Parking in huge front driveway for 10 cars
Occupancy time for weekends can be as early as 11:00 AM and departure as late as 7:00 PM so as to avoid traffic and enjoy another day at the beach.
For weekly renters, occupancy time on Saturdays is 4:00 PM and departure time is 11:00 AM.
This large house sleeps 26 people and is waterfront on a lagoon with a fenced-in, gated back deck and boat dock and an upper-level front porch with lagoon-front views.
For the use of renters, we have two sit-on-top 2-seater kayaks (with room for a dog or child) and one sit-on-top 1-seater kayak with paddles and life preservers of all sizes.
There are no steps at all to enter lower level of house - useful for people with mobility issues.
You can kayak right off your back deck dock onto Little Assawoman Bay wildlife preserve. Motorboats and pontoon boats may also be rented and docked at the back dock.
The ocean beach is three blocks away - 500 yards from the house - a 10-minute walk, or you can park along the street across from the beach using the 2 neighborhood beach parking permits. We have a neighborhood path that leads between the dunes to the ocean.
If you prefer to go to Fenwick Island State Park Beach, it is a 5-minute drive south and has parking, restrooms, showers, lifeguards, umbrella and chair rentals, and a snack bar with grilled chicken and hamburgers. There is a ramp to the beach and you can rent beach wheelchairs. Across the highway is a bay beach with calm waters that can be enjoyable for children and it has wind surfing rentals.
Our beach is a state park beach and has beautiful dunes with no houses on the beach. Again, across from the entrance to our community, Bay View Park, there is a neighborhood path through the dunes to the ocean. Dogs are allowed on our beach with leashes.
There are water views of the lagoon from three sides of the house.
Crabbing is available off the back deck. Nearby at York Beach Mall you get your bait and crab nets.
The back deck is fenced in and has two gates that can be closed securely.
There is an outdoor shower at the lower-level entrance of the house.
Upper level of house has kitchen, living room, dining area, 2 full bathrooms, and 3 bedrooms.
Upper level dining table seats 10 people comfortably
There are 2 more seats at the kitchen bar area.
Lower level den table seats 6 people.
The house has a pest-control mosquito service so that people can sit out on the back deck and enjoy the view without having to worry about mosquitoes.
House has no steps to enter lower level so can be used by disabled persons who cannot climb stairs.
House is used for family reunions.
The house is located at the end of Belle Road in the neighborhood of Bay View Park in Bethany Beach, a 10-minute drive north of Ocean City, Maryland
An upper level smoking front porch with water views has comfortable chairs and a dining table for serving meals and enjoying the breeze and bay views.
There is a washer/dryer set on each level of the house.
There is a full kitchen on the upper level and a kitchenette on the lower level.
Both are stocked with fine china dishes, silverware, glasses, wine glasses, plastic dishes for picnics, cookware, crab pot, serving platters, blenders, coffee makers, Keurig, knife sets, microwave, and toasters...everything you need to serve formal or casual dinners to large groups of people.
There is a large back deck with large Weber gas grill, four large dining tables, and comfortable chairs for a large family waterfront dinner. There are enough tables and chairs to seat 26 people for an outdoor dinner. There are 18 straight-back dining chairs and many comfortable wicker chairs on the back deck. The back lower deck is fenced-in and gated.
There are also upper decks on the front and back of the house with chairs and lagoon views.
There is a state park beach facility a 5-minute drive south of the house with an ocean and a bay beach, a parking lot, rest rooms, showers, lifeguards, snack bar, umbrella rentals, and chair rentals. Across from that ocean beach is a bay beach with parking where children can swim or people can wind-surf (Fenwick Island State Park beach). Further south is a dedicated beach for dogs.
The house is decorated in bright beach colors and nautical fabrics with nice quilts and bedspreads and has rataan furniture and many oil paintings of wetlands and beach scenes.
This neighborhood of Bay View Park backs onto Little Assawoman Bay, a wildlife preserve, where there are many wild waterfowl and is a lovely area for biking, hiking, and kayaking.
The house has 2 central air-conditioning units, one for each level of the house and the units do very well at cooling down the house in hot weather.
The beds are very comfortable with 2 or 3 inch memory foam mattresses on the queen-sized beds and decorative quilts and blankets.
There are 6 TVs and also DVD players and Roku players on all of the TVs in the house that get free internet streaming of Netflix, Acorn TV, Paramount+, Britbox, MAX, AMC, and Amazon prime video movies and documentaries. The living room, den, and master bedroom all get variety cable TV and news channels, weather, and regional sports. There is a record player/radio in the upper-level living room and games and DVDs stored in the house.
The house gets a fast Xfinity internet service.
Bed Layout:
Upper level living room has a 47" TV that gets 500 cable channels and has a Roku player, 2 queen-sized sleeper couches, and sleeps 4.
Upper level bedroom # 1: master bedroom has queen-sized bed, twin bed with twin trundle bed underneath, desk, dresser, cable TV with DVD player and Roku player, and private bathroom with shower, sleeps 4
Upper level bedroom # 2: dresser and queen-sized bed, sleeps 2
Upper level bedroom # 3: desk, TV, queen sized bed, and set of bunk beds, sleeps 4
Upper level bathroom off hallway has bathtub/shower combination
Upper level kitchen has washer/ dryer off kitchen, refrigerator, microwave, stove, 2 coffee makers, Keurig, toaster oven, toaster, mixer, and blender
Lower level den: 2 couches and 2 arm chairs, 47" cable TV with Roku player, room to sleep 2 people on a queen-sized sleeper couch.
Lower level has kitchenette with full size refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave, toaster oven, toaster, cook-top, coffee maker, Keurig, and dining table that seats 6
Lower level bedroom # 4 has queen-sized bed, dresser, desk, sleeps 2
Lower level bedroom # 5 has dresser, two twin beds and set of bunk beds, sleeps 4
Lower level bedroom # 6 has queen-sized bed, dresser, and TV with Roku player, sleeps 2
Lower level bedroom # 7 has dresser, cable TV, DVD player, Roku Player, and king-sized bed that can be pulled apart to make 2 twin beds, sleeps 2 and has separate outside entrance
Two bathrooms in lower level, both with showers
Outdoor shower is at entrance to lower level
Lower level has laundry room with washer/dryer and linen storage cabinets
Available are paper towels, toilet paper, napkins, trash bags, coffee, tea, sugar, creamer, spices, laundry detergent, fabric softener, dishwasher and dish soap, household cleaning products, hand soap, shampoo, and conditioner, all stocked in the house for the use of renters.
Check-in for Saturday weekly rentals is 4:00 PM and check-out is by 11:00 AM on Saturdays
Early check-in and late check-out available for weekend rentals. Check-in can be as early as 11:00 AM and check-out can be as late as 7:00 PM for weekend and holiday weekend rentals so you can enjoy an extra day at the beach.
Distance to Ocean Beach
Distance: 500 yards
Walking time: 10 minutes
