After navigating floating platform staircases, dodging living-room-level bosses, and searching for randomly appearing bathroom keys, most homeowners come to regret purchasing houses built by video-game designers. Today's Groupon to Sandaway in Oxford offers respite from the chaos. Choose between two options:

• For $147, you get a one-night stay in a waterfront king room with breakfast (up to a $299 value) and a 1 p.m. late checkout (a $27 value) (up to a $326 total value).
• For $309, you get a two-night stay in a water-view king room or a beach-view loft room with breakfast (up to a $500 value) and a 1 p.m. late checkout (a $26 value) (up to a $526 total value).

A Select Registry Distinguished Inn, Sandaway’s historic 1875 Victorian mansion overlooks the lapping shores of the Chesapeake. Enjoy lavish B & B accommodations during a one-night stay in a waterfront deluxe-king suite, tastefully adorned with a step-up king bed, claw-foot tub, and a private porch for uninterrupted lute practice. Guests can opt for two nights in a water- view chandelier suite complete with a claw-foot tub underneath a beautiful drooping chandelier, a water-view Sandaway suite with a screened-in porch, or a tuckaway cottage suite with a bath built for two and a separate shower. Each water-view suite offers comfortable surfaces for guests to run their feet along, including king beds and antique furnishings. A complimentary light breakfast, delivered to doorsteps via basket, rouses guests each morning, and a 1 p.m. late checkout allows for extra hours on Sandaway’s waterfront lawn and private sandy beach.