block it at sunset. I don’t even know how that’s possible. We got to watch a gorgeous sunset while eating dinner. We spent our entire weekend on the deck and down on the private beach. It was so relaxing.
Ok, now the house. It is beautiful and open with really pretty decor. The beds were so comfortable and in the front bedroom if you forego the AC (you will be warm if you do this) you can hear the waves down below. The place is sparsely furnished and in particular is lacking a big couch with adequate comfortable seating for four or more people. That said, the lack of indoor seating really didn’t bother us because we barely came in off the deck.
The kitchen is similarly minimalist but we found everything we needed and prepared a great dinner at home with no trouble. No grill.
There is a record player and a great record collection, which I was super excited about, but we couldn’t get it working. There is also a movie projector with Netflix connectivity in place of a TV downstairs which was very fun. However, the WiFi is pretty weak, and even Netflix wasn’t able to stream perfectly.
There are a lot of stairs both going down to the beach and to get to the bedrooms and to access the apartment itself. All stairs are very STEEP. You really should not book this place if someone in your party can’t do stairs and I would even think twice if you have children under 3 or 4.
Once you get down to the beach, it is gorgeous and obviously amazing to have a private beach. There’s a little fire pit down there and the water is warm and shallow with only a mild current - great for kids. However there are a ton of sharp shells and glass on the beach. A lot of it is beach glass but much of it is not. Bring shoes that you can wear in the water!
The location was perfect for us. It’s not that close to down town providence but we liked the quiet neighborhood and found a pretty park right on the water nearby. Walking distance to liquor store, ice cream stand and great coffee shop.
We hit the Hope Street farmers market on Saturday morning and had a great time, and we were able to get everything we needed for an unbelievable fresh dinner out on the incredible aforementioned deck.
Hosts live in lower attached unit. They were were friendly and responsive, but they gave us our privacy and were not overly chatty. Both their cat and one of their two dogs came up for a visit, which we loved. Both very sweet and friendly animals.
Overall this is a fantastic rental for a weekend getaway and we’re so happy we found it. It really was a pretty perfect weekend.