Hospitality Description: We love interesting visitors! If you would like to stop by and stay 1-3 nights, we would be happy to make you a meal or let you use the golf cart to find one of our Many great restaurants in our neighborhood. We have a downstairs bedroom that is always available and can make two upstairs bedrooms available with a little notice.
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Listed March 2021
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General overview
Our 133-year-old Victorian home is in the center of the Good Life. Our 3500 sq ft with four bedrooms and four full baths is extended with a very private back porch and a very neighborly wrap-around front porch. We walk to great restaurants, the city’s most beautiful park, tennis courts, a book store, a coffee shop, a university, and a pizzeria, and we golf cart to a large but quaint downtown that hosts many movie crews. A three hour drive can get you to the mountains of the beach and it’s only one hour to the atlanta airport.
The space
The en-suite guest bedroom, kitchen, and living area are all downstairs, along with a private office. Upstairs are two more bedrooms that share use of the full bathroom with claw foot tub and the master en-suite bedroom. Our favorite areas are the back porch where my husband has created a permanent kegerator (right now full of hard cider) and the front porch, where we host friends nearly every evening.
Guest access
We prefer to limit visitors to the bottom floor but if you need more than one bedroom, we are comfortable with letting you use our (now) grown children’s rooms upstairs. We will leave the keys to our golf cart so you can enjoy a ride downtown, have a drink or three, and cart back home. We will also leave a list of restaurants that deliver and a list of tv subscriptions you are welcome to use, along with some exploration suggestions.
Notes
It’s nice ten months out of the year but the summer can get really hot.
Features
Washer
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Oven
Microwave
Coffee machine
Fridge
Iron
Hair dryer
Heating
Air conditioning
TV
WiFi
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
First aid kit
Wheelchair accessible
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Towels
Workspace
Fireplace
Home cinema
Toys
Gym
Sauna
BBQ
Pool
Hot tub
Balcony
Garden / yard
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Covered porch / verandah
Kosher home
Meat-free kitchen
Gated community
EV Home Charger
Bikes
Camping gear
Kayak
Tennis court
Standup paddleboard
Travel Styles
Long term
Budget
Family
Romantic
Sport and leisure
Foodie
Relaxing
Village
Culture
Cycling
Accessibility
Accessible parking space
House rules
Suitable for infants under 2
Suitable for children ages 2-12
Pets not allowed
No smoking
Allergens
Smoke free
Dates of Availability
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Neighbourhood
Macon was spared by General Sherman during the Civil war, so we have gorgeous old homes all around us. I put a few pics of them and our neighborhood restaurants in this listing. Morning and evening strolls may take you through quaint neighborhoods that end in an outdoor drink at a locally owned restaurant. The gorgeous park across the street has pickle ball and tennis for $3 a day, plus a soccer field, a weekly farmer’s market, a beautiful fountain, and lots of trees that can hold your hammock. You can walk or golf cart to a leisurely dinner than will cost you less than $40 for two people and the private university looks like Disneyland lit up at night.
Getting to my home
It is best to rent a car once you land in Atlanta, Georgia. Our home is an hour’s drive south and has safe parking. You are welcome to use our golf cart to go around our lovely downtown.
Nearest airport
Atlanta airport is one hour North
Getting around
We are an hour south of atlanta so you will probably want to rent a car, but if you rather not, we live in the center of everything. Once you are here, you are welcome to use our electric golf cart to get downtown and do many fun things are within walking distance.
Map of Approximate Location
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We porch every Monday night with professors, artists, and rabbis. Come on by!
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It may seem formal, but our home is very comfortable. That’s my hubby on the couch and my foot at bottom right.
Our living room is filled with travel souvenirs on the walls and in the cabinets. You’re welcome to watch tv here, with Netflix, Hulu, prime, Hbo max, apple+, and Disney+.
My working corner. If I’m not on the porch, I’m here.
This bathroom adjoins the living room and is known as our "Instagram bathroom"
My grandfather used to say "Come on in this kitchen!"
This hallway leads back to the kitchen.
I just really like my new refrigerator. I’ll leave information for grocery delivery.
You're welcome to cook in the kitchen, with the electric stove, KitchenAid mixer, and Ninja blender. Feel free to partake in the wine rack and cookbooks too!
Our guest bedroom has its own bathroom.
All four bedrooms have large beds and two have en suite bathrooms.
I’ll leave a list of restaurants that will deliver snacks and meals directly to the house.
Just a two minute walk and you'll arrive at a Central American restaurant that will treat you like regulars.
Inside the restaurant, tell owner Dawn that you are staying at our house and she will give you a hug!
Our outdoor cats help us do our work on the porch.
So many beautiful houses in Macon.
Macon is full of lovely buildings and lush vegetation.
Otis Redding (“Sitting on the Dock of the Bay”) lived here and has a museum here. You’ll probably see his family downtown at dinner!
Our house is at bottom left. The other corners are a live theatre, a science garden, and the most beautiful park south of Atlanta.
Our house at the Magic Hour.
My happy place. Watch the rain fall, the sun set, and the world pass by.