Large, light filled 4 bedroom house - walk to ocean and ferry
Heron's Perch on Peaks' Island has space to hold everyone and cozy spots to curl up on your own. Just steps to the market and ice cream shop and a short bike ride to the open ocean on the back shore. Beautiful porch to enjoy morning coffee and light filled rooms. There are four bedrooms and a full bath upstairs with a total of 4 queen beds, 1 double beds and 1 twin bed. One bedroom has a desk. Heron's Perch was built in 1867 and the stairs to the second floor are steeper than modern stairs. There is a sleeping area with a comfortable foldout futon and desk on the first floor off the sitting room and a 3/4 bath downstairs. Plenty of room to relax in the two living rooms, front porch, back deck and large lawn with picnic table, chairs and fire pit. Peaks' Island has everything to make wonderful memories and rest and restore. We are in a residential neighborhood and for this reason quiet hours are mandatory from 10PM-7AM.
Our second time staying here with extended family. The house has everything you'll need and more, with plenty of indoor and outdoor space, and in a great location.
Cousins and aunt Of The groom needed a place to stay, basically to crash and sleep. It worked out beautifully with a convenient spot to the family house, wedding venue, and Battery Steele
We had a great stay at Heronâs Perch! This house has lots of space for hanging out and sleeping. The beds are comfortable and clean. Plenty of towels provided and a well stocked kitchen. Our absolute favorite was the wonderful, private front porch. This house is within walking distance to everything down front on the island. If youâre looking for space and being close to the ferry, stores and beaches I would highly recommend.
Heron's Perch was a great place for our multi-generational family (ages 10-79) to stay for a week. Clean, comfortable, very well-equipped. Great communication with host.
I rented the house as a fun weekend with some girlfriends & we had the best time! Checking in was so easy, Lily was very helpful with questions & recommendations. Very clean, great location, very walkable from the ferry.
Stayed with my husband, three young kids, and their grandparents. It was a great trip - the house fit us all comfortably, the kitchen had everything we needed, great outdoor area for the kids to run around, short walk to the water. Definitely a memorable trip!
We had a couple families on peaks for a wedding and this house was perfect for a big group. Very cute and clean, well equipped and great location walking distance to the ferry, our friends house and the wedding event. Everyone loved it!
What a great little spot! Had a girls weekend with 8 of us, and the house was cozy, close to the ferry (8 min walk), had all the necessary cooking amenities to cook in! 5 min walk to the beach. Just perfect, we already booked again for next year!!
Heron's Perch is a lovely house and it is in beautiful shape. The kitchen was great, and the many bedrooms were very comfortable. The decor is clean and modern. Lily was very friendly and quickly addressed the few questions we had. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and hope to be back soon.
I'm a born and raised Mainer who now lives far away. I can never visit long enough in the summer. After staying with family for several weeks, our one true vacation week, staying at this beautiful Peaks Island home, was the best. Hope to come again next year!
In Peaks Island for a family wedding. Communication with owner was excellent. Stairs leading to bedrooms (all 2nd floor) were incredibly steep and the treads were not standard depth. Mother is 85 and couldnât make the climb, so slept on a couch. Husband and Brother in law both hit head coming down the steps. Neighboring Chickens were in the yard both days. Not our usual type of lodging choice, but was clean and there was ample space.
Beautiful old home with plenty of places to gather together as a group or go sit and take some time alone to read and relax. Short walk to shops, restaurants, beach and the ferry. Beds were comfortable and pristine. Good pillows. House was stocked with everything you need to cook. Great place for a family to gather!
4 adult couples were very comfortable.
Easiest check-in ever.
House was well-located with great gathering spaces inside and out.
Beds were fine; lots of them.
Bathrooms were fine but only two.
Kitchen was large with all appliances needed.
Loved our stay at the super sweet house!
This is the second year my sisterâs family, my husband and I had the pleasure of staying at Lilyâs place. This home is very well equipped, tastefully decorated and comfortable. Lily was very quick to respond whenever we had a question. The location is great, quiet and removed from the âhubbubâ but within walking distance to the ferry. The outdoor space is also very comfortable, with the addition of a solo fire pit and chairs. We hope to stay again next year!
We love to travel, have four kids, and love to get family and friends together. We live in Massachusetts and come to Maine as often as we can to visit family. We hope Heron's Perch can be a place for you and yours to relax, take in the beauty of the ocean and make memories together.
My aunt moved to Peaks' Island when I was a kid and it became a place of magic, a place where I could have the freedom to ride my bike anywhere, make new friends and bring my own children. We bought Heron's Perch as a place to gather our family and have a piece of the Island to call our own.
We love the light and spaciousness of Heron's Perch. Our absolute favorite thing to do is sit on the front porch and enjoy the sun. Heron's Perch is walking distance to the ferry, the market and a bike or golf cart ride to the back shore. Rent bikes for the kids and watch them come home beaming with adventures to talk about. While there are many things to enjoy about the island, it is also a 20 minute ferry ride to the very walkable Old Port of Portland, Maine, where there are an amazing array of restaurants, shops and art galleries.