The Driftwood
Cape May · NJ
Beach cottage · 2-min walk to sand
Eastern Shore · Outer Banks · Cape May
A short list of vetted coastal homes. Photographed in person. Stocked. Answered at 11pm if the heat goes out. Sixty houses — not six hundred.
The portfolio
Cape May · NJ
Beach cottage · 2-min walk to sand
Outer Banks · NC
Oceanfront · private dune walk
St. Michaels · MD
Waterside retreat · dock + kayaks
Stone Harbor · NJ
Cedar shake bungalow · outdoor shower
Chincoteague · VA
Marsh-side · birding deck
Cape May · NJ
Victorian carriage house · ocean blocks 2
Open weeks · live
Weekly rentals run Saturday to Saturday. Prices update with the tide line — peak July, shoulder September.
Cape May · sunrise
Outer Banks porch
Crab pier · St. Michaels
Chincoteague marsh
The trade we make
We visit every property in person before it joins the portfolio. We photograph it ourselves, twice a year. We answer the phone at 11pm if the heat goes out. That is the trade we make for being smaller than the platforms — and the trade our guests keep coming back for.
Concierge · what it actually does
Concierge is two people: Beth, who handles bookings and stocking, and Sam, who is on call from 4pm to midnight if anything in the house breaks.
Tide chart, restaurant list, our 11pm number, your code.
Pantry basics, oat milk, paper towels, coffee from the shop in town.
No lobbies. You drive straight to the door. We text the code at 3pm.
Towels rotated, beach umbrella set, surf report by 7am.
Rain forecast? We send the museum + bookshop list before you ask.
In every house
Notes from the journal
The concierge sent us a list of three open restaurants when one we had booked closed last-minute. Saved the trip.
The house was exactly what the photos showed. No surprises. Already booked back for Memorial Day 2026.
Our daughter still asks when we are going back to the house with the crab pier. We will not stay anywhere else.
Find us
We share a building with a coffee shop. Walk in any time. Or call — we answer Saturdays too.
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