Private guest suite in a rural subdivision at the base of Hatcher Pass.
Outside you'll find a patio with a smokeless fire pit and a chicken coop.
In summer, you'll find freshly grown goods that you are welcome to pick and use when in season and two kayaks that are available for your use. Inside is a stylish and cozy one bedroom guest suite with a full kitchen that is furnished with art and goods made by local artists & artisans.
This space is a 1bd/1ba suite with a full kitchen. We'll provide you some farm fresh eggs from the chicken coop, and a coffee sample from a local coffee roaster a few miles away. You are also welcome to use anything growing in the garden. Depending on the season, some of the things available may be: lettuce, chard, beets, radishes, thyme, rosemary, mint, chives, sage, parsley, oregano, rhubarb, strawberries, blueberries, honey berries, currants, raspberries, and apples. There is a hammock and a smokeless fire pit available on the patio. We also have two kayaks that you are welcome to use free of charge (additional cost if you need them transported).
Inside, the space is decorated with art & goods made by local artists and artisans. The living room is filled with books about Alaska and books written by local authors. There is also a TV with access to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, and some board games. There is a guitar, banjo, fiddle, and ukulele hanging on the wall that would love to be played (but will probably need to be tuned!).
The bedroom has a queen bed with a memory foam mattress, blackout shades, a large walk in closet, a tv, and a sound maker that displays the northern lights. The overhead light dims, and there are USB ports on the bedside table lamps for easy phone charging.
The bathroom has a shower & tub combo and plenty of storage. You find toilet paper, towels, shampoo, conditioner, body soap, hand soap, and a first aid kit provided to you.
There is also a small laundry room with a washer and dryer, and an iron and ironing board available for your use.
The space is ideal for two people, but can accommodate up to four people with the sofa bed in the living room. There is a three inch memory foam mattress to place on the sofa bed in order to increase comfort.
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You'll have private access to the driveway, patio with container gardens in the summer, and the entire one bedroom guest suite. There is also a garden area at the beginning of your driveway that has blueberries, apple trees, raspberries, and honey berries in the summertime.
From the outside, walking around to the other side of the house leads to my family's yard & living space.
We live in a rural subdivision at the base of Hatcher Pass. The lots are one to five acres in size, so there is plenty of space and privacy, but you also might see the neighbors out in their yard or the kids riding bikes or four wheelers in the street. There is a local gas station/ice cream stop, a little bar, and also a pizza place within a mile or so, but otherwise most services will be in Palmer or Wasilla. Palmer has great breweries, restaurants, coffee shops, and boutiques. We are very close to all the recreational activities in Hatcher Pass.
Here are some distances, to give you an idea:
8 miles to downtown Palmer (13 minutes)
12.2 miles to Wasilla (20 minutes)
46.2 miles to Anchorage (52 minutes)
Recreational activities:
3.4 miles to Little Susitna River
3.8 miles to Government Peak Recreation Area
3.9 miles to Government Peak trailhead and blueberry knoll
5.9 miles to Skeetawk skiing area
8.8 miles to Gold Mint Trailhead
11.3 miles Fishhook Trailhead
11.9 miles Reed Lakes Trailhead
13.1 Gold Cord Lake
13.2 miles Independence Mine State Historical Park
13.7 miles April Bowl Trailhead
A car is required to get around, and AWD is handy in the winter. You'll have a driveway with a couple parking spots available to you.
The space is a walkout basement apartment attached to our house, but it has its own private driveway, staircase, and entrance. You will hear us living above you (dogs, footsteps, voices, watching movies, etc.), or see me out on your patio watering the plants or collecting chicken eggs, but otherwise you will have the space entirely to yourself. We have a snow plow service that includes shoveling the stairs and patio, so you may see someone shoveling if it has just snowed.
There are a dozen stairs (or a small hill in the summer) to climb to access the apartment. Though we shovel them after snowfalls, the stairs on that hill struggle with snow drifts from the frequent and infamous Palmer winter winds and are often covered in some snow. We provide a snow shovel and ice melt for your use.
We are on a well and septic tank, so please don't flush anything but toilet paper down the toilets.
We are on a shared HVAC system and keep the system mostly off in the summer time and at 70 degrees in the winter. We provide space heaters, fans, and blankets when needed. We don't have air conditioning (it isn't very common in Alaska), but because it is a walkout basement the windows let light and heat in from the sun but it generally stays relatively cool in the apartment during the summer and warm in the winter.
The space is very relaxing and relatively quiet, but there are some noises you will likely hear during your stay. These may include my family living in our house upstairs above the apartment the chickens clucking while laying eggs, neighborhood kids and dogs, or the water pump and HVAC system which are both located downstairs. Because of the shared HVAC, you also may smell our breakfast, lunch, or dinner cooking.
You are welcome to smoke outside on the patio, but please do not smoke in the house. Please be sure that the windows and doors to the guesthouse are closed as you are smoking so the smoke doesn't enter the house. Thank you!
