The Charles House, Monhegan, Maine

Cynthia Anne Charles 

   This year-round two story house offers many of the amenities you would expect at your own home; Linens and towels are provided, a stocked kitchen with lots of room to cook, wi fi, dvds, art on the walls, books, puzzles, games. It's a lovely and peaceful place to stay, whether traveling as a couple or part of a family group. The house is located at the top of Horn's Hill, in a quiet and private location on Monhegan, note: it's not located on the water, but it does have water views from upstairs.

Another view of the kitchen, with a pantry on the left with cupboards and drawers.   The island has a wonderful recycling program, so trash can be easily sorted within the appropriate cupboard.  I have a new fridge not shown in the picture, that is a larger model. 

The Living room (open to the kitchen-pictured above) - the door to the deck is beside the couch.  The couch and chair are new, the chair is a swivel rocker and they are so comfortable!  There is a media cart beside the couch with a TV, DVD, and lots of animated movies for kids, music videos and a couple of family movies.  My antenna only reaches the local channels, and is not set up with dish-network services.  However, if you bring a computer, the wi-fi connection at the house is excellent and you can watch movies using your connection.

This is a large bedroom upstairs, with a king sized bed.  There are lots of books, gardening books, coffee table books, and lots of children's books.  There is a great view of the lighthouse from the north facing window.

The opposite side of this large room (pictured below) offers another upstairs living/sitting room with a couch.  This room is located at the top of the stairs and you must enter this room to access the doors to the other two upstairs bedrooms, one to the left of the stairway and one to the right.

This is the opposite side of the Upstairs large bedroom with the king bed on other side of room.  A sitting area with lots of books, magazines, and the cabinet with the games, toys, puzzles and things to do if you happen to visit in inclement weather! 

  There is a large window that looks out over the water and the neighboring island Manana in the center of the room.  You can view some amazing sunsets from this West facing window, as well as several lighthouses glowing along the Maine shoreline in the distance.

There is one large bathroom in the house, downstairs across the hall from the one downstairs full bedroom. The shower/tub is to the left out of the picture.  There are shelves with towels and linens provided.  There is a washing machine in the corner beside the sink/cabinet, and drying racks for laundry (no dryer, but clothes dry fast in the summer on drying racks!). 

   I have my own well on the property and the water from all faucets is good clear drinking water. 

This is the hallway entrance.  The front door opens to the hallway and staircase, the door to the right at the bottom of the stairs leads to the bathroom.  The hallway is wide and easy to bring luggage in and out.  There is a small entrance deck that faces East and is a lovely spot to have your coffee in the morning, whereas the back full deck has sunshine all afternoon.   A lovely breeze is always present at the top of the hill, and there aren't many bugs. 

This picture was taken from the upstairs West facing window in the big room at the top of the stairs.  The land is Manana Island, across the harbor from Monhegan, the sun sets over the mainland.  In the summer, you can watch it setting over New Harbor Maine area.

On a clear night, from the upstairs windows you can see as many as 8 lighthouses along the main coast shining their beams across the water.