Home in Woodstock

We are right in the heart of town, yet nicely tucked away and surrounded by nature and animals where it's peaceful and quiet. The mountains are right behind us. Only 4 min. walk from the great shops and restaurants of historic Woodstock. The Trailways Bus Stop is a short 5 min walk from our property. Please make sure to read our detailed description. The space Woodstock Haven is our Home & Peace of Mind. It gives us serenity and we hope it will do the same for you. We rent out our entire first floor when we are traveling. It is our actual home that we love to share with you and thus a bit more personal than a short term rental that you can often find on Airbnb nowadays. Additionally, we try to offer our open space on the 2nd floor when we can and it will be stated in our updates below. On the first floor, our guests enjoy 2 private rooms, a guest bathroom, an open floor dining and living room, full kitchen, a screened in porch, access to our big garden with an additional stone patio, a private stream and lots more. Please read about our space, layout and rooms below for more info. General: As we strive to consume less energy on this planet and keep the costs at its actual usage, we are asking you to be diligent using our heat and A/C. Make sure you always turn off the A/C's or heat when you're not in the spaces you are using it in. Since your bedrooms are small, it will heat up and cool down really fast. We are also providing one electric heater that heats up a room first and prefer that when you are mostly located in one room (at night for example). The heating unit will heat up the entire first floor – which is fine as long as you’re in it. In addition, we have one standing fan for the summer. We would love for you to water our few inside house plants while you're here. If that does not suit you, we happily discuss coordinating someone come in to do that. Unless otherwise listed, you will have full privacy in the house. We have the highest internet speed available in Woodstock, as well as a 25ft ethernet cable available in the TV room closet. Please refer to our house rules not to roast any meats in our stove (fish is fine, please use a sheet pan underneath!). No cooking of bacon or pork at any time. We have separate pots and pans for meats including chicken in your pantry area. Otherwise help yourself to anything you can find in the kitchen. We prefer for all guests to take off your shoes. But do as you're comfortable. There is a no shoe policy at all times on the 2nd floor. No exceptions. Description of our House: The guest area consists of the entire first floor, which includes one guest Bedroom and one "TV room" that has a queen size pullout couch), one bathroom, a sunken living room, dining space, screened in porch, kitchen and hallway. Please do read our detailed description below to see if this is for you. We prefer guests who have reviews, unless we would be able to meet you in person beforehand or are present during your time of stay and give you a great first review :-). We are located in an excellent location!!! - right behind Tinker Street - but still tucked away. It is nice and quiet. DETAILS ______________________________________________________________ Bedrooms: 1) One Guest Bedroom with a queen size bed, sitting on slats that we find very comfortable. It’s medium firm and not mushy/soft in any way. 2) One bedroom/TV room, with a sofa that can be pulled out into a queen size bed or if you take the pillows off, stay as a twin bed for more room. It is firm and comfortable, but still a couch. Both rooms are medium size and there is not much additional space to do additional activities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bathroom: One private bathroom with a tub/shower --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - We have Apple TV (podcasts, Netflix, Youtube, etc.). - Your private pantry area with a small fridge, coffee maker, water kettle, microwave and toaster, as well as organic raw sugar, organic fair-trade coffee, tea. - filtered water faucet in main kitchen —————————————————————————————— Other sleeping options: - 1 twin size mattress upon request - 1 full size rollout futon mattress that is located in the guest room's closet - 2 red sofa chairs that fold out to be single size beds that are firm and comfortable upon request. They can be placed in the living room area or be put in the TV room (see old TV room pictures). - A green couch in the sunken living room area, that does not convert to a bed, but is nice and firm and has been another sleeping option for guests who chose it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kitchen: Kitchen Rules Please: - do not cook any meat including chicken in our pots and pans in the kitchen (fish is fine). We do have special pans available for chicken and other meats except pork in your pantry area in the bottom drawer - do not cook or prepare any pork at any time, especially bacon - read our kitchen manual before you use the kitchen, which includes to: - ONLY use our plastic and wooden utensils on all pots and pans to prevent scratches, otherwise we will need to charge for a replacement - be mindful of not having the flames too high on our burners. They should not shoot beyond the bottom of the cookware for it may get damaged and blackens the bottoms. - do not put our chef's knives in the dishwasher!!!! - do NOT cut on our countertop and use our cutting boards inside our drawer Our Kitchen Manual is available in the House. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Floor Ballroom (available at times): - A large open space for you to exercise, sit in, meditate and enjoy - The sunlight naturally heats up that floor. Please note that there will be no A/C or heat available as it is on a separate zone. It can get quiet warm in the winter, but may be cold during rain or snow days. If it's beyond 90 degrees outside in the summer, this space gets quite hot and may not be as usable. ¬- No shoes ever on the staircase or 2nd floor. No exceptions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outside: - small kid's playground (see pix) - lounge chairs and tables - Charcoal grill (also for meats) available upon request Guest access Entire first floor, including 2 private bedrooms, sunken living room, dining area, pantry including your own private fridge, plus use of our kitchen, screened porch and anywhere in the garden, except our vegetable garden. Other things to note Please: - physically lock the doors at night and any time you exit the premises - Turn down the heat or turn off the A/C when you leave the premisses and when you are not occupying the space that you are heating. - Do not cook any pork at any time. Use our special pans for other meats including chicken or bring your own. (Fish is fine). Pans that we set aside for meat use (not pork) are in your pantry area. Pls refer to our manual. - Read & Agree to our kitchen manual before you use the kitchen (see the description above). We reserve the right to charge in the case of damage, so we can replace our items. - Please do not use our kitchen appliances.