Xochimilco: A Stunning Fire Island Pines Oasis!

This beautifully maintained home is just a 5-minute walk to the renowned ocean beach, wider here, and a 10-minute walk to clubs, restaurants, and shopping. Full air conditioning is often not needed due to generous casement windows, patio doors, ventilating skylight, synchronized ceiling fans, the cooler than mainland temperatures and sea breezes. Set in lushly gardened grounds, this fully appointed home with a pool, hot tub and outdoor shower will enchant you. IT IS OUR HOME, NOT A PARTY HOUSE. The space A spacious, sunny living/dining area with cathedral ceiling with immense upper glass walls overlooks the deck, pool and garden through French doors and large picture windows. Dual, strategically suspended ceiling fans with synchronized, variable speed control create a cool comfortable setting. There are an LG 4K 55" OLED "Smart" TV (connected to both the Internet and satellite TV with 4K service and whole home DVR), Apple TV, and Roku (bedrooms). But if you have a media source that has an HDMI output, our HDMI switch box can deliver it to the living room TV, or plug it directly into any bedroom TV. Exiting through the sliding patio door, there is, essentially, a second, outdoor living room - a large covered deck, fully furnished for entertaining, and set in beautiful, lush, private garden with pond. Complete kitchen with engineered stone counters and high-quality appliances. Outdoors, there is a full laundry, pool, outdoor shower, hot tub, and Weber gas grill. The first-floor bedroom features a Full XL-sized bed. A large, elegant first floor bath features matching marble countertop and walk-in, glass-doored shower, with a second sliding glass patio door giving separate access to the outside walkway and garden. The mirror-image second-floor bedrooms, featuring queen-sized beds, share a large, hinged, ventilating skylight-lit bathroom with a walk-in shower. All rooms include ample storage built into the closets. All bedrooms have satellite TV with DVR capability and at least one Roku box which supports HDMI. No smoking inside the house. Guest access Full access to all amenities, EXCEPT FIREPLACE. See "Other things to note" below. Amenities: • Five-minute walk to direct beach access • Ten-minute walk to town (the harbor) • Air-conditioned • Heated 12-foot x 24-foot pool • Chaise lounges and umbrellas on sun deck • 6 - 7 seat hot tub • All bedrooms: one queen-sized bed each • Washer/dryer • Outdoor gas grill • Dishwasher, microwave, ice-maker and filtered water dispenser in side-by side refrigerator/freezer, Ninja blender, Mr. Coffee and French Press coffee makers, Cuisinart, Instant Pot, hand-held mixer • Fully integrated individual or group streaming to a smartphone controllable, 3-zone, indoor/outdoor SONOS sound system • DISH TV/Apple TV/Roku/OLED 4K TV • All bedrooms have satellite TV with DVR capability and Roku • High-speed Internet and Wi-Fi • All linens including beach towels • Dishes, glasses, utensils, and cookware, coffee maker, Cuisinart; everything you need • Outdoor shower • Beach chairs and umbrellas • Non-destructive dogs, subject to prior approval Other things to note 270 Floral Walk Rental Requirements and House Rules The full names, ages, addresses, contact phone numbers (including numbers accessible while in the U.S.), and e-mail addresses for ALL members of the rental party must be supplied check-in, or the reservation is subject to cancellation. A standard New York seasonal, SHORT-TERM LEASE must be executed before check-in. Weekly rentals begin and end on Thursdays. Check-in time is 4:00 P.M. Checkout by 10:00 A.M. All rentals pay a weekly pool/hot tub maintenance fee of $200 and a cleaning fee of $225, payable in advance with the rent. There is also a 3% Suffolk County occupancy tax on all rents and fees for stays of less than 30 days. HOUSE RULES AGE LIMIT: 25 years old or older. What follows is a streamlined list of house rules. A PDF document, "270 Floral Walk 'User Manual'" will be e-mailed to you after booking. In addition to house rules, it has much more useful information, arranged by category, to make your stay as enjoyable as possible and to facilitate your use of all that the home has to offer. This House Rules and Tips document also has full contact information for both me and my husband. We encourage you to make use of that should you have any concerns or recommendations. We look forward to hosting you and providing a truly enjoyable and memorable experience! - No hard-soled shoes or smoking in house. Shower using soap and remove sunscreen or other material before using pool or hot tub. Use foot shower along entry walkway to remove all sand from feet, legs, and sandals before going to house; remove sand from beach chairs and store only in provided shed. - No flushing of dental floss or other material not classified as safe for septic systems. - No wearing of footwear or sharp accessories or glass or metal dishes allowed in the pool, and no jumping or diving into this 5-foot deep pool to avoid personal injury and vinyl liner damage. - NO movement of 55" OLED, 4K TV in the living room. It is very easy to crack this incredibly thin screen. - While using the downstairs bathroom shower, please always turn on the combined ceiling/exhaust fan, even with the exterior patio glass door open to avoid damaging condensation. - Fire Island Pines is a gay-dominated and governed community which nonetheless welcomes all individuals. However, any overtly anti-gay activity or agitation is not welcome and would be grounds for immediate cancellation of the stay without refund in the event of any documented complaint. - Garbage is collected only on specified days, so it is very important not to miss a collection and to place out the appropriate waste material due for collection to avoid leaving a mess for the next occupant. Regular garbage is collected on Mondays and Thursdays, and recycling is collected on Wednesdays. Construction and other large debris is collected on Thursdays. The collections are done at 6:00 A.M., so it's best to put everything out the night before. Regular garbage is placed in an opaque bag and deposited in the BLACK Rubbermaid trash can with a lid, in the garbage enclosure outside the front gate. Recycling goes in a TRANSPARENT plastic bag, and is placed in the GREEN Rubbermaid trashcan without a lid in the same enclosure. Accumulating recycling is stored in transparent bags in the GREY Rubbermaid trashcan with wheels and a lid parked between the firewood rack and the laundry shed. - Appropriate bags for regular garbage and recycling are stored in the cabinets below and to the left of the sink; look hard enough and you will find them. - No foreign liquids or other materials allowed in the pool or hot tub to preserve the pumps and filtration and safeguard personal health. Avoid swallowing water from either source. Report any contamination promptly so proper corrective maintenance can be done. - Never leave candles burning unattended, and turn off all electrical appliances or heaters before retiring or leaving the house. This includes the clothes dryer, a source of several house fires here recently. - Please use place-mats, coasters, etc. on the glass dining table, and exercise precautions to protect the hardwood floors. - The user manuals for all appliances are in a white binder, located with the cook books in a cabinet above the kitchen sink. - Use beach towels when lying on the cloth deck furniture cushions, especially when wearing sunblock or other lotions. To avoid soaked cushions that are slow to dry and foster mold growth, please move all furniture to a place near the wall of the house under the canopy when it's raining, or rain is predicted. - This is an owner-occupied house which also has other seasonal tenants, although NEITHER will be present during your stay. You will be shown the space available for storage, and the linen and other supplies available for your use. Please DO NOT touch others' or the owners' belongings. The space and supplies provided will be more than adequate. Please notify us if this is not the case. - The waterfalls in the pond are a mosquito abatement feature. Please turn off the waterfalls each night, using the circuit breaker switch labelled "Pond" when retiring, and turn them back on in the morning. Report any problems or significant decrease in water flow promptly so it can be corrected, and the protective effects maintained. - All light switches are labelled. Please turn off any unused lights, and all lights when retiring. - The season housekeeper must be contacted before checking out and cleaning completed before the damage deposit is refunded. Arranging cleaning should be done by the guest to ensure that the timing matches the housekeeper's requirements and cleaning is completed. - All contact details for the housekeeper, the handyman, the pool maintainer, and all other support personnel are in the full digital and printed versions of this guidelines. - This and all necessary contact information, and a more complete version of these rules will be forwarded digitally to tenants, who agree to read and adhere to the same. A printed version will be on premises.