Andes Doll House

The Doll House, a historic Queen Anne Victorian, is located in Andes on 1.5 acres bordering a mountain creek. We are a short walk to downtown dining/shopping. The entire house can accommodate 12 guests in four rooms plus studio apartment. Please see photos and read their descriptions. The house is a favorite with wedding and skiing groups. Each bedroom also rents separately with a separate listing. The manager lives off the property and can be easily reached. No parties are allowed! The Doll House is a very safe place to stay. We are located in a very safe town-the Hamlet of Andes. We are well equipped with everything needed to make your stay comfortable. Smoke detector and fire extinguishers are in place. Video camera RING door bell (with an app on the manager's phone) is monitoring an approach to the property. Each room can be locked. ROKU is installed in the TV sets in the Gentlemen's lounge, Eagle apartment, main kitchen and Majestic suite for streaming. The house can be rented for up to 10 guests. Our house has four floors. The guests Gentlemen's lounge with a pool table, sauna and surround sound TV are located in the basement. The 1st floor has a main 800 sq ft kitchen with a powder room, a living room and a parlor room. The 2nd floor has a Majestic suite with a king size bed and en suite huge bathroom with a 2-person Jacuzzi tub. The room is nearly 500 square foot! It is a real luxury experience staying in this suite. The King Tower bedroom (a king-size bed), the Queen Rose bedroom (a queen bed) with attached Beauty Bella room (a twin bed) are also located on the 2nd floor. They are part of the historic original building with warm and inviting decor. The dolls greet you here on the stairs landing! These 3 rooms share a large private Blue bathroom with a separate shower and a claw leg bathtub. A spacious 3rd floor Eagle apartment (a queen and a twin bed) is enclosed with pine wood paneling. it has an en suite bathroom with a one-person Jacuzzi tub and great mountain views! It can be rented separately and can accommodate up to five guests. A car is necessary to get around. Trailways bus travels on Route 28 that crosses Andes. The bus stop is in the center of town near Andes General Store, a walking distance from our house. A gas station is also near the general store. Other closest gas stations are in Delhi and Margaretville. There are cute restaurants in Andes, trails and a Saturday local food market, a General Store for any last minute necessities. Googlle Andes to see what is happening around us when you are visiting! We have a generous parking area in the back of the house . The Andes area does not have a cellular coverage. Please print or download your driving instructions. However, it is not difficult to find us due to our location and unique house style. Our house is located on Rt.28 next to the Wayne bank in the heart of Andes. You cannot miss it! We are always available via messaging on Airbnb to answer any questions you might have to help you plan and enjoy your stay at the historic Andes Doll House. The guests can communicate with the manager and the owner via the Airbnb platform on any issues or questions during their stay. RING electronic doorbells (2 units total) are installed on the front entrance door and the back deck guest entrance door for guests' convenience and added security. The manager receives the motion notifications on his mobile phone and can interact with guests if needed-audio and video, via a RING phone. ROCU is installed in the kitchen TV in the lounge, Master king, Gentlemen's lounge and in the 3rd floor apartment for streaming. The mesh system throughout the house enhances the quality of wifi. The Doll House, a Victorian Manor featuring upscale, yet comfortable amenities is an ideal home to enjoy cool summer evenings in the heart of the Catskills. The house boasts large back deck with a BBQ grill, nice front porch for eating outside and gorgeous perennial gardens on the stream bank and around the house. The guests favorite spot is the eat-in gourmet cooks kitchen, with Vulcan stove/oven, butcher block counter with bar chairs and a wicker furniture sitting area with outdoor views of orchard and a beautifully landscaped grounds. A Bar area for whipping up cocktails or popping champagne from the stainless fridge. Cheers! The Doll House can be rented by individual bedrooms or all of them together- an entire house listed as The Doll House for a large party up to 10 guests. We want to share with our guests this description of the town of Andes by DONNA PAULAUG. New York Times, 2003 "I FOUND Andes by mistake -- I drove into the village and felt an immediate affinity with the place,'' said Tom Munro, a Manhattan fashion photographer who shoots for Vogue and Details. He made a wrong turn that day three years ago, but now he owns a home in Andes, a town in Delaware County, N.Y., where unblemished farmland and rolling meadows, juxtaposed against the panoramic backdrop of the Catskill Mountains, create a landscape both pastoral and majestic. He is not alone in his discovery. Dozens of other Manhattanites whose city lives are in the worlds of the arts and publishing have second homes in Andes. And they have left their imprint. Artists and artisans, theatrical people and designers not only have moved in, but have also revitalized the Village of Andes, the only village in the town of the same name, by opening appealing and unusual shops on its small Main Street commercial strip. Much of this new life can be attributed to the energy and vision of Brooke Alderson, the actress who played John Travolta's aunt in ''Urban Cowboy.'' With her husband, Peter Schjeldahl, the art critic for The New Yorker, she had already been living there part-time for more than 20 years when, in 1996, she retired from acting and opened Brooke's Variety in the village -- a store filled with hundreds of quirky items, from nickel candy to antique beds. Soon she was encouraging other New Yorkers who owned weekend homes in the town to open shops, and several of them did. ''Andes went from a place that was depressed to a destination,'' said Lee Melahn, who with his partner, Rick Shaver, owns Mercantile, a village antiques shop specializing in vintage linens. ''Six years ago, you couldn't spend more than five minutes in Andes. Today it is often hard to find a place to park on Saturday.'' Mr. Melahn and Mr. Shaver, both graphic and interior designers in New York, own a house in the village and spend weekends there with their 6-year-old daughter, Emmy. Weekenders continue to arrive, drawn by the combination of pristine mountain air and interesting neighbors. Many, like Mr. Munro, have bought and restored old houses. Until recently, prices were relatively low, but they are climbing as the word about Andes spreads. Now, weekenders often build houses on lots of several acres. The Scene Andes is still more about land than people, especially outside the village. ''I walk through the woods to the village and go to the diner for breakfast,'' said Mr. Munro, who grew up in Norfolk, England. ''I don't pass a car or a person for the entire 25-minute walk.'' (...) Andes was once a bustling agricultural community with hundreds of dairy farms; now only four of appreciable size are left. The town has 110 miles of roads, many of which originally led to farms. The roads follow the water courses, weaving a path through the landscape. Many are unpaved. ...... The downstate metropolitan area and Andes have another important connection, aside from the people who go back and forth between them. The Pepacton Reservoir, covering 7,000 acres in the center of the town, is a major source of New York City's water supply. Watershed consciousness is big up there. The Catskill Watershed Corporation, initiated in 1997, protects Andes from industrial development. And a new sewer system for the Village of Andes is soon to be installed, with more than $6 million of the cost to be paid by New York City..... ( you can read the whole article on line) We’ve worked hard to make sure that every detail is covered in making the Doll House stay a great memory for all of our guests. Whether you love nature, hiking, arts, music, reading a book or writing one, you’ll enjoy our peaceful place in the mountains! The car will be needed to get around. Guests can use the basement Gentlemen's Lounge to play pool and watch TV with theatre surround sound, sauna/wet room (extra charge) in the basement. Meals are provided by quests. Guests can use 1st floor main kitchen. Eagle studio apartment has its own kitchen with an electric stove, dishwasher, fridge and microwave. BBQ grill is located on the back deck. Gardens are open to all visitors and have a fire pit, picnic table , a swing and a sitting area by the creek. For outdoor dining backyard deck or front porch can be used.