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Perfect Family Escape! Walk to everything and relax. It’s all here for you

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Welcome to Between two Sands
A great picnic table for al' fresco meals
Screened in porch perfect for listening to the waves 🌊
Open kitchen
2nd floor half bathroom

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms1+ bathroomSleeps 10102.2 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Barbecue grill
  • Outdoor space

Explore the area

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York, ME
  • Short Sands Beach
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Long Sands Beach
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Nubble Lighthouse
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Portsmouth, NH (PSM-Portsmouth Intl.)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

1st Floor Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

2nd Floor Bedroom A

1 Queen Bed and 1 Crib

2nd Floor Bedroom B

1 Queen Bed

2nd Floor Bedroom C

1 Single Bunk Bed and 1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom, 1 half bathroom

1st Floor Bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

2nd Floor Bathroom

Toilet

Outdoor h/c Shower

Outdoor shower

Spaces

Porch or lanai
Outdoor shower
Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Perfect Family Escape! Walk to everything and relax. It’s all here for you

Perfect family getaway just 2/10 of a mile to Long Sands, 3/10 of a mile to York Wild Kingdom and 6/10 of a mile to Short Sands. It’s in a quiet spot and just minutes away from the action! You can literally park your car and never have to drive it again while enjoying all York Beach has to offer.

This 4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home is the perfect backdrop to the memories you will make on your York Beach vacation. A sparkling clean home with a kitchen opened to dining area and comfortable living room (with window a/c). This home is also located on a quiet private road off another quiet private road. You will have great outdoor space with privacy to set up shop for playing lawn games, eating al fresco, roasting marshmallows or simply enjoying the 3 seasons porch. All while still hearing the waves crash upon the ocean shore (if there aren’t too many a/cs on).

Bedroom Details:
4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10
- Bedroom 1 (first floor) - 1 queen w window a/c and tv
- Bedroom 2 (second floor) -1 queen w window a/c
- Bedroom 3 (second floor) - 1 queen w window a/c and tv
- Bedroom 4 (second floor) - 1 queen, 1 bunk with twin bed over full bed and window a/c

Bathroom Details:
1st floor full bath
2nd floor 1/2 bath
Outdoor hot/cold shower

Other Details:
Fire pit
TV in main room with Spectrum live streaming included and access to other streaming services
WiFi
Kitchen w/ microwave, toaster, coffee maker, coffee grinder, blender and stocked with pots, pans, dishes, utensils, and basic spices
Washer & Dryer
Keyless entry

As parents of young kids, we have also outfitted the house with MANY baby/kids Amenities
Pack n' Play
toddler cot
2 white noise machines
Baby monitor
Highchair
Baby carriers
Stroller
Kids toys (for house and beach)
Kids books & games
Wagon
Kids cups / utensils
2 blow up barriers to prevent any young ones from falling on the floor.
Parking Notes: Parking for four cars available in the driveway

Property manager

Amy & Kevin York
Premier Host

Languages

English

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Free WiFi
Air conditioning
Outdoor space

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
Hypoallergenic dogs considered for additional fee
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

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 and a deadlock

About the area

York Beach

Located in York Beach, this holiday home is near the beach. Nubble Lighthouse and Market Square are notable landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Short Sands Beach and Long Sands Beach. Travelling with kids? Consider Water Country and York's Wild Kingdom.
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York, ME

What's nearby

  • York's Wild Kingdom - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Short Sands Beach - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Long Sands Beach - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Nubble Lighthouse - 5 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Perkins Cove - 13 min drive - 11.0 km

Getting around

  • Wells Regional Transportation Center - 23 min drive
  • Portsmouth, NH (PSM-Portsmouth Intl.) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Anthony S Food Shop - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Stonewall Kitchen - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Stones Throw - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Union Bluff Grill & Pub - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Dunne's Ice Cream - ‬4 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Perfect Family Escape! Walk to everything and relax. It’s all here for you pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Perfect Family Escape! Walk to everything and relax. It’s all here for you ?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Perfect Family Escape! Walk to everything and relax. It’s all here for you ?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Perfect Family Escape! Walk to everything and relax. It’s all here for you located?

This family-friendly York Beach holiday home is located near the beach, within a 15-minute walk of York's Wild Kingdom and Short Sands Beach. Long Sands Beach and Nubble Lighthouse are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 31 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 31 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 31 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 31 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 31 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michele G.

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

Amazing

Great quiet location. Easy to beach or town.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel V.

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

Perfect for families

Amy and Kevin's beach house is great for getting the family together for a great beach week. Everything you need, plenty of space, and just a short walk to the beach!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ronald A.

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

York beach stay

Very clean and comfortable property!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mariève

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
This place is perfect for us. Really quiet and safe for the children (it's on a private dirt road away from the crowds) but a 5-10 minutes walk will bring you to short sands beach or long sand beach, your choice ! The house is super comfortable and everything is there for families. We will be back !
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kaleigh S.

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

Wonderful Stay

This house was a gem! Location was excellent and the home was very comfortable.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Margaret P.

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

Family vacation in York Beach August 2024

Great location! Quiet neighborhood! Beach house had everything we needed. Quick response from owner when we had a Wi-Fi issue .
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alexander L.

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

Great beach vacation

We stayed here for my sons 6th birthday to spend time at the beach. We loved the house and the town, and had a few great beach days in between cloudy weather. Would definitely recommend this property!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Cyrie L.

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

Great place!

Great location. Easy walk to beach and town. Well kept home. Amy was very easy to communicate with and responded promptly. The screened porch was a nice retreat, the outdoor shower was lovely and very helpful! Home was well equipped.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michele G.

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

Terrific house!

Easy getaway! Easy check in, great location, super clean, relaxing outdoor space.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel V., Tewksbury, MA

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

Great place to stay!

Been going to York since I was a kid and been in a variety of places. Tried Kevin and Amy's and it was a great fit. Short walk to the beach and town make it perfectly situated for families. Very highly recommended!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cara J.

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

Great stay!

The house is great! Great location and wonderful amenities! Everything you need is there waiting for you - from baby gear to paper products, and all the kitchen appliances/dishes/glasses… even a blender! We all enjoyed our week so much!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia S.

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

Location Location Location

Location is great! The owners have thought of and provided everything you could possibly need. The outdoor shower is to die for! The screened porch is great and helps keep the house clean. I would definitely recommend this property!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Genevieve P., Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Qc

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

Would go back again and again

Such an ideal location, great house, so well furnished. We were 10 and all had an amazing stay. The outdoor living - the screened porch/outdoor shower/firepit/grass area… - was where we spent most of our time, and the short walk to the beach was pleasant. Amy was fast to respond and very helpful. Strongly recommend and would go back!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca E.

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

Perfect Location!

A fun time was had by all! This house could not have been in a better location- literally between 2 sands! Long Sands beach, with its packed sand, was perfect for evening walks, reading and playing some volleyball. Short Sands beach had sun, sand, and a nice breeze- a perfect beach day. And how many people can say they WALKED to the zoo?! Everything less than 10 minutes away. Plenty of room for all at the house. Nice quiet neighborhood. Would def stay again!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kristin F.

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

Perfect for kids

Had everything we needed for our kiddos 7, 5 & 3. Made it that much easier to be away from home.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christine D.

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

More Than Expected

The house was spacious. Providing comfort for 4 adults, a preteen and a teenager. All amenities of home were available, no need to pack anything except your clothing and the washer/dryer was a major us. The home's location is in a quiet neighborhood with an easy 5 minute walk to Long Sands Beach and +/-7 minutes to Short Sands Beach the York Beach downtown area for dining, arcade fun and souvenirs. The family enjoyed are stay and have booked for next year.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anna Y.

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

GREAT VACATION HOME!

We have rented many homes, and we loved that this rental provided all our essentials coffee filters, toilet paper, soap in the restrooms and kitchen, and garbage bags, to name a few, were there and waiting for us, so we could immediately go the beach. This was so thoughtful of them. We also loved the little touches of the fire pit with wood, toys for our grandson, and the outdoor shower! It was glorious!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stacey T.

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

Perfect beach getaway

This house was a great location for a weeklong getaway to the beach! We stayed with our kiddos and the house was perfect. The kid stuff that was available made traveling with littles a breeze and I was so thankful for that! The walk to the beach was great and my kids loved getting to walk to get ice cream and to Long Sands General Store for breakfast sandwiches. The outdoor shower stole the show! So perfect after a day at the beach! Amy was so great to work with and was so responsive when I had questions during our trip. My kids are already talking about next year!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Timothy S.

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

Great House!

Our time at York Beach was excellent, due primarily to our stay here. I was surprised how spacious the house is, as it seemed smaller in the photos! It is pretty close to the beach (I would say less than a 10 minute walk) and is so private and quiet, which was awesome. The screened porch was a highlight, as was the air conditioning, which many houses at York Beach don’t have. Any amenities that we would want or need were included, which made the trip much easier. To demonstrate how great the owners of the house are, they gave us a discount because the landscapers showed up to do some extensive work while we were there, which wasn’t supposed to occur until the following week. It wasn’t much of a bother to us but the fact that they proactively reached out to us to both (unnecessarily) apologize and provide a discount demonstrates how much they want their guests to enjoy their stay. All in all, a great experience and we would absolutely recommend staying here.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Katherine C.

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

Pleasant week in August

This is a sweet house, lots of convenient bedrooms and a comfortable living room. Easy walks to Short and Long Sands.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan B.

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

Great house Great vacation

This house was perfect for our group and made for a great vacation. Very clean and comfortable especially the beds. The kids ages 2-7 had a variety of toys especially the sand toys and the beach cart made getting to the beach easy. The walk was short and the kids loved the wagon. We are looking forward to next year!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Charles N.

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

Near short and long San beach.

Enjoyed our stay in York ME. The house had plenty of space for the 5 adults without us getting into each other’s way.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Damien A.

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

Great for young kids

This house was great for our stay with two young kids. The house was very clean and both beaches were easily walkable for the kids. We took advantage of the wagon, beach cart, toys and chairs on our trips to the beach, as well as the private outdoor shower afterwards. There were also plenty of toys and books for the kids to play with when the weather wasn’t great. There was a minor hiccup with the door lock when we arrived, but the host was super responsive and fixed the issue immediately.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Arline S.

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

Great house, great location!

I can’t say enough great things about this house, we had a great time during our stay. It’s a very short distance walk to long sands beach and to downtown/short sands. It’s also located on a road that you can avoid the traffic on long sands. The house was clean and the owners supplied a lot of household items to help make our vacation easier. I contacted the owner prior to checking in and she was very responsive, they also supplied a quick summary PDF that was helpful. We liked the house so much we’re coming back next year! You won’t be disappointed if you book this house!
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2021

About the host

Hosted by Amy & Kevin York

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My husband and I live with our 2 young kids (6 and 4) north of Boston. I grew up in the Greater Boston area and my husband grew up in Northern Indiana. We met while we were both living in San Francisco and came back to the Boston area in 2014 to build a family together.

Why they chose this property

I promise it's more than the fact that York is our last name... :)

Since my husband and I met, we have spent summers up in York, ME. When we decided that we wanted to invest in a second home in the area, we were looking for the perfect place for our family and other families as well. When we found this house, we felt as if we hit the jackpot. It's on a very quiet road that provides a space for our kids to go and play outside with no fear of traffic. And while it's on this quiet road, it's also a short walk to the beaches and the downtown area. It really is the best of both worlds.

What makes this property unique

The screened in porch is amazing. I love sitting out there at night, plugging in the strung lights and playing a game with family and friends while listening to the waves crash in the distance. It's also my happy place in the morning to sip on a cup of coffee before all the chaos of the day begins.

The outdoor shower is another delight. With a waterfall shower head and a hand held shower head to help wash off the sand, it is everything we hoped it would be!

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English

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