About The August House
Boutique inn in a restored 170-year-old Windsor property: 11 ensuite rooms from $195-405, European breakfast included, two cedar saunas, contactless check-in, event space for 80.
Features & Highlights
Detailed Information
The August House is a 170-plus-year-old property on King Street in Windsor that has been rebuilt from the bones out into an 11-room boutique inn — and it has quickly become the town's answer for travellers who want design-hotel standards without leaving the Annapolis Valley. Rooms start around $195 per night and top out around $405 for the largest configurations, every booking includes a European-style breakfast, and two cedar saunas and firepit seating out back are there for the using year-round. With a 5.0 Google rating across 85 reviews, it currently stands among the highest-rated stays in the region; our where to stay in Nova Scotia guide covers how it fits into a wider valley itinerary.
Eleven Rooms, From Hideaway Kings to Grownup Bunk Rooms
The room list reads like a set of nicknames because most are named for people connected to the house's history: the Best-of-King and Doris' Sunny King, Patricia's Lofty King and Treetop King, the Hideaway King and the Mod Standard Queen. Every room has an ensuite bathroom with heated floors, and the beds and bedding are the deliberately good kind — one April 2026 review describes "beautiful large, thoughtfully-designed rooms… very well maintained, clean property close to all amenities." Two of the eleven are grownup bunk rooms (the Blossom and the Sunshine) built for friend groups and families with older kids, and adjoining King + Bunk and Queen + Bunk combinations let a family of four spread across two connected rooms. One main-floor room is fully wheelchair accessible.
Breakfast, Saunas and the Low-Touch Approach
The inn runs on what the owners call a "low-touch, high vibe" model: contactless check-in with no front desk, self-serve espresso and a guest fridge and ice, and breakfast laid out each morning rather than cooked to order at a set time. The breakfast itself draws consistent praise in reviews — "delicious and healthy," "nutritious," "fitting for the space" — with the European format meaning fruit, breads, yoghurt and the like rather than a fry-up.
The detail work is what guests write about most. Reviews from the past year mention Epsom salts set beside the soaker tubs, white noise machines in the rooms, a storm kit in case the weather turns, bath sheets instead of towels, and a handwritten welcome note on arrival. As one guest put it: "from a hand written welcome note in the room to the delicious homemade breakfast in the morning, it was clear that every aspect of our stay was carefully thought out." The two cedar saunas — one review notes a husband's sauna session "included in our room rate" — plus outdoor firepits give evenings a place to land in any season.
A Winter Base That Surprised Its Guests
Windsor is a summer and leaf-season town on paper, but several five-star reviews come from midwinter stays, and the reason is ten minutes away: Ski Martock. One guest described arriving "midwinter, in between skiing days at Martock, and found a surprisingly lively downtown with live music happening in no fewer than three different spots! Fabulous breakfast, to boot." For skiers plotting a Martock weekend — or a longer trip built around the province's hills, which our skiing in Nova Scotia guide lays out hill by hill — the August House is the closest boutique stay to the lifts.
The location works the other nine months too. The inn sits in a quiet residential stretch of King Street a short walk from the waterfront, the town's galleries and the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, with Fort Edward National Historic Site and the Birthplace of Hockey Museum both within a kilometre.
Gatherings: 65 Seated, 100 Standing
Outside the guest-room business, the inn operates as an event venue — its Lillian Hall seats 65 at harvest tables and holds up to 100 for a standing cocktail reception — hosting weddings and elopements, wellness retreats, business meetings and culinary events, with indoor common rooms and the outdoor firepit spaces in play. Retreats are on the calendar through the year and open to individual booking, not just private groups.
The Practical Details: Rates, Booking and Getting There
Address & Location: 494 King St, Windsor, NS B0N 2T0. Windsor is about an hour from Halifax via Highway 101, at the eastern gate of the Annapolis Valley wine country.
Rates: From about $195 per night for standard rooms to about $405 for the largest configurations, varying with room and season. Breakfast and sauna access are included.
Check-in: Contactless, self-serve — no front desk; arrival details are sent ahead of your stay.
Contact: (902) 589-1244, hello@theaugusthouse.ca, or theaugusthouse.ca.
Parking: Free on-site parking.
Nearby: Downtown Windsor restaurants and the Spitfire Arms Alehouse are a short walk; the wineries of the Annapolis Valley are a 20-to-40-minute drive west, well suited to a day with Vintage Vino Tours.
A night here slots neatly into a valley loop — ski Martock or tour the wineries by day, sauna and breakfast at the August House in between — and for a property this new to be carrying a perfect Google rating across 85 reviews suggests the owners have the formula right so far.
