Halifax holiday

Very easy contact with AJ , the owner, who was extremely forthcoming and agreed to rent the cottage for only 3 days - which was exactly the period of time we needed (most owners or agencies rent for a minimum of 7 days). The house commands beautiful views from all rooms, onto the arm of a bay which is sometimes - especially at the end of August/beginning of September covered by a light mist. You can sit on a comfortable deck with a cup of coffee and watch the mist dissolve, the day begin... The interior is state of the art on the one hand (you even have internet access, which was a big help because I didn´t get a signal for my cell phone in this area); on the other hand it has a real `country feeling´ - very comfortable, going back to the early 1800s. There is a shopping centre nearby (Porters Lake, 3km) which gives you all you need (Atlantic SuperStore), gas, ATM. There are some mosquitoes in the evening from the lake but not too many, and you can prepare for that. Unfortunately we couldn´t find a nice restaurant in the area - but we had just 3 days to look for one, so maybe there is one - but there is a great pizza place in Porters Lake near the post office in case you don´t want to cook yourself. This lack of restaurants is more than balanced by the fact that Darthmouth/Halifax are very close (an easy 30 km on 107 and 7 to Dartmouth where you can take the MetroTransit ferry to the Halifax waterfront - and finding nice places there is of course no problem at all - besides, a ferry ride is a nice experience at any time of the day. So you can even explore the city from this house easily, and some places on the Southern Shore are also not too far away. A thoroughly beautiful experience - and: the house is larger in reality than it looks in the photograph.

After a long drive from Ontario, my family and i were so pleased to see what awaited us as we drove up the laneway to 34 Stage Coach Lane. Not only was the house immaculate, but we were provided with all the amenities of a hotel room (all we needed to bring was our toothbrushes!!!). From a spacious kitchen to our large master bedroom, there was plenty of room for three adults and a busy 2 year old to run around. The owner supplied us with towels and bed linens as well as a new washer/dryer combo (which came in very handy with our little toddler messes!!). THe view from our cottage was gorgeous and we did not encounter a single mosquito!!! The location was excellent with regards to a large grocery store and a Tim Horton's only a 3 minute drive away. We were close to the ocean, fresh water lakes and downtown Halifax which made sight seeing great! AJ was great with providing a directory for us of major attractions and called to see if we had any problems. My husband loved the fact that he could still stay in touch with the rest of the world by way of the internet access/computer! We will certainly stay there again when we come back in a year or two to visit with family again. The only complaint i had was with the weather (darn hurricanes...too bad AJ couldn't control that one!!!).

We spent 3 weeks here with our adult age children. Was a great location for exploring all over Nova Scotia. One daughter was purchasing a condo in Dartmouth so it was a great "Sanity Spot" to go back to in the evening and weekends. The drive to Dartmouth/Halifax is easy or there are many stores and services within minutes for all your needs. The window overlooking the inlet was the morning and evening highliht. We sat and watched the birds including Herons and Canada Geese for hours. Thanks for the spotless, well equiped home base for our vacation.