Charming Martha's Vineyard family cottage
Oak Bluffs Vacation Rental - ID 34211

My family has owned this Victorian cottage since 1932 and it has been enjoyed in the summer ever since by 5 generations. Many happy summer memories were created in this house. I have been coming to the vineyard summers since I was 3 weeks old, which makes it about 70 or so years. My great grandmother passed it to my grandmother who passed it to my father (who stills enjoys the cottage and Vineyard at 94) and now to his children. We love this cottage as much as many of our renters do, so the love and care we all give to it shows. We have left some furniture from my great grandmother to maintain the Victorian cottage feel but also have updated many pieces and rooms. It has always been just a summer cottage that originally was two houses moved and put together back in the late 1800s. Apparently, that was very common before electricity lines were put up in Oak Bluffs.

What is special about this property?
Our cottage is very inviting and easy to live in, especially for two families with children since it sleeps 8 in 4 bedrooms with two full bathrooms upstairs and a half bath and outdoor shower downstairs. We have a partial view of the ocean from the front porch and upstairs front bedroom. You can sit on the porch, which is the highlight of the cottage, and watch the ferries come into and out of Oak Bluffs harbor. We are also a 5 minute walk to the town library and about a 10 min walk to the harbor, Our Market grocery and package store on the Harbor, the Flying Horses, Oak Bluffs ferry terminal, and downtown. Sunset Lake is at the bottom of the hill from the cottage. We have updated the beds and and furniture in the cottage over the years and provide umbrellas and beach chairs so you will find that you only need to bring your own linens and food. Our yearly updates are loved by our renters (so they keep telling us) and keep families coming back year after year. We have rented this cottage every year since the early 1970s and have several return renters, some who have returned each summer from 6-25 years at a time. We are in a quiet neighborhood with year round and seasonal owners present. There is a bus that runs down Chestnut Ave at the end of our street that comes from the airport and is traveling to Edgartown. You could flag it down to catch a ride if you needed to.

What is special about your town?
One of the biggest assets to our cottage is location. We are within walking distance to everything Oak Bluffs offers. Oak Bluffs is the home of the famous Tabernacle and campground with the colorful gingerbread cottages; an active harbor with ferry boats from Woods Hole, Falmouth, Hyannis and New Bedford, MA, and RI, arriving in the summer months; the Flying Horses Carousel, where you catch rings for the gold one and a free ride on the oldest running merry go round in the country; bars and restaurants within walking distance; a beautiful park along the shoreline at Ocean Park; shops along Circuit Ave (the main street); and two town beaches. The bus system on the Vineyard is top notch and goes everywhere on the island so travel between towns and up island to the Gay Head Cliffs can be done without a car. The bike path to Edgartown starts in Oak Bluffs, so bicycles are easy to rent down by the harbor.