FREEMAN’S COTTAGE
Shamper’s Bluff
New Brunswick

If you, or somebody you can confidently recommend, is interested in renting Freeman’s cottage, here are the details. All former workshop participants will remember the cottage as being the small house behind Freeman’s, sitting near his barn at the edge of the forest. Some of you may even have been inside.

(Please read these details very carefully in order to eliminate or greatly reduce correspondence. A very big “thank you” from Freeman, Kim, and Joanne!)

1/ The house is fully furnished. Everything is supplied except food.

2/ There are two bedrooms. The first-floor bedroom has a Queen-size double bed with toilet, bath/shower, and fully laundry facilities. The upstairs bedroom is the larger, contains two large twin beds, and has a toilet/shower. A door opens on to a large balcony, which is an excellent spot for sitting and photography. The maximum sleeping capacity of the cottage is four persons.

3/ The split-level living room has very large floor-to-ceiling windows, seven chairs, a coffee table, a side table, and a television with DVD and video players. (A book case contains a collection of approximately 50 excellent art, classic, and other films.)

4/ There is a commodious kitchen with stove, micro-wave, toaster oven, coffee maker, and refrigerator, supplied with ample cooking and storage containers and utensils. Near the kitchen in the living room is a dining table and chairs.

5/ Due to a geographical quirk, high-speed internet is not available, only dial-up, and cell phones may or may not work in the house. There is, however, a telephone with a number and reception separate from Freeman’s house.

6/ There are thermostats for heating individual rooms and a small, effective wood stove and wood supply.

7/ There is a large deck on the east and south sides of the house.

8/ The grounds (fields, forests, gardens, bog garden, and all the trails on the 271 acres of the Shamper’s Bluff Nature Conservancy, where the cottage is located) are fully available to persons who rent the cottage. There are more than 30 chairs and benches in the woods and other areas near the house, most of them providing personal privacy at any time. The situation is ideal for photographers, painters, and persons who want an “escape” or meditative time.

9/ Freeman will only rent to adults, and is not willing to accept pets, as he has a friendly and active dog who is not accustomed to other domesticated animals.

10/ Freeman may or may not be at home himself. If not, Joanne will definitely be.

 

FREEMAN’S COTTAGE, Dates, Costs, and Related

1/ The all-inclusive price per day for one to four persons is $210 for a stay of six to ten days. ($10 per day will be refunded if you leave the cottage in the same clean condition as you find it, except that we will handle washing of sheets and re-making the beds.) The cost of long-distance telephone calls will be extra.

2/ Visa, MasterCard, and cash accepted.

3/ Weeks available for 2009 (Sunday afternoon through Saturday night, unless agreed otherwise):

a/ July 5-11

b/ August 30 – September 5

c/ September 13-16

d/ October 4-10

4/ Book with Joanne freepatt@nbnet.nb.ca. A $250. deposit will be required upon booking.

5/ Bookings for 2010 cannot be accepted.