A cottage first, then six houses.
Solveig’s grandmother bought the Bluff Cottage in 1974. In 2011 Solveig and Oskar Brandvold rented it out for one summer to pay for a new roof, and guests kept writing to ask for more houses.
A slow start, on purpose.
We only add a house when we can clean it ourselves and get there in fifteen minutes.
1974
The cottage
Solveig’s grandmother buys a one-bedroom cottage on the bluff above Sleeping Bear Bay.
2011
The first guests
Solveig and Oskar rent the cottage for one summer to pay for a new roof. Every week sells out.
2014
The Birch Cabin
A two-bedroom cabin in the woods, rebuilt with a wood stove and a cedar hot tub.
2017
The lake and the river
The Glen Lake House and the River Cabin join, and Yesenia starts our own cleaning team.
2021
The Orchard House
A farmhouse among the cherry trees, rebuilt step free with a main-floor bedroom.
2026
The Dune House
Our first house on Lake Michigan, with 180 feet of beach and room for ten.
Twelve minutes, four favorite spots.
Beach, river, orchards and dunes, all a short drive from every house and all open to the public.
The beach
6 minutes
Swim from late June
Soft sand at Glen Haven and sunsets behind the islands.
Leave every house better than we found it.
Solar on two roofs
Panels on the Orchard House and the Dune House cover most of their power.
The people behind the houses.
Host and bookings
Solveig Brandvold
Spent every childhood summer at the cottage, worked twelve years in hotel sales in Chicago and moved up north in 2011. Bookings, the calendar and the local guide are hers.
The best way to know us is a week here.
Solveig and Oskar are around every day. Ask for the beach map with the dog-friendly stretches marked.