Heron Hill Guest House Get-Away
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Entire guest house hosted by Karen
- 2 guests
- 1 bedroom
- 1 bed
- 1 bathroom
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Where you'll sleep
Bedroom
1 queen bed
Living room
1 sofa
What this place offers
Valley view
Kitchen
Wifi
Free parking on premises
Private patio or balcony
Private backyard – Not fully fenced
Indoor fireplace: electric
Luggage drop-off allowed
Hair dryer
Magic Chef: 4.5 cubic ft., two-door (top freezer) refrigerator
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Cherry Valley, New York, United States
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I am an avid gardener who looks forward to November and snow fall, after long spring, summer and fall months of working outdoors!
My husband, Charlie, and I married in 1983 and purchased our property in Cherry Valley in 1984. We spent 15 years renovating an 1803 house just up the road, but sold it with five acres of our 135 acres in 1998 so Charlie could pursue jobs in western and then eastern New York State. We have moved around but have always had a dream of returning home someday and building our own house.
Charlie and I are educators. Charlie had a 32-year career in public education, with most of his years devoted to the field Career and Technical Education, in both teaching and administrative roles. His last three-and-a-half years before retiring were spent as a central school superintendent in Salem, NY. I studied Architectural Preservation in graduate school, where Charlie and I first met at Cornell University in 1981, and after moving with Charlie to rural central New York, I became certified as a secondary Social Studies teacher. After teaching for less than five years at Worcester Central School I spent many more years home-educating our two, now grown children as we moved around the state following Charlie's work.
In 2010, Charlie retired (I say I'm not retired, just tired!) - a year after we started work on the site for the structure that now houses our guest house and workshop, what we used to call our "shop house". Except for the foundation and slab which we contracted out, we built the rest of the structure by ourselves, with some help now and then from loyal family and friends.
In May of 2012, after selling our last home in Washington County, we moved into a 10' x 12' wall tent on the property so we could continue working on the "shop house", which had been framed in and roofed during the 2011 season. By October of 2012 we were tired of living in the tent (it was getting hard to get up out of bed when it was 32 degrees outside!) and moved into the shop house and continued working on it's interior, which we completed in 2013.
After buying a portable sawmill in 2014, Charlie started felling trees for us to mill into lumber to build our real house, using aspen from our property (90 acres of which had been certified as a tree farm in 2012). The foundation/slab were completed in 2015 and we began framing in 2016. Except for the foundation/slab, the metal roof, and a big tile job in the master bathroom, we again built the house ourselves, with help at times from family and friends.
We got our Certificate of Occupancy in December of 2018 and started moving in during a snow storm in January of 2019. There is much yet to be done to finish - is one ever finished? - however, we are thrilled to be living in our dream house and ready to share our property and good fortune with travelers who need a place to stay while visiting this beautiful part of New York State.
When we are not building - we also built a pole barn and put up a 12' by 24' green house in recent years - we spend time growing a lot of vegetables in our 60' by 60' garden, working on our tree farm which we are managing for potential future commercial harvest, enjoying time with our family (we just became grandparents in 2018), and making plans for future projects (expanding our solar installation, adding a garage, etc.). We also take out time to enjoy our trails and ponds, hiking and snowshoeing in season.
I guess all of this will explain why we have not done much traveling in recent years as Airbnb guests, but we do hope to do more of that in the future as we get tired of working on our property and need to take a break!
My husband, Charlie, and I married in 1983 and purchased our property in Cherry Valley in 1984. We spent 15 years renovating an 1803 house just up the road, but sold it with five acres of our 135 acres in 1998 so Charlie could pursue jobs in western and then eastern New York State. We have moved around but have always had a dream of returning home someday and building our own house.
Charlie and I are educators. Charlie had a 32-year career in public education, with most of his years devoted to the field Career and Technical Education, in both teaching and administrative roles. His last three-and-a-half years before retiring were spent as a central school superintendent in Salem, NY. I studied Architectural Preservation in graduate school, where Charlie and I first met at Cornell University in 1981, and after moving with Charlie to rural central New York, I became certified as a secondary Social Studies teacher. After teaching for less than five years at Worcester Central School I spent many more years home-educating our two, now grown children as we moved around the state following Charlie's work.
In 2010, Charlie retired (I say I'm not retired, just tired!) - a year after we started work on the site for the structure that now houses our guest house and workshop, what we used to call our "shop house". Except for the foundation and slab which we contracted out, we built the rest of the structure by ourselves, with some help now and then from loyal family and friends.
In May of 2012, after selling our last home in Washington County, we moved into a 10' x 12' wall tent on the property so we could continue working on the "shop house", which had been framed in and roofed during the 2011 season. By October of 2012 we were tired of living in the tent (it was getting hard to get up out of bed when it was 32 degrees outside!) and moved into the shop house and continued working on it's interior, which we completed in 2013.
After buying a portable sawmill in 2014, Charlie started felling trees for us to mill into lumber to build our real house, using aspen from our property (90 acres of which had been certified as a tree farm in 2012). The foundation/slab were completed in 2015 and we began framing in 2016. Except for the foundation/slab, the metal roof, and a big tile job in the master bathroom, we again built the house ourselves, with help at times from family and friends.
We got our Certificate of Occupancy in December of 2018 and started moving in during a snow storm in January of 2019. There is much yet to be done to finish - is one ever finished? - however, we are thrilled to be living in our dream house and ready to share our property and good fortune with travelers who need a place to stay while visiting this beautiful part of New York State.
When we are not building - we also built a pole barn and put up a 12' by 24' green house in recent years - we spend time growing a lot of vegetables in our 60' by 60' garden, working on our tree farm which we are managing for potential future commercial harvest, enjoying time with our family (we just became grandparents in 2018), and making plans for future projects (expanding our solar installation, adding a garage, etc.). We also take out time to enjoy our trails and ponds, hiking and snowshoeing in season.
I guess all of this will explain why we have not done much traveling in recent years as Airbnb guests, but we do hope to do more of that in the future as we get tired of working on our property and need to take a break!
I am an avid gardener who looks forward to November and snow fall, after long spring, summer and fall months of working outdoors!
My husband, Charlie, and I marri…
My husband, Charlie, and I marri…
During your stay
We live on the property in a separate house which we built ourselves and is located just up the hill from the rental. (We also built the guesthouse, greenhouse and pole barn, and will be happy to share our experiences if you are interested.) During your stay you will likely find us out and about working on "projects" and we will be available as desired to show you around the property.
Karen can often be found working in her greenhouse and/or her 60' x 60' enclosed vegetable garden. She will enjoy showing you the garden and sharing its bounty.
Charlie enjoys working in his woodlot, milling his own wood for projects, and building in the wood-shop below the rental. Often Karen is involved in these endeavors as well! If guests are interested, Charlie can be enticed into giving a tour of our 90-acre managed tree farm located across and just up the road from the guest house and main house.
Since we've also been isolating on our property during the pandemic, we too have miss social intercourse, so feel free to indicate that you'd enjoy some company if that's the case. On the property we have the guest house deck, two porches on our main house, and the pond has a pavilion which allows for socially distant socializing . . . all in good weather, of course! We totally understand that some guests may really need and want solitude and that's okay, too. Come and spend the time the way you want and need.
Karen can often be found working in her greenhouse and/or her 60' x 60' enclosed vegetable garden. She will enjoy showing you the garden and sharing its bounty.
Charlie enjoys working in his woodlot, milling his own wood for projects, and building in the wood-shop below the rental. Often Karen is involved in these endeavors as well! If guests are interested, Charlie can be enticed into giving a tour of our 90-acre managed tree farm located across and just up the road from the guest house and main house.
Since we've also been isolating on our property during the pandemic, we too have miss social intercourse, so feel free to indicate that you'd enjoy some company if that's the case. On the property we have the guest house deck, two porches on our main house, and the pond has a pavilion which allows for socially distant socializing . . . all in good weather, of course! We totally understand that some guests may really need and want solitude and that's okay, too. Come and spend the time the way you want and need.
We live on the property in a separate house which we built ourselves and is located just up the hill from the rental. (We also built the guesthouse, greenhouse and pole barn, and w…
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Check-in: 15:00 - 19:00
Check out: 10:00
Not suitable for children and infants
No smoking
No pets
No parties or events
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Nearby lake, river, other body of water
Carbon monoxide alarm
Smoke alarm