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Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

4 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 11225 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Parking available
  • Barbecue grill
  • Kitchen

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York, ME
  • Place, Short Sands Beach
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Long Sands Beach
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Nubble Lighthouse
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Airport, Portsmouth, NH (PSM-Portsmouth Intl.)
    ‪22 min drive‬

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Bright coastal home with fireplace close to beaches - dogs welcome

York Starfish Haven

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Perfect for a family getaway, this well-appointed Cape Neddick home offers a prime location near York’s top attractions and beaches—just a short walk to Long Sands Beach and within walking distance to Short Sands Beach. Tucked in a quiet family neighborhood, the home is also dog-friendly and close to dining, shopping, and local sights.

Inside, the coastal theme continues with tasteful decor, hardwood floors, elegant columns, and a cathedral ceiling in the formal sitting room. Multiple living spaces ensure comfort and privacy for everyone, with an open floor plan and soft sea-inspired tones throughout. The main floor includes two inviting sitting areas: a casual space with cable TV and a more formal room with a wood-burning fireplace and ample natural light. A third living space in the basement offers a cozy den—perfect for watching sports or Saturday morning cartoons. WiFi is available throughout the home.

The fully equipped kitchen makes meal prep a breeze for multiple cooks, with granite counters, modern appliances, and a large double-door fridge. Kids can enjoy smoothies or snacks at the breakfast bar, while more formal meals—like a lobster dinner—can be served in the dining room. A sunny breakfast nook with bay windows and two outdoor patios (one with a firepit for s’mores) provide plenty of options for dining. The home also includes a laundry room and a seasonal outdoor shower.

Sleeping arrangements are ideal for families and groups: upstairs, you’ll find a king bedroom, queen bedroom, and a third room with two twin beds plus a trundle. The finished basement adds extra space with a queen bed, a double sofa bed, and a twin sofa bed. A dog bed and dishes are provided for your furry friend.

Beach days are easy with extra chairs provided. Short Sands Beach is especially family-friendly, with a playground and the beloved Goldenrod candy shop. Visit in August for York Days, featuring sandcastle contests and a craft fair.

Just a half-mile away, York’s Wild Kingdom offers both a zoo and amusement park. Nearby, visit the iconic Nubble Lighthouse for photos and lunch at Fox’s Lobster House. With comfort, charm, and an unbeatable location, this coastal Maine retreat promises a classic East Coast vacation to remember.

THINGS TO KNOW


If you are bringing a dog on your trip, the pet fee is already included in your quote when selecting ‘Yes’ to pets. No more dogs are allowed.
Parking notes: There is free parking available for 4 vehicles.



Damage waiver: The total cost of your reservation for this Property includes a nightly damage waiver fee, plus tax if applicable (the “Damage Waiver”). (A discount may be applied for stays of 28 nights or longer, if permitted.) The Damage Waiver covers you for up to $3,000 of accidental damage to the Property or its contents (such as furniture, fixtures, and appliances) as long as you report the incident to the host prior to checking out. The Damage Waiver fee eliminates the need for a traditional security deposit.
More information can be downloaded from the "Rental Agreement" on the checkout page.

Due to local laws or HOA requirements, guests must be at least 28 years of age to book. Guests under 28 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for the duration of the reservation.
During your stay at this vacation home, you're just a quick walk from Short Sands Beach. You'll find features like a water park and laundry facilities. The vacation home includes amenities such as a kitchen and 2.5 bathrooms.
  • Air-conditioned home with kitchen, washing machine, and 2.5 bathrooms
  • Splash around at the water park
  • Amenities include laundry facilities
  • Within a 10-minute walk of Short Sands Beach and Long Sands Beach
This vacation home offers its guests a water park. This vacation home also features barbecue grills, a garden, and laundry facilities.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the house: Internet access

Parking and transport

  • Car required
  • Limited on-site parking (max 4 spaces)
  • Onsite parking includes off-street options

Kitchen

  • Blender
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Freezer
  • Hob
  • Ice maker
  • Microwave
  • Mixer
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Toaster
  • Toaster oven

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 4 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • 2.5 bathrooms
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room
  • Separate dining area

Entertainment

  • Books
  • Games
  • TV with cable channels

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Garden
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Hardwood flooring in public areas
  • Smoke-free property
  • Note from host: Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the premises.

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • Near a hospital
  • Near a zoo
  • Near an outlet shopping centre
  • Near the sea

Things to do

  • Water park
  • Birdwatching nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Horseback riding nearby
  • Jet skiing nearby
  • Kayaking nearby
  • Motor boating nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Parasailing nearby
  • Sailing nearby
  • Scuba diving nearby
  • Snorkelling nearby
  • Surfing/bodyboarding nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Theme park nearby
  • Water skiing nearby
  • Whale watching nearby
  • Wildlife walks nearby
  • Windsurfing nearby
  • Winery tours nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Fire extinguisher

General

  • Garden
  • Unit size: 2,425 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 28

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Rules

For information about quiet hours, please refer to the listing description.

Pets

  • Pets are welcome
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Note from host: Dogs only. Max of 1.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the premises.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
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
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions. You will also receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account which will enable you to manage your booking.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

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Bright coastal home with fireplace close to beaches - dogs welcome Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 75 out of 105 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 105 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 105 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 105 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 105 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Maria N.

Liked: Cleanliness
Beautiful home in a beautiful location.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rachel P.

Liked: Cleanliness
Great location!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane L.

Liked: Cleanliness

Fun in York,😎

We enjoyed this lovely and spacious home.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Donna S., Medford

Family Vacation

We had a lovely time. The location was great with a short walk to both beaches. We found that we could park the extra car at the baseball field or beach overnight with no issues. House is lovely and well stocked with linens and towels all very clean. Plenty of room to separate. Cleaning crew didn’t do a good job cleaning. This is an easy fix. We ended up cleaning It when we arrived. House is new and bright. 1st floor a/c is perfect. We kept baby’s bedroom door and windows closed to sleep and it had no a/c. Could use window a/c units in bedrooms and a dehumidifier in basement. A bit musty. Otherwise the house is perfect. I would definitely rent this house again!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

victor p.

Liked: Cleanliness

York house

Clean beautiful home well stocked and nice location
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Bob L.

Liked: Cleanliness

Beautiful But

Home not as functional as it should be. Master shower not suitable for tall & seniors. Slippery, no bars, plumbing,watch your head. Lots of beautiful ships, however, not practical for kids and pets. Great design, comfortable chairs, sofa and beds. Very nice appliances. Great neighborhood.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Rachel S.

Liked: Cleanliness

Amazing house and location

We had an amazing time! It was a girls weekend and we were all blown away with how great the house was! It was so nice and clean and walking distance to many places! Thank you, thank you!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Valorie F.

Liked: Cleanliness

Very nice

The house is very nice, comfortable and as advertised. It is a very convenient location as you can walk everywhere. The neighborhood is great, quiet and people we met were friendly. Our only minor concern was that we couldn’t find any instructions regarding how to leave the house. So the night before our checkout I wrote and asked what we needed to do but got no response. We received 2 emails/texts about checkout the day of, but they provided no instructions — they just reminded us checkout was at 10 am. Then at 11:30, after I was home, I received an email telling me to be sure to wash the towels before I left! It’s not helpful to get checkout instructions 90 minutes after you are required to check out. I hope I am not charged for not washing the towels when I wasn’t informed I should do that until after I was required to leave.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jenna F.

Liked: Cleanliness

The perfect vacation home

This was the cutest vacation home for 9 girls for a weekend getaway in York ME. The house was very clean and check-in was easy. Walking distance to the beach and to town. I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anil M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Nice place as advertised

This place is conveniently located between short sands beach and long Beach. Easy walk to both beaches. Quiet neighborhood. We spent 3 nights here, loved it.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Rachel P.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great house and location!

Easy check-in, perfect location walking distance to two beaches, nice walkable neighborhood. We had a great time with our family including two boys aged 9 and 12, and our small dog. Property manager was easy to communicate with. The house was clean, had a good supply of toilet paper, towels, detergent, etc, and beds were comfortable. We would stay again!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gabrielle M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Perfect location

We had a great time at this perfectly located house. We were close to both Long and Short Sands beaches so it was great for walking to the beach. The house was beautiful and comfortable. We have no complaints with regard to our experience vacationing at Starfish Haven.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Betsy W.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great house

We had an amazing stay! The house is beautiful and clean and is in walking distance to the beach and downtown area! Would highly recommend staying here!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

KAREN K.

Liked: Cleanliness

Wonderful stay

We have stayed here twice now and love the neighborhood. We walked to shirt sands and to Nubble!. Very relaxing!
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

Karen S.

Liked: Cleanliness

Siblings weekend

Great location! The house was clean & spacious and all of the basics were supplied. The TVs were tricky to get running with the various remotes and settings (the main TV had been left with only the DVD plugged in not the cable and then when we got the cable box running only the news stations showed up! We finally figured out someone had set their favorites as news & info so it took us an hour to figure out how to get all the stations to show!). We gave up on getting the basement TV to run. It is more difficult to communicate if there is a question when you have to go through a management company rather than having a direct contact. All in all, it was a good stay in spite of some iffy October weather!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Danielle M., Douglas, MA

Perfect location, cozy house

We stayed for a few days in Mid-October and it was the perfect getaway due to the location of the house. The Nubble Lighthouse is just down the road a ways, and the beaches were very close, too. My son (almost 4 years old) had fun picking his room out and exploring all over the house, especially the basement TV area. I can also second the previous review that the upstairs master bathroom toilet runs for about a half hour after you flush. I would say the only disappointing thing was finding the dishwasher full (albeit, with clean dishes) when we arrived, which made me wonder if that was overlooked, what else was? Regardless, my family and I enjoyed ourselves at this house and the area.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Teresa D.

Disliked: Cleanliness

Slightly dissatisfied

The house was nice, the pictures must have been taken when the rental was new. The furniture had stains, dog hair still on the chairs. Front door wasn’t clean. There was mold on the shower curtain in one bathroom. The master bath’s commode ran all the time and was slow to fill. And there was a dirty washcloth, a razor and hair in the master shower. The half bath always smelled of dead fish. I cleaned the handrails, door knobs n light switches with Lysol wipes because they were dirty. It’s a very pretty place, the location was good and quite.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Mary C.

Nice . Close to short sands

Toilet in master bedroom ran non stop. Dryer took forever to dry the load of clothes. Trash in kitchen was full when we got there. Over flowing recycle barrel was left at the back door. Sitting on the deck was very smelly. The garbage disposal broke the night before we left. Not enough Towels or paper towels.

8/10 Good

Nancy J., Angwin, Napa Valley, CA

Liked: Cleanliness

Maine-cation 2020

We loved the location, the floor plan, the decor, the kitchen, the deck and fire pit. We loved having multiple dining spots — the large dining table and the kitchen bar allowed us to devote the breakfast room table to the jigsaw puzzle. There were plenty of towels. All the kitchen appliances were awesome, as were the washer/dryer. Negatives: The first floor was effectively cooled with a mini split unit. Upstairs only the master had AC but not the 2nd or 3rd bedrooms. We were there during a record heat wave so on the first night those 2 rooms were unsleepable. We bought a box fan on day 2 and were able to engineer cool air from the master into the other rooms. This meant all bedroom doors had to remain open - not ideal. There was a broken window unit AC in the 2nd bdr closet. There should be king in the master. We had to buy additional TP and paper towels. There was a shortage of glassware in the kitchen. Only 6 large plastic insulated glasses but very little stemware and no juice or midsize glasses. It was annoying to drink your juice in a coffee mug. There was a dirth of instructions for the TV’s and we finally gave up trying. Probably healthier. All in all we very much enjoyed our stay in the home.

10/10 Excellent

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Liked: Cleanliness

Beautiful, comfortable property

We visited southern Maine in I guess what would be considered the ultimate "low season": early February! The town of York is extremely quiet this time of year, as most businesses are closed up for the winter. We had an absolutely wonderful time, though — the house was a cozy oasis against the cold weather, and we really felt at home. While we were in town we had some great seafood and visited the dramatic lighthouse nearby. Thank you for a memorable stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Sarah W.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great place

We had a great stay, very nice home close to the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Michele J., Griffin, GA

Liked: Cleanliness

Amazing GA girls retreat!

Owner was very accommodating. Loved attention to detail. Highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cindy M.

Liked: Cleanliness

We were here for my sons wedding.

The house is spacious. We could’ve had the entire family stay here if it wasn’t for the rule of only six people. This house was very comfortable and convenient for our purpose. It is dog friendly which is a plus. The downstairs did have a musty dog smell. A few items needed attention
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Terri B.

Liked: Cleanliness

Starfish Haven

Excellent location set up of rooms should include basement in description
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jaclyn C.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great little quiet beach house!

We rented this property for a long weekend & had a great stay. Our family included my husband & I in the master, my parents in another upstairs bedroom with a Queen size bed, our three sons who took the 2 bedrooms in the basement, and our nanny who had the extra upstairs bedroom. The house had plenty of space for us & we enjoyed the well-stocked kitchen, the quiet & private porch, & the short (5-10 min) walk to the beach. The house was well-appointed. Only things I wish were different was that the TV had no operational cable- only netflix. Paying almost $1k nightly, it should have at least a basic cable. Also, the house had WiFi & definitely needed it- there is very poor cell service in York! All around, a great stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019