Life House, Nantucket

Our stay at Life House was pleasant and easy from the start. Alison is a super host - one of the best we’ve had. She was super helpful at every turn. Our room was ready early. Even if it hadn’t been ready when we arrived, she would have happily stored our bags while we wandered the town (which was our plan). We stayed in the Deluxe King room and it was a great fit for the two of us. The Life House’s location is convenient to downtown and there are plenty of good places to eat nearby. If we ever visit Nantucket again, this is the place we will stay.

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Great location and beautiful property! Comfortable bed! The owner was super accommodating to our need for a slightly early arrival:)

The staff could not have been more helpful. We arrived in the morning before check in time and they stored our luggage and we left the next day after check out time and again they stored our luggage and lent us beach towels and let us clean up before we left for the airport. We appreciated the cookies in the afternoon and when we came back after dinner they have a beautiful firepit and had left provisions out to make 'Smores which we all enjoyed, sitting round the fire. The property has a great location near downtown Nantucket and also the beach, and the decor is really fun - wonderful tiger carpet on the stairs! Also a lovely sitting room for relaxing.

The property is old so, for example, the stairs are very steep, the rooms are small and the air con in our room was very loud. (It was easy to turn off and on though.). Breakfast was simple and self-service - it was all good quality: coffee, teas, bagels, granola bars - but if you want the full eggs + you won't get that here. It seemed very expensive to me coming from London - but actually having seen all the other prices on Nantucket (extremely expensive), I do understand why it is that price now.

Living room was nice.

The stairs cases, 2 of them, were awful . So steep to get to the second and third floors I don’t know how they are legal. Incredibly dangerous. Our room had such slopped ceilings it was hard to move around. Getting into the room, with hallways sloped ceiling, made it hard just to enter the room. The bathroom was so small it was difficult to use. Terribly overpriced.