You have EXCLUSIVE USE of the 'ENTIRE LOWER FLOOR' of this ideally located owner occupied deluxe home in a high-end neighborhood. The large 'homey' suite with gas fireplace is perfect for couples, families & friends. Location, location, location: just 1 mile from Olympic National Park Visitor's Center & Hurricane Ridge Road. Rick's Place is the place to base for quick & easy access to the Park, City & Ferry.
Host performs light cleaning, washes your dirty dishes and tops up consumables on a daily basis for stays of less than 7 days.
People of all backgrounds welcome.
The neighborhood is mature, quiet and high-end. Most residents are older retired folks. Rick’s Place is suited to adult guests, families with children 3 years and older and mature young adults over 25 years of age.
The lower level is a large 5 room suite which is best described in the photos. Please know that the entire lower floor is not shared with anyone.
Rick, your host, lives upstairs and serves as your personal butler and concierge providing light cleaning service including dish washing and re-stocking consumables on a daily basis plus he is available to provide insights on the best things to see and do around the Peninsula and in the Park plus suggest restaurants to suit guests' needs.
The upper and lower spaces are connected by an open stair case blocked off with a privacy chain and a wooden gate. Only the owner/host occupies the upper floor. Be assured that your privacy is of the utmost importance to Rick, your Host.
The suite has a private entrance and a spacious fenced private and lockable 'Courtyard' in front of the entrance with a picnic table with electrical outlet for outside enjoyment.
GUESTS' EXCLUSIVE SPACE IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE HOME CONSISTS OF:
Spacious living room with fireplace.
Two private cozy bed rooms each with a Queen Bed, lockable door. Extra pillows & blankets are on a shelf above the dressers. Each bed room has a stand-alone fully adjustable electric heaters to supplement the central heating. As required you can set the thermostat on the electric heater to provide the room temperature you desire.
One sofa in a small private space under the stair case folds down to make an extra double bed for one or two persons if required. Please see photos.
A 'DINING NOOK' with lots of sun exposure in the morning just when you need it most is equipped with a full-sized refrigerator; microwave; quality toaster; Cuisinart coffee maker and water boiling pot.
A dedicated small room off the Dining Nook is equipped with a stainless table and appliances exclusively for food preparation and cooking. A Copper Chef induction cooking system is the featured cooking appliance used most of all; the square deep dish pan and shallower fry pan are ideal for casseroles and bacon and eggs.
An Oster counter-top oven, programmable All-Clad Crock Pot, Instant-Pot, Air Fryer, regular Crock Pot along with cook books for these appliances are provided.
A well-lighted dedicated work station/Park planning bar located in the Dining Nook complete with USB charging ports and wall mounted relief map of the Park & Peninsula.
A small table and 2 chairs in the living room provide a laptop & game table with access to charging ports. It also serves as a second dining table as required and a second work/planning station with a wall mounted interpretive map of the Park & Peninsula.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
THE NOOK DOES NOT HAVE A SINK but there is a deep sink in the bathroom AND RICK DOES YOUR DISHES DAILY... MUCH BETTER THAN HAVING A SINK AND HAVING TO DO YOUR OWN DISHES!
If required the bathroom sink can be used for rinsing cups & washing small amounts of dishes & other things normally done in a kitchen sink. Two small dish tubs, a dish drying rack, dish soap, dish cleaning pad & drying clothes are located under the bathroom sink however Rick is your 'automatic dishwasher' providing dish washing service on a daily basis, this beats having a kitchen sink & then having to do your own dirty dishes which is especially appreciated after returning from an enjoyable day in the Park!
All necessary food prep dishes and utensils are provided. These include: plates, bowls, cooking & eating utensils, coffee cups, drinking glasses, cutting boards, kitchen prep knives, large spoons, and microwavable dishes.
Breakfast is ‘self-prep' with these breakfast items provided: milk, cereal, bread, jam, butter, coffee, tea, creamer, sugar, fresh fruit.
WATER:
Fresh filtered water is provided daily by your host. The bathroom sink faucet provides a source for drinking water as does the outlet on the refrigerator door.
Paper towels and microwaveable popcorn are provided in the nook.
A picnic table in the courtyard provides for outside eating as well as enjoying coffee outside on a nice morning and a beer or glass of wine on a warm evening.
ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED:
Flat-screen SMART TV with log-in capability for Netflix and others if you have an account for them.
PAID TV SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED however about 20 free channels are provided including excellent Canadian channels. The Canadian national TV service is provided via CBC Vancouver on channel 2.
DVD player.
Large collection of DVD movies.
Games and puzzles.
AMENITIES PROVIDED:
Wi-Fi internet, high speed 100+.
A well-lighted dedicated work station/Park planning bar located in the Dining Nook complete with USB charging ports.
A work desk is provided in the HOH bedroom.
A small table and 2 chairs in the living room provide a laptop & game table with access to charging ports on the electrical outlet and also serves as a second dining table as required.
A clothes iron is located in the linen closet in the bathroom and the board is hanging in the Sol Duc bedroom.
Hair Dryer
Extra pillows and blankets
Hangers
First aid kit
Fire extinguisher
Carbon monoxide detectors
Smoke detectors
Extra towels are provided in the bathroom closet
Pantene hair shampoo and conditioner
Body wash
Liquid hand soap
Hand lotion
Toilet paper
Hot water
Bathroom with shower and tub
Electric stand-alone heaters in bedrooms
Free parking: unlimited on-street and limited off-street parking.
CLOTHES WASHING & DRYING:
Clothes washing and drying service is not provided for stays of less than 7 days. Several commercial laundromats are nearby. In-house laundry room is available to stays of 7 days or more.
COVID-19 DISINFECTING.
All dishes are heat sanitized in the dishwasher. All linens and towels are cleaned in the sanitize cycle of the washer.
GUEST ACCESS:
Private main entrance with key.
An outside wall mounted keypad activated lock box is available 24 hours a day to provide an entry key if required. The code to open the lock box is available upon request.
RICK IS AVAILABLE 24/7.
Rick sleeps with his phone. Contact him ANY TIME day or night if you need anything or if anything is not just right, he will gladly help in order to make your stay as enjoyable as possible and to assure that you have a 5-star experience and can provide a 5-star 'over-all' rating after you depart.
If you book Rick’s Place Rick guarantees that you will enjoy an excellent stay in an extremely clean high-end home with lots of extra amenities in the best neighborhood in Port Angeles which is perfectly situated for exploring the Park and the Peninsula and hosted by a good man trying to salvage a retirement inadequately funded.
Rick / Rick’s Place