Chesapeake Cottages- 2 Quaint Waterfront Retreats

The place has a wonderful view of the bay & a cabin-like look. The exterior (deck) is fantastic with lots of lawn chairs, bbq grills, & tables and the view of the bay. The main kitchen in the 1st house (you enter into from parking) is good with 2 ovens, 1 big stove, and 1 big refrigerator. Kuerig machines in the main & small kitchen are a nice bonus. The small kitchen in the 2nd house is also nice & functional. The 2 bedrooms & 1 bathroom in the 2nd house are in good condition (except the floor). The deck linketo the master bedroom is cute but it doesn’t seem to have been used in a while. Some negatives- 1. The bedroom in the 1st house has 1 bed right next to a generator machine that makes a lot of noise in the middle of the night. 2. Couch in the 1st house is saggy so not comfortable, especially if one has back issues. 3. Deck door in 1st house is very hard to slide open. 4. The bathroom in 1st house is quite small. 5. Most lights in the master bedroom in 2nd house didn’t seem to work. 6. No attached bathroom in either house. 7. No curtains or blinds on the deck door or front door in main house. This makes it warm and keeps it bright at night if someone slept on the couch. 8. The furniture (couch & chairs) inside both houses are placed such that you cannot see the bay view from the couch if you wish to enjoy the view from indoor. If you are stuck inside due to poor weather (excessive heat or rain) these above minegatives feel exaggerated. So we left early.

10 family members from age 88 to 10 years old. It’s our 2nd visit and we’ve not been to any place more welcoming and peaceful. The location is just heaven and the docks and water views are just unbelievably gorgeous. It’s going to be an annual trip for our family.

Excellent Property

The location of this property is beautiful and peaceful. We truly enjoyed sitting outside in the morning drinking coffee and looking out over the water. For this alone, we give the property 3 stars. We would like to warn future travelers that there are very strong odors inside the both houses at this property. We are very sensitive to artificial scents, perfumes, plug-ins, etc... -- so, we typically travel with our own linens since most places use scented laundry detergents and dryer sheets -- so we realize that we may be more sensitive than most people when it comes to odors. But, this particular weekend we were traveling with another couple who typically doesn't mind mild perfume scents and even they could not stand the perfumed linens in the main house. So, we asked the manager for new linens for the main house. The manager brought us new linens (while we were out) and just left them on the bed for us to make. She also gave us a bit of a hard time about it with the excuse that it was her understanding we would have our own linens for both houses (we only brought enough of our own linens for one house). The second house, where we stayed, had the strongest sulfur well-water smell we have ever encountered. It was so strong that we could not shower or even wash the dishes there. We called the manager who assured us that the water was tested and safe but acknowledged that they knew about the smell and that the smell was disclosed somewhere in the VRBO stuff -- we looked to see if we had just missed the disclosure but could not find this disclosure anywhere on the VRBO site. In addition to the smell, the second house was pretty dirty. The floor was dirty, the upholstery was dirty, there were multiple scented plug-ins that we had to remove (we had requested there be no plug-ins on our arrival), and the house was significantly understocked -- no forks, few spoons, not enough plates or coffee cups, etc... The cleaning fee was too high for this property. Except for the view in the morning, we would not recommend this property.