If you search for On Cranberry Pond online, you might come across reviews from our years as a bed and breakfast. That’s not a mistake — it’s where we started.
The B&B years
On Cranberry Pond began as a traditional New England bed and breakfast, welcoming weekend visitors, couples on getaways, and travelers exploring Plymouth County. The property at 43 Fuller Street in Middleborough sits on over three acres at the edge of cranberry bogs and a spring-fed pond — the kind of setting that makes people slow down.
Guests came for the quiet, the nature, and the personal attention from hosts Paul and Jose. Many left reviews that still reflect what makes this property special. You can read some of those original guest reviews on our TripAdvisor page from the B&B era.
Why we made the change
Over time, we noticed something about the guests who stayed longest and seemed happiest: they weren’t vacationers. They were travel nurses on 13-week assignments. Contractors working on the Pilgrim Nuclear decommissioning project. Utility workers on seasonal rotations. Professionals who needed a real place to live — not a hotel room, not a bare apartment — for one to twelve months.
These guests didn’t need breakfast service or turndown mints. They needed a full kitchen, reliable WiFi, a quiet place to sleep after a 12-hour shift, and someone who would actually pick up the phone when the heat went out. That’s a different kind of hospitality, and it’s one we turned out to be good at.
What stayed the same
The property hasn’t changed. The cranberry bogs are still out back. The pond still attracts herons and swans. The pine forest still makes the whole place feel like it’s miles from anywhere, even though Plymouth is 18 minutes away and Route 3 is a quick drive.
What stayed the same is the part that matters: we’re a family-run property where the people who manage it actually live here and care about who stays. That was true when we were a B&B, and it’s true now.
If you’re a travel nurse, contractor, or professional looking for furnished monthly housing in southeastern Massachusetts, we’d be glad to hear from you. Get in touch or browse our available units.