The Aerie. 2 King beds, AC, outdoor shower. Walk to 2 local beaches

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8 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 16223.1 sq m

Popular amenities

Parking available
Kitchen
Dryer
Washer
Barbecue grill
Air conditioning

Explore the area

Gloucester, MA

Good Harbor Beach
‪12 min walk‬
Long Beach
‪17 min walk‬
Wingaersheek Beach
‪19 min drive‬
Beverly, MA (BVY-Beverly Municipal)
‪24 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

8 bedrooms (sleeps 16)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 5

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 6

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 7

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 8

2 Single Beds

1 bathroom

Lower Bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

Upstairs Bath

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio

Porch or lanai

Kitchen

Separate dining area

About this property

Welcome to Aerie! Enjoy this grand gathering house with great flow and enough rooms for all the beach lovers in your life. The home is situated between two of Cape Ann's most coveted beaches, Long Beach and Good Harbor Beach. As an added bonus the home is moments walk to an ice cream stand and pizza shop.

Beamed ceiling, paneled walls, and wood floors throughout provide period detail and create a traditional cottage vibe. The first floor includes an open concert kitchen and dinning area, a bath with stand up shower, a large living room with lots of seating, and a cozy den with fireplace. Laundry is also located on this level. There is also a finished, enclosed 1st level porch washed with natural light that opens onto a large exterior patio perfect for outdoor dinning and lounging. New for 2024 is an outdoor shower.

The 2nd level has 8 bedrooms featuring two king bedrooms, and another full bath. Two of the front bedrooms room have distant ocean views. The four central bedrooms have central air. The rear two bedrooms and fronttwo bedrooms have portable air conditioners. In the winter the two front and rear rooms use electric heat. (Window units removed in early fall).

The house can sleep 16 people in beds.

The name Aerie means an elevated, secluded dwelling and this home is just that. This near 100 year old beach cottage is perched above Thatcher road making it a quick walk to local beaches. The large driveway, and an additional small lot across the street, allow guests to park up to ten cars.

*All bed Linens/bath towels are included. Beach towels are not provided.

———Extra Information————-

-Pets are not allowed at the Aerie.*

-Property is since been painted yellow. Pictures do not reflect this.

-Guests are asked to maintain ability to communicate via VRBO app for notifications and updates.

-See our sister property listing on homeaway (#3641328). Sleeps 12 and is a quick walk to Goodharbor beach.

-We take our neighbors comfort and privacy very serious. If your group cannot handle being respectful of our neighbors and maintain quiet time after 10pm we ask you to please not book.

Property manager

Lisa and Patrick Halloran

Premier Host

Languages

English, French

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House Rules

Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Pets are NOT allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Smoking in house will result in deposit loss.

Guests will follow the trash policy. No trash in anything but City provided bags. Recycling will NOT be bagged. Bins to curb on trash day.

Follow the posted policies available throughout the property. Guests are expected to be available via app for communication and owner messages.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

Property Registration Number C0018761070

About the area

Gloucester

Located in Gloucester, this holiday home is near the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Good Harbor Beach and Wingaersheek Beach. Travelling with kids? Consider Schooner Adventure and Maritime Gloucester.

Gloucester, MA

What's nearby

Good Harbor Beach - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
Long Beach - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
Cape Ann - 5 min drive - 3.4 km
Hammond Castle - 9 min drive - 8.6 km
Wingaersheek Beach - 19 min drive - 12.1 km

Getting around

Rockport Station - 7 min drive
Beverly, MA (BVY-Beverly Municipal) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

‪Starbucks - ‬5 min drive
‪Seaport Grille - ‬3 min drive
‪Long Beach Dairy Maid - ‬1 min walk
‪Surfside Subs - ‬1 min walk
‪Crow's Nest - ‬3 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is The Aerie. 2 King beds, AC, outdoor shower. Walk to 2 local beaches pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-out at The Aerie. 2 King beds, AC, outdoor shower. Walk to 2 local beaches?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is The Aerie. 2 King beds, AC, outdoor shower. Walk to 2 local beaches located?

This family-friendly Gloucester holiday home is located by the sea, within 1 mi (2 km) of Good Harbor Beach and Long Beach. Schooner Adventure and Maritime Gloucester are also within 3 miles (5 km).

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.

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9.4/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

8/10 Good

Melinda S.

9 August 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Family vacation

Location was great

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie M.

2 October 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect spot for our wedding weekend!

The house was absolutely beautiful. Very large, multiple bedrooms and was about 15 minutes from our wedding venue. We greatly enjoyed our stay, and will look forward to booking here again in the future! Thank you for being a part of our big day! ❤️

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Megan M., Portland, Maine

11 August 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Reunion

Had a wonderful stay with our family! Location was perfectl. Thank you so much for letting us rent your home!

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anietie U.

10 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

This property was excellent

Owner was very responsive when we reached out with questions. I would easily stay there again when i am in the area! House was awesome and right by the ocean

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul W.

6 September 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Rent your own bed and breakfast for the whole family

Great property for the whole family to enjoy. Great communication

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Michael O.

13 August 2018

Great stay!

House was wonderful and very spacious. It was in a great location and easy walk to all beaches and attractions. Rockport was a 5 min drive. Overall excellent experience with the place and the owners.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

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13 October 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful October get away!

Location was absolutely perfect to everywhere our group wanted to visit. This home was perfect plenty of room to sleep we even had extra beds! Lobster rolls across the street are amazing we had one every night. Great place to gather with the fam and plenty of space to spread out too 😉 hosts were responsive and took care of whatever needs we had❤️

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelli M.

16 October 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Impressive place

Our favorite thing about this property was how stocked the kitchen implements were. And so many rooms! Very cozy, right up the street from a public beach, can't go wrong. Good communication with host.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lea and Charlie A.

23 June 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wedding weekend at Aerie

Our family thoroughly enjoyed our weekend visit to Gloucester. The house was comfortable, well equipped, and clean. We walked to Long Beach several times and strolled the beach at low tide and the walkway at high tide.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Stephen P.

18 October 2018

Great Place for a large family!

Very close to our family wedding location. Very nice that most of our family stayed together. House just down the street from a good pizza, sub, lobster roll and ice-cream!! easy walk to the beach! plenty of room.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ashley L.

28 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Time in Gloucester

Our family has been spending time in Gloucester every year since 1985. As our family has grown, so has our need for accommodations which can support the brood. Lisa & PJs house was perfect: well appointed, clean, easy check in/check out processes, and plenty of space to spend quality time together. The location is also convenient; you can walk to Good Harbor, Long Beach, and the Ice Cream shop right down the street. A wonderful home for a wonderful time! Thank you so much, we are very grateful.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gail G.

24 February 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Home for a Large Family Celebration

We went to Gloucester to celebrate my husband's 75th birthday in February. This home was perfect for our large family-8 grown-ups and 5 children ranging in age from one to seven. We really appreciated having the eight bedrooms with plenty of choices of beds-bunks, twins, queens and kings. The kitchen was roomy and very well stocked and there was plenty of room to accommodate all of us in the dining area. We were so pleased that it was an easy walk to Good Harbor Beach and a quick drive to both Rockport and Gloucester. We enjoyed hanging out in the living room and enclosed porch. Even in winter, this was an awesome place to rent! I imagine it would be even more wonderful in the warm weather. There was plenty of room to park all our cars. The host was great about communicating and answered any inquiries we had immediately. My husband was thrilled with the celebration and I feel so lucky I chose here to have it! Thank you Lisa and Patrick!!

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sally P.

10 August 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Thomas H.

7 December 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wedding

We came for a wedding and the house was ideal. Just 2 1/2 miles from wedding venue. The owners were excellent and the house was very clean.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Annette A.

12 September 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely house near the beach

We had a wonderful family reunion at this lovely home near fantastic Good Harbor Beach. Lots of space for gathering. Well furnished kitchen. Hosts were responsive without being intrusive. Would rent again!

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Paul M.

23 August 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication

Great for family gatherings

Nice property!. AC is provided in most rooms but not all as stated in the listing - That gets a little rough on hot nights if you are the ones sleeping in the non-AC rooms :) Overall a very nice family friendly home close to the beech. Driveway is very steep and it is difficult to get in and out of onto the main road. There are a lot of stairs to get up to the house from the driveway way so a bit challenging for my 85 year old mother but again, overall a very nice home with very good hosts !

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laurel K.

29 July 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location.

The house is ideally located between the two beaches, a short walk along lovely seaside streets to the prettiest end of Good Harbor Beach and an even shorter walk to Long Beach, great for morning walks and runs along its sea wall. The house is large with ample and comfortable outdoor space. A great week for the whole family.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

14 November 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun friend getaway!

Wonderful house! Bedrooms were great and plenty of them! Tons of room for adults and kids! Cozy living room, toddler friendly, loved the side siting room for night cap chats! Very close to the beach and town! Lisa was a great host, great to communicate with!

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Linda P.

6 August 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

This was the perfect house to rent with toddlers.

This was a perfect place to rent with grandchildren. The inclosed porch was a plus and the all around deck was perfect for them to play. Also the side deck was a great place to play cornhole. I also loved the two entrances to the bedrooms upstairs.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

sara G.

24 May 2021

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness

Cleanliness and check out process.

I hope you do take the time to read this. I will start this review by saying the property was a very good option, and it was a perfect fit for us. But unfortunately, not everything turned out to be as perfect as we'd expect it to be. Before our stay, it was outlined that we put dirty linens and towels in a specific bag, which was understandable. At the time of check out, we did exactly that and we also put in the bags with the dirty linen the blankets we had used. Given our current Covid-19 pandemic situation, this made sense to do. Who wants to sleep in our previsouly used blankets? While this made sense to us, it did not to the hosts. We were charged $200 extra for our extra careful thoughtfulness for the next guests. This tells me that we slept with blankets of another group of people because these are not regularly washed. Overall, the place was a great stay, the space was perfect, the cleanliness was good, not great and I would have chosen the place for a future stay but given the message of how rarely these blankets are washed, how clean is the space during these times where cleanliness and extra carefulness has become essential, it is no longer an option.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Harry B.

22 August 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay at a wonderful large home

Family and friends week long getaway. All loved the house. Plenty of room, 12 minute walk to the beach, take the backroads not the main road when walking to the beach as the homes in the neighborhood on the waterfront make it a pleasurable walk on Salt Island Road. Will rent again!

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Maura H.

21 July 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The Aerie

We had a wonderful stay at the Aerie! Thank you! Our family loved all the space and the outdoor deck/patio. The reading nook was adorable and we enjoyed the large kitchen. We hope to return again. We fell in love with Good Harbor Beach!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Suzanne G., Minneapolis

6 April 2020

Liked: Check-in, communication

Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Pros & Cons

This house can accommodate a large group (17) in some respects, particularly the number of beds, size of kitchen, and living room. Two bathrooms can be a stretch, but doable. The amount we paid for the linen service was an overpayment. The linens are old, thin, and limited; I have never rented thru VRBO & seen such unacceptable linens. I would have rented my own if I had known they would have been so bad. The dining room cannot accommodate 17 people, so beware, if you have a big group you will not all be sitting together. The house was not clean. We have two people in our family with asthma, so this was particularly disturbing & we took it upon ourselves to vac the bedrooms because of the accumulated dust under the beds. Having a toddler crawl on the floors, the dirt showed up on his pant knees & hands. In fairness to the owners, they have discussed the possibility of refunding the cleaning fee because of the houses’ condition. As of this time, we have not received that refund.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

careen P.

26 March 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

First time user.

I have never used VRBO before. I have to say I'm not impressed. Has nothing to do with the house.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Susan F.

26 December 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great holiday at The Aerie

Lovely place. Perfect but for beds that left most of us gimpy every morning.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

About the host

Hosted by Lisa and Patrick Halloran

I grew up in Montreal, Canada and met my husband PJ while he visited Montreal. PJ grew up in Gloucester and has an intimate knowledge of the area having worked on local whale watches and Inns before going to college and accepting a commission in the U.S. Army. We now live north of Boston where he serves as a Firefighter and I as a Manager.

Why they chose this property

My family vacationed in the area for many years renting homes over the summer. We purchased a nearby property and love sharing the local beaches with visitors. When this property became available we loved its private setting and generous amount of space.

What makes this property unique

This grand home is massive! Great for families or groups you will have tons of room. The inclusion of a private lot across the street from the property adds parking for all your beach visitors. The indoor/outdoor living space is a key addition to this home.

Languages:

English, French

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8 bedrooms (sleeps 16)

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

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Bedroom 4

Bedroom 5

Bedroom 6

Bedroom 7

Bedroom 8

1 bathroom

Lower Bathroom

Upstairs Bath

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