Holidays Have you Vying for a Guest House? Design and Build your Own by Spring
Dec 13th, 2010 by Hazel
Many homes would benefit from a guest house. Whether you entertain often or have in-laws over for every holiday, having a separate guest house can allow both your guests and your home to feel a little more at ease.
Save Your Sleep: Nobody sleeps well with house guests. The hosts are worrying whether they supplied enough towels, the guests are tip toeing around the kitchen searching for a glass only to knock over your pile of cooking magazines. It can feel like a competition of who can be more accommodating: the guests or the hosts. But, in the end, no body feels completely at ease. Have you ever stayed with a friend that has a burglary alarm system? You hear this phantom beeping in the distance from your pull-out couch and wonder if there’s some problem. Skip the stress for both parties. Having a separate structure to serve as your guest house will let guests retreat to their own space, eliminating the need for tip toes on all fronts.
Save the Hassle: A lot of people avoid the hassle of house guests by investing in a hotel room. But, now meals and activities have to be scheduled around check ins and check outs. If the best hotel is across town, no one will be traveling to and from during rush hour! Plus, if there are kids along for the trip, they’ll inevitably forget a favorite toy or book, sending a parent back out into the weather and traffic to retrieve it from the hotel room. Having a separate guest house will allow families to retreat, but only be a few steps away.
Save Some Money: The upfront investment of a backyard guest house will well outweigh the ongoing costs of those hotel rooms. After you factor the night rate, parking, gas going to and from the hotel, and other expenses associated with hotels, guests will end up cutting travel costs in half when coming to visit you. Easing travel spending for your loved ones is the greatest gift you can give, especially during the holiday season.
Using a cabana or a pool house as a private guest house is an easy, customizable, and affordable option. Designing your structure online, you can personalize the tiniest details and choose a size that works for your lifestyle. The world of garden structures is a lot bigger than open-air gazebos and pergolas, fully insulated backyard cabanas and pool houses are serving as guest houses, home offices, and extra home spaces.





















