Life House, Nantucket

This establishment is a quaint home that was converted into a very simple bed-and-breakfast. That is pretty much what you get, a very simple room and a very simple breakfast. On a one to 10 scale of places we have stayed this would score about a four. It has the virtue of being quite clean, and that is where three of the four points come from. The room we stayed in which was called deluxe was anything but that. The bed was actually fine, getting the fourth point, but I have never stayed in a hotel room where there was literally no place to put anything. There are no shelves, there are no closets of any scale, there are no dressers or drawers in which to store clothing, it is a bare bones room in part due to space limitations, and the choice of how it was arranged. The kids who ran the place while we were there were both very pleasant and accommodating, so staff is no issue. As long as you know what you’re getting into, and you believe the high price you’re paying for it is OK, then this is an acceptable compromise on an island where apparently this is more the norm than not. This will be our first and last visit to Nantucket as we have stayed at gorgeous hotels and resorts nearby on Cape Cod in Chatham and other locations around Cape Cod that put Nantucket to shame. The multi million dollar yachts in the harbor are entertaining to look at, and are the best accommodations on the island compared to any we saw on shore. Nantucket itself if one stayed in private accommodations located near a beach I am certain has more charm, but has little else to offer for the visitor compared to other alternatives that are easier to get to.

My reservation was accepted , but when i arrived at the hotel, I was told the hotel was overbooked and they did not have a room for me.

The shower was not clean and water would not go down. Bed felt cheap, I paid $830 for one night and the room felt dirty and the mattress was cheap.

great

Gorgeous interior design, easy check in and out, great location and lovely garden.

I thought breakfast was included and there was nothing available but otherwise it was a nice stay

Eclectic, centrally-located, and great service

We had a great stay! Really great value for the location. The rooms and hotel were super clean and obviously newly renovated. Our room was ready on time and the staff held our bags and put in room for us while we popped downtown (we were early). The rooms are modern but have a ton of charm with unique finishes. The bedroom area is small, but perfectly fine for a couple. The nice thing is the bathroom and shower are very large comparably. This is not a “full service” hotel where you can order every little thing (some people complained about that in other reviews), but this did not bother us at all. They offer a lovely light breakfast included and coffee/tea, as well as flavored water everyday. The staff kindly left us a bottle of bubbly and some cookies for my birthday :-) We will be back! Only recommendation would be to include bikes for free instead of with a rental fee. Thanks for a great trip!

This was a strange place. Once we booked our single night stay, we had some questions about using their bikes and whether or not there was a shuttle from the ferry. We sent a couple emails and a text and called. No response. After much digging, my husband located a different number where he could send a text and received a response that there was no shuttle. No response about the bikes. The location is actually within easy walking distance from the ferry. That would have been nice to know as we paid for an Uber. From the outside it is very cute and fits in with all the architecture in the area. The inside is tight. Very tight. You enter through the door and walk into the “reception area” which is crammed with furniture. There was no one in sight so we popped our heads into the kitchen area and found someone to check us in. Fortunately our room was ready despite us arriving prior to the standard check-in time. This was appreciated. We were escorted up to the third floor. Note the stairs are very steep and cramped. We were glad we only had one travel sized piece of luggage. The room was cute but very small with a slanted ceiling on one side. The ceiling made it difficult to access one side of the bed. The air conditioner was very loud but did a good job of keeping the room cool. The bed was comfortable. The bathroom was also quite small but the shower was an ok size. For the price we paid I would have expected a much larger space. There was no ironing board or iron in the room and no phone in the room by which to request one. My husband went back downstairs to find someone to get such. At our request, when we left for dinner they did remove it from the room for us. We were told when we checked in that there was wine provided from 5 to 7 PM. We opted to take part in that and were offered a red or a white. We opted for a white that turned out to be quite warm and not to our liking. What was confounding was the resort fee. This is hardly a resort. Closer to a B&B without the actual food aspect. We were never quite sure what it covered other than “breakfast.” We went down to the kitchen to have breakfast and were given one croissant each and coffee. That doesn’t qualify as breakfast to me. We were able to leave our bag that morning while we spent some time in town and that was handy but overall we were not impressed with this location. I wouldn’t stay here again.

I’ll start with the good: we were able to book this room in Nantucket about 6 weeks out. There’s cute furniture in the hotel and the overall vibe is in line with pictures. When we arrived, there’s no person to greet you and you check in on an iPad. We met a lady who may have been house manager or house keeping or some random woman - not sure, never had an introduction. The room was small but we expected that. The furniture was too big for the room and poorly thought out. Why was there no luggage rack? It’s a small room so having our luggage on floor was annoying. There’s no phone in the room and the number that was given was for the main life house so we had no way of contacting someone for help. We wanted to see if we could upgrade room but not an option. We were told there was no bottled water in the hotel. How is this possible?! The bathroom smelled like mildew. The air conditioning was loud and barely kept the room cool. Overall there was no service. They offer a golden hour drink, or so they said but we asked about it to the lady downstairs and were given a weird look then warm wine in a coup. If you’re coming to Nantucket, try another hotel in this price point.