A lot has happened after the ’23 rental seasion ended the 1st of Nov ’23. We arrived and began the task of repairing/restoring/updating the cottage and property for the ’24 season. There was another beach nourishment project this summer of ’23. Once again, the loose sand gets moved around by […]
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This year will open with major improvements to the infrastructure. A new septic system was installed, replacing the original from 1984. While we were moving sand around, we also cleaned the sand out from the underside of the house. We moved around 155 cubic yards of sand that had built […]
Spring 2020 I know, the title says 2021 but this story started earlier. Here we are again! Today is March 29, 2020. We have been down here since mid February spending time and resources in a continuance of regular maintenance, needed repairs, and improvements to our cottage to share with […]
Yes, that’s right. There is no Charter/Spectrum streaming available. Here’s why. I contacted Spectrum, who is the sole provider of decent high-speed internet on the island, about the huge monthly bill for cable service for 5 rooms. A big chunk of money each month went to equipment charges for the […]
Update 2022: HomeAssistant has been running in the cottage for 4 years. The improvements to the system through the years has been amazing! When I started with it, most all of it was configured through code. Now, everything (well, practically) is configured in the GUI. Door sensors have been the […]
I’m writing this page mainly for our own use, it seems we have a hard time remembering how to get everything to function right and if we’re having this issue, I’m sure some of our guests could use the knowledge we’ve gained to answer the “I just wanna watch some […]
The Spring of 2019 was a very busy spring season for us as we had a couple of goals for our cottage. Number one on the list was the air conditioning system. When we purchased the home, the air conditioner had been very recently replaced with a new system. When […]
We arrived after a long summer away from this place the week after Thanksgiving. It’s nice to see the sand again! It’s been a long season and it’s time to take a look at beach house and see what needs to be taken care of. In the meantime, take a […]