We have an adorable rustic & comfy tiny house; warm & cozy, with a big queen bed AC & heater. There is a fridge, tea kettle, toaster oven & stovetop. There's a simple composting toilet indoors which works well & smells not at all. NO INDOOR PLUMBING but we supply drinking/cooking/washing water & there is a sink that drains. *August 7 Update: 3 pm check-in is conditional. My teaching schedule 🎻 is busy, so please confirm check-in times before you make the trip.* The space **We are available for three people only in summertime, as the third person will sleep on a daybed on the screened-in sleeping porch.** **The listing says half-bath, but we do have a private outdoor hot shower. The shower is situated in a private canopy with opaque sides. **The composting toilet works really well if you use ample wood shavings, and with your permission to enter, we empty it every day. Our large screened-in porch has a table and chairs and a couch you can sleep on if you feel in the mood for night sounds and breezes. There is an outdoor grill for your use as well as a fire pit. If you bring an third person, they will sleep on the porch couch. If I am not there when you arrive, feel free to settle in. The area is farmland and woods. The house is on a small homestead. I am usually in the vicinity, gardening or doing maintenance work. my house is around 100 feet away. Our neighbors are all great people. Enjoy the fruits of our vegetable garden. Let me know and our pup can access the fenced-in area around my house for free running around. I clean thoroughly and with your best experience in mind between every booking, but there is no changing the fact that this is the Maine countryside. Bugs and critters can be held at bay but never completely eliminated; they were here first. However your comfort is my top priority and the tiny house with its screened-in porch are designed to be your refuge. 1 1/4 hours from Acadia, 1/2 hour from Belfast and 40 minutes from Bangor. Please take note, from September forward, I teach music at two schools and have a teaching schedule at my studio, so check-in times need to be flexible. Please check with me to find out when is a good time to arrive. **Please give me a general idea of your arrival time by 10:00 a.m. I coordinate my hosting business with my music studio, so my days are planned out to the minute. My worst nightmare is when guests show up earlier than their predicted time. Do your best to predict your arrival as accurately as possible, and if you do find yourselves a bit early, just text or call and let me know. (Walking in when I'm making the bed = not cool!) ** If you follow Google to try to arrive at my property you may be taken down a dirt road that turns into a path that turns into a trail and disappears. to avoid this, follow my directions. You've been warned! 👹 FAQ Q. Is there a changing room outside the outdoor shower? A. No, but there is lots of room in the canopy. I have two beautiful terry cloth bathrobes for you. Q. Is the screened in porch really bug free? A. I would say 95% at this point. We're still looking around for breaches in the security but it's pretty good. BUGS ARE BAD THIS YEAR!!!! I have a large supply of citronella candles. Q. How good is the Wi-Fi in the tiny house? A. It's about as good as in my house. It's got a Wi-Fi booster. Q. Is the composting toilet really not stinky? A. All I know is that I've never gotten a complaint. If it is too stinky there are three things that you can do: one is call me and I'll dump it; two, if it's in the middle of the night you can open up the cabinet and put the bucket outside just as long as you remember it's not there in the morning; and three, make liberal use of the air freshener spray. As long as you're really generous with the sawdust it should be okay. If you're concerned, keep the screened windows open and the fan on. Q. Is the outdoor shower really hot? How does it work? A. The outdoor shower has an on-demand heater. As long as you don't turn the water volume too high for the heater to handle, the water gets quite hot quickly. But even at half the water volume it's still plenty hot. Q. Can I have more people? A. One additional person ($10) can sleep on the comfortable porch couch. Let us know in advance and we'll leave you some bedding. Q. Is the tiny house really secluded? A. That depends on your point of view! I've had some guests who were genuinely frightened at being in the middle of nowhere and others who were put off by the fact that my house was only 100 ft away. I live with my son and his wife, who work full time. They usually make themselves scarce. I am generally around working in the garden or doing maintenance work when I'm not in Bangor teaching. Any other questions, please message me! Guest access The tiny house has its own outdoor space: front, side and back yards and a shaded area on one side. Your dog can run free in my fenced in front yard. The badminton net is up! Other things to note **If you live in a metropolitan area you may be daunted by the narrow twisty roads after dark so try to arrive in daylight. ** We are dog- and cat- friendly, but are not favorably inclined when guests leave dogs inside the tiny house for hours and hours at a time. Not only do we think it isn't great for the pets, but when they bark they get my dogs going. Additionally, I won't go into the tiny house to dump your bucket if your dogs are in there and you're away. **Our Wi-Fi is as decent but this is rural connectivity. It might not be as good or reliable as you are used to in a metropolitan area. However, we have had guests come and do their remote work from our porch without difficulty. **Remember to check yourself daily for ticks for as long as you are in Maine. **Hot water available only for showers. Bathroom facility is a composting toilet. **I will wash and fold a load of your laundry for $20 and deliver it to you.