Not quite a real house but certainly Glamping. This is a 30 ft diameter Farmstead Yurt on the edge of the forest.
BEFORE BOOKING, PLEASE READ THE "Other Details" SECTION.
There is a wood stove for heat, a sink with water in jugs, kitchen w/ electricity. A queen, full and single bed + trundle share the big space. Couch and two fold out cots can accommodate a crowd.
New this year! Our bathhouse is complete and you can take a hot shower!!
The space
The space is rustic and at the edge of the wild on an active farmstead. Wood stove, bed, couch, table, sink, wood stove and solid cedar floors. The space is rustic and has a comfortable, homey feel. A single extension cord provides electricity; we have a toaster, tea kettle, popcorn maker, mini fridge, and a propane cook stove. Basic kitchen gear is in the kitchen space. The outhouse is two hundred feet away, as well as a bathhouse with hot water and towels. Feel Free to visit the chickens and our farm cat.
A trundle bed the couch and two cots provide up to nine sleeping spaces and more are welcome if you bring your own camping pad. Parking is limited and please plan on an additional $10 per night per vehicle over 1 (just add your extra car as an extra guest). $10 discount if you bike or hike in!
Guest access
Please enjoy the Yurt. There is parking directly at the yurt. If you are bringing a vehicle more than one please book is as an extra guest.
To learn a bit more about what we are about, you can also look up the website for Forest Farmstead.
Other things to note
This is an active homestead and we love to share the beauty of the place in a spirit of friendship (which is different than the spirit of service of a normal hotel and some airbnbs). For example if something seems not right a friend tells you and you of course want to make them happy. If a service professional does not meet expectations you just leave a bad review and move on. Most of our complaints and bad reviews have been due to the guest not reading the listing thoroughly and being surprised by a quirk of the place that did not fit them, or things that could have been easily resolved if they had only asked. So here is a list of the things you really should be comfortable with if you are going to book the place:
-- The Rooster crows very early in the morning.
-- You are pooping in an outhouse.
-- There is a waterless unisex urinal in the yurt. Loved by many guests of both genders and found to be weird by others.
-- The door to the Yurt does not lock.
-- There are stairs to the yurt and to the outhouse which is 200 ft away.
-- Towels for the bathhouse are in the bathhouse and are ugly and clean.
-- The yurt is semi primitive and will feel 'dirty' if rough wood floors and cobwebs in the high parts of the ceiling make you uncomfortable.
-- You will make your own bed, clean sheets in chests at the foot of each.
-- You will do basic clean up at the end of your stay.
-- The pricing structure (high cleaning fee and low additional guest fee) encourages longer stays and larger groups and will feel pricier for short stays and a few people, this is intentional. Unfortunately AirBnB has upped the amount of money they charge so it feels pricier in general for everyone.
Lastly I am very much just a human being and sometimes I don't meet my own standards in the upkeep on the place. When this is the case I am eager to make it right, I have given refunds, free farm product, and made emergency repairs when It is clear I am not meeting my promise to my guests.
In general go back to the idea of sharing in friendship. If there is something that could make your stay better that you would feel comfortable asking a friend please ask, I have made apple cider with guests, minded children so the parents could have a night out, given farm tours, and thrown mocktail parties. If there is something wrong, or that could be improved, you know that a friend would want to know, not only for your comfort but for the next guest as well.
If, on the other hand, the first I hear about a problem is from Air BnB conflict resolution because a guest did not have the guts to tell me directly, that is not what a friend would do, and I will not be sympathetic. If you are someone who cannot relate human being to human being please don't rent this space (and maybe stay off of Air BnB in general).
This is a really special place and I love sharing it with the people who can appreciate it. If you are not that type of person and I have scared you off great!, now you can book someplace more appropriate. If you have read the list above and have said "no big deal" then great!, please book my place, I would love to see you soon.
