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2 bedrooms, 2 baths, sleeps 6
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“Cat’s Meow” is a cozy four-season cottage tucked on sunny, level, private land surrounded by pines, woodland and a rose-covered white picket fence. “Cat’s Meow” is an ideal vacation home in any season. It’s romantic as a couple’s getaway, comfortable to return to after a day of activities, safe and engaging for children, who love the collection of “cats” and the entertaining property, with its playing lawn, enchanted forest and path through the woods to shallow-water access with a dock and rowboat on West Caroga Lake.
Lovingly restored from the ground up, “Cat’s Meow” is charmingly decorated with vintage prints & cottage furniture, linen white beadboard walls, ceiling fans in every room and custom lighting on dimmer switches.
The warm, sunny great room has gorgeous oak floors and beamed ceilings, a full sleeper sofa, comfortable chairs, and ten windows spilling sunlight throughout the room. The gas fireplace provides glowing ambience and warmth on cold winter days or takes the chill out of the air on cooler summer nights. Cable TV, DVD and VCR player with classic movies, Wi-Fi high-speed internet access, a game table with a selection of board games and stereo with an eclectic collection of CD’s are included.
The great room joins the spacious, open eat-in kitchen area equipped with an electric stove, refrigerator with ice maker, coffee maker, microwave and all small appliances and utensils; track lighting on dimmers; a ceiling fan and an antique, hand-painted china cupboard filled with attractive china and glassware. A perfect place for entertaining, the large dining table seats up to 8 comfortably and looks out through sliding glass doors onto the deck with lighted outdoor table with an umbrella and chairs and equipped with a stainless steel gas grill and patio heater. Both the dining room and the deck have beautiful views of the woods.
Tucked beneath the stairs is a half bath decorated with vintage postcards of Caroga Lake.
An antique carved porch post stands at the foot of the open staircase leading up to the two bedrooms –– the master with a queen size antique iron bed, the other with two double antique beds. Each bedroom has down comforters, pillows, fleece blankets, remote control ceiling fans, reading lights, antique dressers, soft carpet and ample closet space. You provide linens (sheets, pillowcases, towels) or may rent ours for an additional fee.
The upstairs bathroom is spacious and bright with a shower/tub, pedestal sink, tile floors, antique shelving and an overhead heater fan. Amenities include a hair dryer and ironing board.
Behind a long white picket fence covered in roses along the quiet South Shore Road of West Caroga Lake, a large level lawn is ideal for play and games. In the private backyard, enclosed by woods, a safely enclosed fire pit is surrounded by a circle of Adirondack chairs for evening campfires and stargazing.
From the first fragrant blossoms of lilac and our native “pinxter” azalea in May and June, the summer garden is always in bloom. Flower boxes brighten the front windows of the cottage with its inviting turquoise door.
There’s a picnic table in the shade of the enchanted woods, where children of all ages will enjoy discovering evidence of the fairy folk who live there. It’s not just the “little people” that make the woods enchanting –– leafy and cool in summer, the foliage is brilliant in autumn, the winter branches coated with sparkling snow.
A short stroll down a path through the woods will lead you to a shared dock on West Caroga Lake providing a rowboat and swimming area on a gently sloping, sandy-bottomed waterfront. It’s an ideal spot for young children. Adirondack chairs are provided for watchful parents. Boating traffic through the channel to East Caroga Lake is entertaining to watch, safely at a distance from this shallow, clear waterfront. There are panoramic views of beautiful West Caroga Lake and the vintage Ferris wheel and carousel at Sherman’s, the former 1920’s amusement park, located just a few minutes walk away.
“Cat’s Meow” is minutes from downhill skiing at Royal Mountain, renowned Lapland Lake cross-country ski resort, state hunting land, trout fishing streams, hiking & snowshoeing trails, and a major snowmobile corridor with access to hundreds of miles of trails. Fishing is a year-round activity, with ice-fishing shacks dotting the lake in winter. Kayaking, canoeing, biking and rock climbing are popular 3 season activities. Wildflowers lure spring visitors; fall foliage is splendid.
Convenient to this location and all within walking distance, are stores, a laundromat, restaurants and bars, a post office, gas station, museum and chapel.
“Cat’s Meow” accommodates a maximum of 6 guests at all times; there is parking for a maximum of 3 cars. Sorry, no pets and no smoking. “Cat’s Meow” has a NO SHOES policy: bring slippers or flip-flops for indoor use.
Rental Rates
July and August: $1,600 per week, from 6 p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. the following Saturday
September-June: $1,300 per week or $225 per night with 2 night minimum
Inquire for “last minute getaway” rates
PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR GUEST BOOK & REGIONAL INFORMATION:
www.southernadirondacklakehouserentals.com
Kayak & Canoe Rentals: $25/each per day, $100/each per week. $250/per week for 2 kayaks & 1 canoe
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Contact homeownerAimee Hart
518-835-3500
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