Killington, Pico, Sugarbush, Mad River Glen, Middlebury Snowbowl + many more

• The rate depends on the # of people (with age related discounts for children ages 0-17), length of stay, month of the year, weekday(s) or weekend, & holiday or no holiday.
• Vrbo's QUOTES CAN'T BE MADE ACCURATE, SOMETIMES TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW.
• Y0U MUST INQUIRE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL RATE QUOTE!
• WHILE WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL TWO NIGHT MINIMUM RESTRICTION ON THE LISTING, WE WILL ONLY CONSIDER ONE NIGHT RENTALS ON A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL BASIS. IN OTHER WORDS WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DECLINE REQUESTS FOR ONE NIGHT STAYS.
• The Brook House can be rented by the day, week, month, season, &/or event.

There's 2 fully equipped kitchens & lots of open common space to gather your family & friends & enjoy yourselves in a spacious & peaceful country house with 2 large, red brick hearths with fireplaces. Both kitchens are on the 1st floor (with 1 gas stove & 1 electric stove) & also a large dining room with a big Vermont Castings wood stove & with 2 wooden dining room tables & many wooden chairs (including Hitchcock chairs).

The Brook House is a single family, country home:
• It's privately situated on 10 beautiful, partly open & partly wooded, rural acres with views of the Green Mountains' east side.
• On our 10 acres there's a pond & in the back is the rushing mountain (Goodno) brook, with a small waterfall & small water hole.
• Just beside the Brook House there's our apple, pear, & plum orchard.

Inside the Brook House you will find a large, single family, handicap accessible (just on the spacious 1st floor) house with a warm, welcoming atmosphere where a large family or group will feel right at home surrounded by homey, country style antiques & decorations:
• The 2,700 square foot house has 13 rooms on 2 floors of the house. 5 of the rooms are BRs so there are 8 common rooms, & a small mudroom, a large, wide hall, 2.5 bathrooms, & in the master BR there's a jetted bathtub & hand sink.
• 12 people can sleep in the 5 BRs. For a larger group, the 3 open-up couches can sleep 5 people & the 1 open-up futon couch/bed can sleep 2 people, so the house can sleep 19 people. In the warmer months the open-up futon couch/bed on the screened-in back porch can sleep 2 more people, so then the house can sleep 21 people. There are also 3 fold-up single cots that can fit in 2 of the BRs.
• There's wireless internet all around.

On the 1st floor there are 9 rooms, a large, wide hall, a small mudroom, & 2 full bathrooms:
• There are 2 complete kitchens. 1 is a galley kitchen (with no dishwasher).
• The larger kitchen (with a dishwasher) has a small living area at 1 end with a large, red brick hearth with fireplace, a single size open up couch, satellite TV, & videos.
• There's a large, wide hall that leads to the galley kitchen.
• Also, on the 1st floor there's the large, main living room with another large, red brick hearth with fireplace.
• There's a large dining room with 2 dining room tables, many chairs, & a beautiful Vermont Castings wood stove.
• There's also a den with a double size, open up couch, satellite TV, & videos.
• Through an archway from the den there's a small, square, shingled office/library/board game room with a queen size, open-up couch/bed, a desk, 1 house telephone, books, board games, cards, & jig saw puzzles for all ages.
• Still on the 1st floor, south side of the house there's 2 sunrooms (1 heated) with houseplants. The west sunroom has a queen size open-up futon couch/bed. The east sunroom has a couch.
• There's also a small mudroom.
• On the 1st floor there are also 2 full bathrooms. The larger bathroom is handicap accessible with a special roll-in handicap shower with an attached, fold-up wooden bench, & 2 shower heads (1 low hand-held & 1 high). There's also a handicap hand sink, a handicap mirror, & in the alcove of the bathroom is the handicap accessible toilet.
There's also a laundry area in the larger bathroom with a washer & drier. The smaller bathroom has a bathtub/shower combination, hand sink, toilet, closet, & window.
• There's one large BR on the 1st floor with a queen size bed & a single size Craftmatic bed that, by a push of a few buttons, will electrically raise or lower the head &/or foot of the bed & turn on a massage feature.
• In the back of the 1st floor there's a fully screened-in back porch with 2 tables, chairs, & a queen size open-up futon couch/bed that is for warm weather use.
• Off the screened-in back porch there's a high-up deck, totally enclosed with railings all around & with a table, chairs, & a large, gas barbecue grill. From both the screened-in porch & the deck you can enjoy a family meal or experience quiet contemplation while listening to the sounds of Goodno Brook down in the woods behind the house.

Upstairs on the 2nd floor there are 4 (of the 5) BRs.
• Lavender BR #1 is the largest, is L shaped with a queen size bed, 2 windows facing north into the backyard, a skylight facing west, & in the alcove is a jetted bathtub & a pedestal hand sink.
• Red BR #2 has a double 4 poster bed & 2 windows facing the large, front lawn on the south.
• Ivory BR #3 has a double 4 poster bed & 2 windows facing the large, front lawn on the south.
• Blue BR #4 has a double bed, a single bed, 2 windows facing west, folding louver doors, a small hall, & 1 step down into the bedroom.
• There are 3 single, fold-out cots.
• There's a purple half bathroom on the 2nd floor with 2 hand sinks in a large counter, & a large bureau full of towels, etc.

The house is fully supplied:
• There are many dishes, glasses, utensils, pots, pans, 2 microwaves, many toasters, & 2 coffee makers.
• The beds are all made with plenty of bedding (pillows, sheets, blankets, & extras for fold-out couches & cots) & there's a large amount of towels.

Outside there's plenty of space (also for parking cars in front of the house).

Our house is in a perfect location for year-round exploration, adventure, & to simply enjoy the peace that only nature can provide.
• You will be surrounded by the ever changing huge sky & puffy clouds, views of rolling hills & beautiful Green Mountains, sounds of birds & Goodno Brook, & the moon & stars.
• In winter (right out the door) there's cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, & children (& the young at heart) will have fun coasting/sledding on our many sleds.
• In spring explore melting snow & ice on the brook. Experience the sight of emerging new plant life, the sound of birds chirping, the smell of the forest awakening, & the feel of fresh soil underfoot.
• In summer you can barbecue on the gas grill on the deck, cook in the very large, red brick fireplace (fueled by wood) in the side yard, play volley ball, badminton, & other outdoor games, enjoy the pond, enjoy Goodno Brook's water hole, & small waterfall, hike along the brook in the ravine, mountain bike all around, simply enjoy a walk in the woods, do some photography, & bird watch.
• In fall you will enjoy picking (depending on seasonal variations) apples, pears, & plums in our orchard beside our Brook House & be enthralled by views of incredible orange, yellow, & red foliage that abounds all around & in the mountains.

The Brook House is located on Bethel Mountain Road & it's a 2 minute, 1 mile drive down to the small, beautiful village of Rochester, the center of town, (on the very scenic, Route 100 & the third branch of the White River). There are many points of interest, all within walking distance to the town center:
• The focal point is the "park" with its bandstand for Sunday evening free summer "Concerts on the Park" & Friday's farmer’s market.
• For eating out, there's The Huntington House Restaurant with the casual Doc’s Tavern. A few steps away is Rochester Café, with soda fountain, Maple Soul Restaurant, & Sandy’s Books and Bakery & Book Annex.
• Also is Big Town Art Gallery, Rochester Bicycle Shop & rental, Rochester Public Library, Pierce Hall, classic white Federated Church, Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, Village Grocery Store, Rochester Hardware Store, & gas station with convenience store.

In the town of Rochester (just minutes from the town center) there's interesting things to do still on Route 100:
• There's Pick-Your-Own Organic Berry Farm, town owned tennis courts, an antique & music shop, the Federated Church, a picnic area, & swimming holes on the 3rd branch of the White River.

In the town of Rochester, but off Route 100, adventure awaits:
• Nothing beats the beautiful back roads & incredible vistas of North Hollow & Middle Hollow for sightseeing by car &/or bicycle.
• Julie’s Arc is in the Hollows & is a private barn & land where, when passing by, you may catch a glimpse of an assortment of country animals (& cats) & also exotic animals (llamas, alpaca, etc.).
• You must not miss a free peak down into the very, deep antique green marble quarry, 1 of only 2 in the world.
• Mount Cushman, a mile from the Brook House, can be hiked up along a mountain trail to the top where there once was a fire lookout tower.
• There's a very large trail system in & out of town, organized by Ridgeway, of very many groomed trails for hiking, biking, cross country skiing, etc.

Out of town there are:
• the large Lake Dunmore & Silver Lake for swimming, boating, camping
• several places to rent inner tubes & go tubing down the third branch of the White River
• winter sports (downhill skiing, snowboarding etc.) & it is an easy drive north, south, & west since the house is ideally located equally between Killington, a 25 minute drive to the south & Sugarbush, a 25 minute drive to the north. There is also Pico Mountain, Mad River Glen, & the Middlebury College Snow Bowl. (The latter of which is just a 15 minute drive from the house.) This allows you to try different ski areas, check snow conditions & go to the best ski area.