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9 guests · 3 bedrooms · 2 baths
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About this house rental
*** This home is people friendly, and not pet friendly. ***
Aurora House provides guests with the perfect blend of coziness and spaciousness - an indoor and outdoor retreat set on a waterfront bluff with sprawling views off Orcas Island’s coveted north shore. Sit by the fire in the sizeable living room, with vaulted ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows, watching the excitement of weather, boats, birds, marine mammals, and outer-island escapes. Or spend your days down the relaxing trail right next door where a private beach accessible only to neighborhood residents awaits – this beach is known by the lucky few to be one of the most beautiful and private beaches on the island.
Back at the house, the waterfront hot tub, open kitchen and expansive deck ensure a relaxing getaway in every way possible. Inside, in addition to the first floor living room, this home provides two downstairs bedrooms, one with outside direct deck access and a comfortable queen size bed. The other room has a bunk bed arrangement with a full bed on the bottom and twin on top. These bedrooms share a downstairs bathroom that also serves as the guest bathroom.
A cozy and well-lit family room at the back of the house provides the perfect den for watching movies, soaking up the sun under the solarium-style windows, and getting away from it all with your favorite book. The laundry room is conveniently tucked away in a closet on the first floor near the kitchen.
Speaking of the kitchen, this easy-to-use space has all the amenities to entertain and cook for a large family gathering. Serve your family and friends at the kitchen bar, dining table, or the lounging deck with plentiful furniture that is just steps away from the cooking area.
Upstairs is the master bedroom loft with a queen size bed, master bathroom and more views of neighboring islands and even Canada. The warm, woody feeling throughout this house, coupled with the peace of the surrounding forest and sea, provide ultimate tranquility. Aurora House provides excellent privacy from neighbors and such a gracious environment to enjoy wonderful Orcas Island.
If you have specific questions regarding this home, please let us answer your questions prior to you booking the home. Please note this home has no steps to the entrance.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES (IMPORTANT NOTICE, PLEASE READ):
Northwest Island Escapes makes every effort to provide, and provide timely maintenance and service for, all the amenities listed in this property description. However, at times, due to events out of our control, these services may not be as fast or reliable as our guests are used to on the mainland. Please Read your contract for important additional information about the availability of these services.
Please note: residential internet speeds, bandwidth and reliability in the San Juan Islands currently lag behind the mainland. Guests who wish to use videoconferencing, streaming services, or multiple simultaneous internet connections should be aware that performance may not meet the levels they are accustomed to. Guests may need to alter their online work and entertainment plans due to service fluctuations or outages.
San Juan County VR Permit #HE 25-05 (05CU009)
Aurora House provides guests with the perfect blend of coziness and spaciousness - an indoor and outdoor retreat set on a waterfront bluff with sprawling views off Orcas Island’s coveted north shore. Sit by the fire in the sizeable living room, with vaulted ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows, watching the excitement of weather, boats, birds, marine mammals, and outer-island escapes. Or spend your days down the relaxing trail right next door where a private beach accessible only to neighborhood residents awaits – this beach is known by the lucky few to be one of the most beautiful and private beaches on the island.
Back at the house, the waterfront hot tub, open kitchen and expansive deck ensure a relaxing getaway in every way possible. Inside, in addition to the first floor living room, this home provides two downstairs bedrooms, one with outside direct deck access and a comfortable queen size bed. The other room has a bunk bed arrangement with a full bed on the bottom and twin on top. These bedrooms share a downstairs bathroom that also serves as the guest bathroom.
A cozy and well-lit family room at the back of the house provides the perfect den for watching movies, soaking up the sun under the solarium-style windows, and getting away from it all with your favorite book. The laundry room is conveniently tucked away in a closet on the first floor near the kitchen.
Speaking of the kitchen, this easy-to-use space has all the amenities to entertain and cook for a large family gathering. Serve your family and friends at the kitchen bar, dining table, or the lounging deck with plentiful furniture that is just steps away from the cooking area.
Upstairs is the master bedroom loft with a queen size bed, master bathroom and more views of neighboring islands and even Canada. The warm, woody feeling throughout this house, coupled with the peace of the surrounding forest and sea, provide ultimate tranquility. Aurora House provides excellent privacy from neighbors and such a gracious environment to enjoy wonderful Orcas Island.
If you have specific questions regarding this home, please let us answer your questions prior to you booking the home. Please note this home has no steps to the entrance.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES (IMPORTANT NOTICE, PLEASE READ):
Northwest Island Escapes makes every effort to provide, and provide timely maintenance and service for, all the amenities listed in this property description. However, at times, due to events out of our control, these services may not be as fast or reliable as our guests are used to on the mainland. Please Read your contract for important additional information about the availability of these services.
Please note: residential internet speeds, bandwidth and reliability in the San Juan Islands currently lag behind the mainland. Guests who wish to use videoconferencing, streaming services, or multiple simultaneous internet connections should be aware that performance may not meet the levels they are accustomed to. Guests may need to alter their online work and entertainment plans due to service fluctuations or outages.
San Juan County VR Permit #HE 25-05 (05CU009)
Amenities at Orcas Island, Aurora House #295
Non-smoking
No pets allowed
Family friendly
Map of Washington
Ratings and reviews
10.0 / 10.0Outstanding·Oct 2025
The house was a perfect getaway for us to relax with the views from the giant windows and the hot tub.
10.0 / 10.0Outstanding·Aug 2025
The place is open, great views, wonderful deck. It's a bit out away from towns/markets, so be prepared for that. The upstairs bedrooms are open to below, so you probably can't sleep there until the rest of the house is going to bed. Here's the most amazing thing: The kitchen knives are sharp. Have you ever stayed at a VRBO with sharp knives? I have, now.
10.0 / 10.0Outstanding·Aug 2025
The kitchen had all the necessary pots, pans, utensils, and other gear to make cooking and feeding our group easy.
6.0 / 10.0Average·May 2022
What makes this house worth the price is most definitely the views and the private beach. Our experience with the house itself was only ok. When we arrived the hot tub was absolutely filthy and two of the 3 tvs were broken. They couldn’t get a worker to the house until the next day for the hot tub and then it had to be emptied so basically we couldn’t use it for the first two days of our stay- and it was one of the main reasons we booked the house. The beach was awesome and the main reason we enjoyed our stay so much- our kids loved it and so did we.
The house in general needs some tlc. While it can be considered sort of a “rustic” place, it lacked any sort of charm at all. Feels like the owner does the bare minimum to keep it up for a rental. While we did enjoy our stay and loved orcas, we likely wouldn’t stay at this house again.
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9.4Outstanding
(38 Ratings)
"The house was a perfect getaway for us to relax with the views from the giant windows and the hot tub."
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