Bracewood Cottages

Great place to stay and amazing host .

We've been renting here since before the Brace family took over. They have continued to update and improve the cottages to make sure our stay is always clean and that the cottages provide all the necessities for a nice vacation. They are a friendly family that are also easy to communicate with to coordinate the rental. We look forward to many years of continued vacations at their cottages.

Was not even close to Bracebridge

We've been renting at these cottages since I was a baby! Our Labor Day week in Long Beach is easily our favorite family tradition! The cottage is what you make of it, and a week at the beach is always just what you need. Add your friends and family to the mix and you're set for a GREAT vacation. Sam and Dave are great hosts, and very responsive. The cottages are clean and have just what you need. Bring your bedding, your beach towels, some games and your bathing suit. The rest is just details!

We rented the unit “Lower Serenity” from October to December 2020.We are a couple of professionals and needed a quiet place to work remotely during the covid.When we moved in, the place was not as clean as expected (especially during covid), we found mice droppings at several places including in the toaster, there were dozens of live bees flying in the apartment including dead ones on the floor, spiders webs and bugs were also very much present.We met the owner Samantha who was nice, and mentioned to her the state of cleanliness and she did not seem surprised about it. She offered to put a bee trap on the building. We still got live bees coming in the apartment for more than a month after moving in.We found a mouse eating and making a mess in our food at night. We had to put mice traps around the place.The microwave was so ancient we decided to buy our own.The unit shares a wall with the garage and there is a door (not sealed) leading to the garage in one of the bedroom. When the weather was windy, we got strong gasoline smell in the house coming from the garage. We mentioned it to the owner but things stayed the same.One day we got strong winds and there were several power outages in the area. Because the small company deserving the place for running water relies on electricity to do so, we ended up with no running water for a couple of days (meaning not able to flush the toilet).On top of this, the place is nowhere close to be soundproof and we got lucky" with loud-noisy upstairs neighbors. The 7-8 year old kid kept running and dribbling balls over our head

Food is the best

Clean, family friendly, beach access

A great family vacation spot. Beach life, cabin living BBQ, no AC.

It was ok

Excellent cottage rental, clean and beautiful inside. We had the Lodge which slept 7 and was huge. WIFI was good especially with one daughter in her late teens and one in her 20s. Steps from the beach, great owners. Thanks for the fantastic stay.