Über die Unterkunft

Description

Our compact 3-bedroom countryside cottage is a 45 min drive from Amsterdam, in the middle of nowhere. Located on a diverse Recreational Park with neighbors on both side, a path and a magnificent view on the other sides, as you overlook the fields: Holland in its purest form!

Our cottage is older but lovely, we have fixed it up ourselves and we keep on (endlessly) fixing it up as old houses simply require. Don't expect high end.

For 4 adults + 2 kids + 1 baby max.

The space

Our older cottage is located on a Recreational Park with a private parking area, 1 car can park here per house - additional cars have to be parked on the dyke. There is a car-free path leading to all the cottages on the park. There are new cottages, old cottages, some deserted, some work-in-progress... You can take a cart (entrance of the path) that you can use to bring your luggage to and from the house. Please return the cart immediately after unloading (so other people can use it too). Our cottage is nr20: on the left side, a light blue house with a red roof, more or less in the middle. The house is OUR weekend house, and we use it ourselves as well. Do not expect a clean-cut sterile design-y resort villa, but a cottage that has a personal touch and feel to it, it has "stuff" (books, toys, vases, plants....), and yes, it has flaws and failures: its old! It's used! We like this "at home"-like atmosphere!

There's a creek between our cottage and the fields (guarded by a fence). There are trees and bushes and a fence around the lawn which surrounds the house and give privacy. There is about 550m2 private ground, and there is an outdoor playhouse, sandbox, swing + big trampoline. The garden is not groomed but raw. Kids can play with loose bricks, hide between bushes, discover paths between the trees etc...

You enter the house in a hallway, where you find the 1st toilet (2nd one upstairs). Here you can take of your jackets and shoes (no shoes allowed in the house please).

The kitchen has been designed and renovated by us in Sept 2018, it has a dishwasher, refrigerator with small freezer, and a (small) oven, no microwave.

The living room has big self-made wooden lounge couches and loads of pillows with toy drawers underneath them.

Upstairs you'll find a bathroom with a tub, toilet and sink/vanity. There are 3 small bedrooms:
1. Master bedroom with 1 Queen size bed (1.60x2.00).
2. Bedroom with 2 single beds (0.90x2.00) and 1 baby bed (0.60x1.20), and
3. Bedroom with 1 Queen size bed (1.60x2.00)

All bedrooms have windows with mosquito mesh to let fresh air inside, except for the bathroom. There is also a small private storage room in which we have extra light bulbs, tools and cleaning supplies.

Guest access

All areas IN THE HOUSE and on the PROPERTY are accessible for the guest. Please note that, as this is a recreational Bungalow Park: respect other owners privacy and beware that we are located one house next to the other here (also in regards to sounds). Playing "sounds" is of course okay, but on-going screaming and yelling (children) might not be pleasant to other peoples ears ;)

Do not walk onto other peoples property (always stay on the path please) also when houses seem to be abandoned.

Please make sure kids stay on the path aswell, and only play on our property ground. Thank you for understanding and for following these simple rules :)

Guest interaction

We are available for contact through phonecall, whatsap or email. Communication through airbnb is preferred, so we both see the conversation (which gives you a quicker reaction), but whenever you want to call us; never hesitate to do so.

Ausstattung

Weitere wichtige Infos

Check-in

Check-in is flexible, anytime after 16.00h, check-out is latest 11.00h.

The Cleaning Fee

of 50€ is automatically included in the price.

House Rules

NO loud music allowed.
NO parties.
NO smoking.
NO drugs.
NO animals.
NO noise allowed on the path or on the parking lot.
NO tents allowed on the grass around the house.
NOT allowed to invite people to the house.

NOT allowed to have more people stay in the house then booked for. Please also note that Internet is slow and not suitable for watching/downloading movies, only intended for checking in on emails. If you want to watch movies, make sure you download them at home already, to watch them here in the house. There are DVDs in the house that you can watch as well. There are spiders, flies, ants... insects! YES, you are in the countryside. Additionally, this house is : our 2nd home, our quick escape, our getaway, our breath of air, our children's playground, our creative outlet, our pride and joy, our retreat, so please treat our home as you would your own.

Nachbarschaft

Neighborhood overview

It's only a minute walk to the big Markermeer Lake. Simply cross the street from the parking, walk up the dyke, and the big Markermeer lake opens up to you.

When you walk some minutes to the right, you'll find a waterfront park, down at the lake, which is a great place for a picnic, to play with a kite, sunbath, and for a swim in the lake.

A walk on the dyke is highly recommended in the evening, during sunset, as it gets a magical touch (or early morning...).

The drive from the house/holiday park to the city of Hoorn, while staying on the dyke next to the lake, is breathtaking. We love this small detour when we drive back to Amsterdam.

There is a tiny picturesque village/community named Oosterleek (less then 100 inhabitants, there are no shops. You can walk to / through this village, also with kids (about a 20 min walk). Oosterleek is the resting place of the Wesfriese Omringdijk between the VOC towns of Hoorn and Enkhuizen.

The dyke is the starting point for cycling or hiking through a varied landscape of orchards, colorful tulip fields, pastures with cattle and picturesque villages famous for the West Frisian bell farms.

Verkehrsmittel

You need a car to be able to get to this Recreational Park. You need to walk from the parking to the house.