If someone wants to rent a waterfront vacation home near Seattle, what are their choices? Well, they could stay with me, of course. But, since I want my potential guests to have all the information they need to make their decision, maybe I should show them all of their choices.
Well, here we go:
| name | location | water? | BD/BA | sleeps | pets | flexibility in summer | weekly summer rate (inc. cleaning) |
| The Seaside Chalet | near Alki | Puget Sound, across the street | 3/2 | 5-6 | no | 5 night min | 2150 |
| Wisteria Hollow (multiple homes) | near Gig Harbor | Puget Sound, private beach | 7/5 | 4-24 | no | 5 night min | 1200-3000 |
| The Salish House | near Gig Harbor | Puget Sound, private beach | 2/1 | 3-5 | yes | 7 nights, Sat-Sat | 1750 |
| Vashon Island Cabin | Vashon Island | Puget Sound, high bank, private beach | 1/1 | 2-4 | yes | 3 night min | 1000-1400 |
| The Lucian | West Seattle | Puget Sound, 1 block to beach | 3/2 | 2-6 | no | 5 night min | 1485 |
| Waterfront Cottage on Lk Sammamish | Lk. Sammamish | Freshwater lakefront | 1/2 | 2-5 | no | generally require 1 week | 1550 |
| Waterfront Escape | between SeaTac and Tacoma | Puget Sound, high bank | 4/3 | 8 | no | 5 night min | 2900 |
| Waterfront and Beach Cottage (2 choices) | Magnolia (in Seattle) | Puget Sound, beachfront | 1/1 | 2 | no | 6 night min | 980/1575 |
| Lk Wash Waterfront rental (shared home with owners) | near Renton | Lk. Washington, lakefront | 2/2 | 4-6 | no | 3 or 7 night min | 1400 |
| Lowman Beach House | West Seattle | Puget Sound, public beach across the street from house | 2/2 | 4-6 | no | 5 night min | 2045 |
| Lowman Beach House | West Seattle | Puget Sound, public beach across the street from house | 1/1 | 2-3 | no | 5 night min | 1495 |
| House Boat | Seattle | In Lk. Union | 1/2 | 4 | no | 1 month | |
| near Alki Beach | Alki Beach | 1/2 to beach | 2/1 | 2-4 | yes | 1 week | 1200 |
| condo at Alki | Alki Beach | ? | 2/2 | 4 | yes | ? | 1200? |
| Alki Beach condo | Alki | 1/2 to beach | 2/1 | 4-6 | no | ? | 1200 |
| The Captain’s House | W. Seattle | Puget Sound, 1/2 block to beach | 3/1 | 6 | no | 1 week | 1300 |
| Home Above the Bay | ?? | Puget Sound, high bank, private access | 7/3 | 14 | no | 1 week | 3425 |
| Edgeriver Estate | Near North Bend | riverfront | 3/2 | 5-6 | no | 1 week | 1700 |
| Alki Beach House | W. Seattle | 1/2 block from Alki Beach | 1/1 | 2-4 | no | 1 week | 1200 |
| Duck House | Seattle (15 min north of downtown) | private freshwater lake access (Bitter Lake) | 2/3 | 6-7 | yes | 3 night min | 1700 |
| Waterfront Luxury home | Lk. Sammamish | private lake access | 5/3 | 10 | no | 1 week | 3700 |
It looks like there are only 4 Seattle rental houses in VRBO on a freshwater lake: 2 on Lk Sammamish, 1 on Lk Washington and ours. None of the other ones allow dogs. The two on Lk Sammamish have a 1 week minimum, and the one on Lk Washington is a shared rental (i.e. the owners live upstairs). All the rentals in W. Seattle & Alki have a street between the house and the water. There seems to be some private water access for some of the Puget Sound waterfront homes – but those are pretty far from the city (which might be a good thing if that’s what you’re looking for)… but only really hardy swimmers go in the Sound since it is so cold.
There you have it. It seems like The Duck House is a unique place to stay: private lake access, close to downtown, dog friendly, 3 night minimum.
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