I cannot emphasize enough what a fantastic property this is--the location, the layout, the grounds (much bigger in person than in photos) and super speedy communication with Tara, the host. She was immensely helpful and positive with a variety of small problems (example-coffee maker didn't work and less than 24 hours later a new one was on the doorstep). And it's such a plus that she accepts pets (who had a ball btw, lots of gardens to sniff around). We made a lot of use of the lovely pool (which had a great assortment of pool inflatables and toys) and the movie room. If our grandson had been older I'm sure he would have loved the pool house pool table (the pool house is also much larger than in photos). We had a great time on SI, due, in no small way, to this lovely housel

Enjoyed our family vacation on Shelter Island. Great house, pool, accessories, and neighborhood (walk to beach).

Our family agreed that this was probably the best rental home experience we've ever had. Home was exactly as described, extremely clean, with basically every possible amenity and a few that were completely unexpected. For example, there were pre-made smores ready for use on the outdoor fire pit, and even the exact same slushy machine we have at home and meant to bring but forgot! The pool was clean and beautiful, and the garage-turned-teen-gaming-hangout was a fantastic match for our situation, which was that we had our 2 teen children as well as two other teens with us for the week. All 4 of them said it was their best "chill" vacation week ever and were very sad to leave. This is a fantastic house in particular for people planning to do a lot of "pool-party"-like hosting, and/or with teens/kids who like gaming and movie watching. We even were able to use the downstairs exercise room with weights (again, we debated bringing our dumbbell weights but didn't), which isn't even advertised. Finally, the host Tara was very responsive - and even reimbursed me the same day after I had to go to the hardware store and buy a couple of tools that they didn't have onsite in order to fix the brakes on one of their bikes. All in all, thanks to Tara for one of the best vacations our family has ever taken.

Beautiful house, yard and neighborhood and very accommodating and helpful host! Great weekend.