This personally-owned 1,400 sq ft guest house close to Glacier is well equipped with everything that you need for a great stay. Enjoy the spacious kitchen, open dining and living room w/ 50” TV with Smart Technology & fireplace. Enjoy the mountain views from the large windows inside or the large deck. The bedrooms are outfitted with luxury hotel quality, crisp, white linens. There is high speed internet throughout the house. We have a 12 year history of top reviews and would love to host you! Key amenities include: • Window Air Conditioning in the Bedrooms • TV with with Roku or other smart platform is provided so you can access your streaming content. At least one streaming service will be provided. • High-speed wireless internet throughout the home • Fully equipped Amenities and Little Touches that you will find in this home: • Enough dishes, silverware and kitchen gadgets to eat full meals without having to wash dishes • Crisp, white, high quality linens from luxury hotel suppliers like Standard Textile • Extra blankets and pillows so you can set up the beds just how you like them • Toilet Paper, Paper towels, Dish soap, Laundry soap, Hand soap, Hair Dryers, Sewing Kit, Picnic Basket, Cooler, Backpack, Bear Spray, Med kit, extra towels, etc. • Kitchen is stocked with some cooking basics such as salt, pepper, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, condiments, etc if you wish to use them Kitchen Highlights: • Spacious kitchen with large island and bar seating for 4. • Oven, Microwave, Dishwasher and Refrigerator with ice maker. • Fully equipped with every appliance and tool you will need! • Butcher block countertops and painted oak cabinets Living/Dining Room Highlights: • Plentiful living room seating around an electric fireplace • 50” TV with Smart technology. At least one streaming service such as Hulu, Netflix, or Disney Plus will be provided. You may log on to your own streaming accounts but please remember to log back out upon departure. • Mountain views and back door that leads to the large deck and gas BBQ • Dining table seats 6, there is also a table and chairs on the deck • Open to the kitchen area Bedroom and Bathroom Highlights: • Both upstairs bedrooms are spacious and have walk in closets • Plentiful windows look to the mountains but have blackout blinds for a good night’s rest • Quality, white, luxury-hotel linens from Standard Textile and others on the beds with spare blankets and pillows so you can sleep perfectly. • Window Air Conditioners for the warm summer nights – or open the windows and turn on the ceiling fans for a cool Montana night breeze. • A pack 'n play and twin sized fold up bed (suitable for children, but probably not for adults) are also provided. • Spacious bathroom has two separate sinks and a shower and is provided with high-quality towels • Half bath downstairs near the laundry room • Laundry room with washer and dryer, ironing board and iron available for your use More detailed information about the space: We purchased this land and the home on it in 2010, and since we were both school teachers at the time, we decided that over our summer break it would make a great vacation rental for visitors to Glacier National Park. We soon discovered that we loved sharing our home with our guests. We pride ourselves on creating the perfect place to stay – clean and with all the amenities a guest would hope for. We began amassing 5 star reviews and a full calendar. Soon, we decided to build a second building on the 2 acre lot so that we could share our home with more guests. With the help of family and friends and over the course of five years we completed our dream – Glacier Countryside Retreat. The two-story guest house sits in the back half of a Barn/Garage. There are lean-tos on the side, giving it the quaint barn-look. The guest house has a large deck off of the back, access to a back yard, and covered parking in one of the lean-to’s. Soon after completing this guest house, we were surprised with the arrival of our first child. Having already rented out our home for the summer, we moved into Glacier Countryside Retreat and lived there for the next two and a half years. It was such a blessing to have had this home during our time of transition to parenthood. Now, we are back in our main home during the school year and back to camping and living with family in the summer. So, we are excited to finally get to share Glacier Countryside Retreat with you, our guests. Since we have personally lived in this home for a time, I would like to share with you what I think are the Pros and Cons of Glacier Countryside Retreat so you can be sure it is the best choice for your vacation to the Glacier Park Area. Pros: • Excellent Location – in the country yet close to all of the major towns in the area as well as Glacier National Park • Great views – especially from the upstairs bedrooms. • It is charming and cute, with tongue and groove ceilings and post and beam construction. • It is bright and spacious with a great kitchen and big bedrooms Cons: • Because of the post and beam style construction, the ceiling downstairs is the floor of the upstairs. There is carpet in the bedrooms, but otherwise there is not as much of a sound buffer between floors as there is in traditional construction. Since we had a napping baby while we lived here, we learned that you had to be quiet downstairs while the baby was sleeping upstairs. • The road next to the house on the East side services a small subdivision, but also is access to a construction/gravel pit. Sometimes during the summer, there can be a lot of trucks driving by along that road. We found it to be a bit noisy when we wanted to sleep in, so we kept ear plugs handy. We will provide some for you in case they are driving by during your stay. We think our home would make a great spot to launch your Montana Vacation. We look forward to hearing from you. We’d love to email you and would love to answer any questions you may have. If you choose to book with us, be sure to read our rental agreement for a complete list of rules. Some notable items include: • No parties allowed • There is another separate and private residence on the 2.11 acre property • At NO time is smoking of any kind (tobacco, marijuana, vaping, etc.) allowed inside the home by anyone – tenant or guest of tenant. • Note that there is a security camera on the front porch of this home to help us monitor the property and communicate with housekeeping services about check in and checkout, snow removal and lawn maintenance. This camera is not monitored and there are no other cameras on the property. Keywords: Home, House, Farmhouse, Country, Glacier Park, Views This is a private individual home. We live in the area and will be around to answer any questions you may have. It is hard to find a home with more convenient, easy access to everything the Flathead Valley has to offer. Not only that, but it sits on a large lot in the countryside. Here are some driving times to local attractions from this central valley location: • 25 minutes to Glacier National Park • 8 minutes to the resort town of Whitefish • 10-15 minutes to the shopping and dining of Kalispell • 7 minutes to Columbia Falls, gateway to Glacier National Park • 30 minutes to Flathead Lake, largest freshwater lake West of the Mississippi • 25 minutes to the top of Whitefish Mountain Resort • 4 minutes to the airport You will want a car to visit the Flathead Valley and Glacier Park area. There is plentiful private off road parking at this residence including covered parking under the lean-to.