We haven’t put summer completely behind us and yet I just received an email confirmation of my children’s airline tickets to go see their grandparents for Thanksgiving!
Claire and Emily’s grandma can’t be the only one planning ahead this year to save money. Advance holiday reservations have been busy this year for our Roost Sponsor, Historic Hawthorne Rentals, for their 8 vacation rental homes ranging in size from quaint studios to large SE homes right here in the Sunnyside neighborhood… some places are getting reserved up to 9 months in advance.
If you have relatives coming into town any time this year and you don’t want them piled on top of you in your house or all the way across the river in a chain hotel, you’ll be happy to know that friendly, helpful Clare is still setting up rentals for Thanksgiving weekend starting Nov 25th. For Christmas weekend starting Dec 23rd she has half of the rental properties already reserved. For you really long term planners, spring break is wide open but 4th of July is 100% occupied.
If you do set up an Historic Hawthorne Rental for your out of town guests, they’ll get a great slice of the inner SE Portlandexperience in homes using reclaimed timber repurposed to build all sorts of things including staircases and, in one of the properties, a door into the floor. It operates on a weighted pulley system that is both functional and fun….
Here’s the part I like best –these are vacation homes not hotel rooms. Depending on the size of the property, each has a large or small kids’ play area complete with toys and books along with a TV to watch DVD’s and free high speed internet. If you tell Clare the special needs and ages of your relatives as you make the reservation, she can shuffle around toys and equipment from various properties to better accommodate them. Our co-op members Shelley Carmichael and Chris Landis who own Historic Hawthorne Rentals are parents of a preschooler so they know what it’s like to travel with little ones. They happily provide a Pac-n-Play, crib and high chair for the smallest guests. Every house has a fully equipped kitchen complete with dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker, and washer and dryer (those things you usually miss out on when traveling.)
Taylor House easily sleeps 8 and rents for $200-255 nightly with a 3 night minimum stay. Weekly rate is $1300-1640. There is a $150 cleaning fee and a refundable security deposit of $250. There are no other taxes, costs or expenses.
If you really have a lot of people to house over the holidays or for a family reunion or wedding, The Taylor House shares a lot with the Garden Studio and is only 1 block away from their Hawthorne Studio, Landis House, & Hemingway Flat. It is only 5 blocks from their condo rental and 7 blocks from the Morrison Studio and Duplex.
If you are just looking for a staycation (or can talk grandma into staying at your house when she comes leaving the kids in their own familiar beds while you enjoy a romantic get away), their Garden Cottage Studio is an intimate retreat and has a covered private patio nested in a grove of bamboo with lights and candles. It will sleep four if need be and is half the cost of the larger properties: $100-120 nightly; $600-750 weekly with a refundable $250 security deposit and a $75 cleaning fee. There are no additional taxes; they are included in the rates.
The Swap Shop is like a second home for all of us, especially on rainy days, and the Roost on Friday nights is like going out to a friendly restaurant with half the hassle and half the cost of trying to take kids with us out on the town.
Shelley and Chris and Claire have done an amazing job of creating another kind of home away from home for everyone visiting inner SE Portland.
I’m a big fan of anyone who sees a community need and goes about filling it in a way that’s good for them, good for their customers and good for the community. Small, neighborhood businesses don’t come with large advertising budgets. One of the best ways we can thank Chris and Shelley for sponsoring teens at The Roost is to spread the word about their sweet set of vacation rentals right in our neighborhood.
Clare is great to talk to on the phone 360-910-4783 and easiest to reach by email Clare©HistoricHawthorneRentals•com. You can check out pictures and descriptions of all their properties at . Historic Hawthorne Rentals and all of our Roost sponsors are listed on our Sponsors page. We have our own version of Yelp going on too. All you have to do is click on a sponsor on our web page and type in the comments section. A little of your time can do a lot to help our local businesses thrive.
