This friendly, comfortable year round Maine cottage with knotty pine paneling has been recently tastefully and carefully updated. Well insulated, new windows, kitchen, foundation, completed 2014. Strictly NO SMOKING OF ANYTHING on premises or in yard! We are flexible with arrival and departure dates, and have a 3 night minimum. We accept a dog, under 45 lbs, on a limited basis, you'll need to check with us and send a photo! Bring dog bed, crate. All meds, shots. Keep pet off furniture, leave cottage as if no pet was there. Always clean up after pet in our yard or when you're out on a walk! No barking or leaving dog tied out. Thank you! Our cottage is 2 bedrooms, one with Queen bed, closet, the second bedroom has 2 twin beds on the porch. Kitchen has Refrigerator/Freezer, Stove/Oven, and eat in Dining area. We have a full sized washer and dryer. Bathroom with Tub/shower. Living room with 2 couches, cable TV and sky light. In2021 we installed 2 Mitsubishi minisplit airconditioner/heat, one in dining area one in living room. Combination locks on the doors, no keys to lose! Outside there are 2 parking places, outdoor chairs and table. Sit outside and enjoy the quiet family neighborhood. The cottage is a 'stone's throw' to a rocky beach for tide pooling, swimming at high tide, star gazing, and views of Shorts Sands Beach! Hear the waves from the cottage! Popular Short Sands Beach is a pleasant 1/2 mile walk on a tree-lined side street. Shops, restaurants, cafe, etc. You'll find York's Wild Kingdom, The Goldenrod (world famous for salt water taffy made the same way for over 100 years), Funarama with games including skee ball, a wonderful beach side playground and the Gazebo for summer concerts. Walk on another 20 minutes to Dunne's ice cream and on to the Nubble Lighthouse, enjoying the rocky Maine coastline, and fabulous ocean views. Long Sands beach is another little walk or drive away. Short drives open a world of sightseeing, shopping, hiking, boating, etc. Portland is 30 minutes away with ferries to the Maine islands; driving up or down the coast leads you to outlet shopping at Freeport, one hour away, or Kittery, 15 minutes away; a burst of driving to the heart of the New Hampshire White Mountains for a days junket is one and one-half hours away. Please supply your own sheets, pillow cases, towels, beach towels, bath mat, dish towels. We have a small collapsible cart and 4 beach chairs in an outside “shed” . We don't clean the barbecue, so please leave it the way you'd like to find it! The cottage has been in our family for 40 years, we love it and hope you will love it too and return year after year like some of our guests do!! Please note, we accept pets on an individual basis. If you have allergies to pets, please find other accommodations. We have TV with Roku stick. Please bring your passwords for Netflix etc. We have password secure high speed internet. Keywords: Tastefully Updated Year Round Cottage Near the Beach