A West-facing porch, an east-facing tide.
Bethany Beach has a quiet rhythm. We built this rental around it — early light off the dunes, slow afternoons, the kind of evenings where dinner ends when the sun does.
New in 2024: Floors & Paint Throughout All-Appliances 58" TV in Family Room 55" TVs (2) in Bedrooms 43" TVs (2) in Bedroom & Loft (All TVs have Roku for Streaming) Beds and Bedroom Furniture Remote Controlled Fans in Each Bedroom and Dining Room Bathroom Sinks Faucets Electronic Code Entry Enjoy all that Sea Colony and Bethany Beach has to offer at Serving Sand. Wake up in one of Sea Colony’s carriage homes and get ready to start your day while relaxing on the screened porch or master bedroom’s deck. Head to the beach, play tennis in a world-class facility, or swim in one of 12 pools. You could also go to the fitness center, walk or bike the resort’s grounds, or take the kids to the playground. In the evening, eat in or bike to the Sea Colony Marketplace or to Bethany’s boardwalk for good eats and yummy ice cream. No matter what you choose, there will be lots of memories to be made.
For two decades, our family has been fortunate to travel to and rent at Sea Colony. We’ve enjoyed the incredible amenities, playing tennis and pickle ball, swimming at the many indoor and outdoor pools, and enjoying the private beach access. Now, we invite you to experience that same fun at our homes we like to call “Serving Sand”.
Meet the host
Sam Shrefler
Caretaker of 2 properties at Sea Colony
Sam Shrefler
Host & storyteller
For two decades, our family has been fortunate to travel to and rent at Sea Colony. We’ve enjoyed the incredible amenities, playing tennis and pickle ball, swimming at the many indoor and outdoor pools, and enjoying the private beach access. Now, we invite you to experience that same fun at our homes we like to call “Serving Sand”.
Correspondence
Telephone
+91 7175079790
Electronic mail
sam@houfy.com
Response time
within an hour
Response rate
100%
Hosting since
2024
15 guest reviews on record
How Serving Sand West came to be
A short history of the house at Bethany Beach — how we found it, what we changed, and why we stayed.
Serving Sand West began the way most good beach houses do — with a long weekend that wouldn't quit. We came to Bethany Beach in the spring of 2014, walked the boardwalk at low tide, and by Sunday had a list of reasons why we'd be back. Sea Colony's quiet, gated streets and that short, sandy walk to the ocean did the rest.
The house has been ours since 2016. We chose the West community for the trees, the tennis courts, and the easy shuttle to the private beach. It's a calmer, more residential pocket of the resort — the kind of place where you can hear cicadas at dusk and the porch screen door clap shut behind kids running back from the pool.
Year by year we've made it our own. New mattresses, a proper cook's kitchen, the outdoor shower we'd always wanted, a coat of paint that finally matched the dune grass. We open the house each spring and close it after Thanksgiving, and in between we share it with families who want what we wanted — somewhere unhurried, an easy walk to the sand, and a porch worth lingering on.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2014 | First visit to Bethany Beach. A long weekend in May at Sea Colony turns into a quiet promise to come back. |
| 2016 | Closed on the house in Sea Colony West, drawn to the wooded streets, the tennis pavilion, and the short shuttle to a private mile of beach. |
| 2018 | Full renovation of the kitchen and primary bath. White oak, soft brass, and a counter long enough for four people to make breakfast at once. |
| 2020 | Opened the house to guests. The first reservation was a family of six who left a note on the counter thanking us for the porch. |
| 2023 | Added the outdoor shower, refreshed the porch furniture, and gave the whole house a coat of paint matched to the color of dune grass at dusk. |