Saint Albans, VT Home for Rent

Saint Albans, commonly abbreviated as St. Albans, offers a quintessential Vermont experience on the shores of Lake Champlain. The community is a recreational hub with eight miles of shoreline on the lake, and it also has a rich agricultural history in the dairy and maple syrup industries. “The outdoors are important to a lot of people in Northwestern Vermont, but I think folks come to Saint Albans for the small-town feel and New England quality,” says Philip Gerbode, a longtime resident and broker with Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty. “It’s really a wonderful area to live in. I’ve watched it grow over the last 40 years, and it’s just become an absolutely remarkable town.” The community consists of the Town of Saint Albans, which features acres of farmland and has more of a rural feel, and the City of Saint Albans, an independent municipality with a growing downtown scene anchored by local businesses and farm-fresh restaurants. “It’s like a donut. The city is the center of the donut, and the town surrounds it,” Gerbode says. In addition to its recreational opportunities and quaint Main Street community, Saint Albans offers a central location in Northwestern Vermont,