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What Leasing a Homestead Actually Means
Experience Homestead Living, Without the Work
Leasing a managed homestead as a vacation home is a new kind of vacation experience. It gives your family possession of a fully active homestead, customized to you. Several weeks a year, you get to enjoy everything an interactive homestead has to offer, living in a fully furnished home filled with your own personal items and effects. When you leave, everything is cleaned, managed, and taken care of until your next visit. Leasing a homestead gives families the ability to enjoy all the different seasons and unique experiences of homesteading, without the financial burden of owning a second home.
Who is Leasing Best Suited For?
Perfect for Families and Groups Craving Nature's Touch
This is a great fit for city-bound families looking for an experiential, educational way to live in nature, on their own terms, without having to move. Especially families with alpha-generation kids, the ones growing up in a digital world, who are looking to build traditions rooted in nature and self-sufficient living. Leasing is also a great fit for companies wanting to offer this unique experience to executives or high-performing employees, or even offer stays at the homestead as fundraisers for nonprofits.
Comfortable Homestead Living & Unique Features
The residence offers a two story brick farmhouse spanning almost 4,000 sqft with 4 bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms and a finished basement. Outside, enjoy the tranquility of the deck wrapped pool, hot bubbling jacuzzi, horseshoes, or just a simple hammock under the shade trees.
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The basement boasts a gym with a treadmill, stationary bike, inversion table, weights, and sauna as well as an entertainment area complete with an arcade, gaming systems, and many other classic games.
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The main floor has the large eat in Chef's kitchen, a wood burning fireplace, professional billiards table, massage chair, laundry room, and a sunken family room with a big screen tv.
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On the second level the four bedrooms are draped in your personal linens, the three bathrooms filled with your personal toiletries, and a dedicated work space with wifi and necessary supplies.
Satisfy Your Curiosity And Realize Your Dream
This is the ultimate opportunity to fulfill that lifelong dream of homestead living without the risk, workload, or common pitfalls. Our expert management team handles all the hidden realities of homesteading, allowing you to purely enjoy the interactive and educational parts. This truly is your sanctuary, bordered by the serene Western Hills Golf Course, giving you a completely worry-free slice of the country life.
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Worry-free management. All animals are fed, secured, and maintained twice daily by our expert team.
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Perfect Upkeep. Daily chores, repairs, pool cleaning, and lawn care are handled year-round.
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Start Today. Your opportunity to lease a Managed Homestead and experience the life of being connected to nature and living self sufficiently begins now.
Only 12 leases available. Don't miss out on establishing your family's new tradition.
The Complete Harmony Homestead Experience
Immersive, Educational, and Self-Sufficiency
Your family is invited to participate in the rhythm of the homestead from feeding the variety of animals and gathering fresh eggs from the chicken coop, to harvesting vegetables from the in-ground and raised garden beds. It is a rewarding, hands-on learning opportunity that provides true connection with nature and self-sufficiency.
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Watch, learn, or help with animal care, feedings, watering, bedding, and bonding with animals including Lucy, the beloved camel.
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Learn gardening skills from seed starting to harvesting of everything from vegetables and herbs to flowers.
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Smell the country fresh air, see the blooming wildflowers, hear the sounds of nature, feel the ground between your toes, and taste the purity of harvested food.
As a lessee, your responsibilities are simple: pay the monthly lease and choose when you want to be here. Each lease is a three-year term, and during each year you'll enjoy four weeks on the homestead. Those four weeks can be split up however you like throughout the year. It's straightforward, and it gives you plenty of time to experience every season's unique charms.
How Leasing Compares to Owning a Vacation Home
Enjoy the homesteading life without the hefty Price tag
Owning a second home in the U.S. is a big commitment. The average cost is around $495,000, with an average down payment of $99,000 and monthly expenses for mortgage, insurance, taxes, and maintenance of around $4,000 for 20 to 30 years. Leasing the homestead is a fraction of that: $3,000 down (first and last month) and $1,500 a month for three years, for a total investment of $54,000. And here's what really makes the difference: the average second home sits dormant 89% of the year. Your leased homestead? It's never dormant. It's fully alive, active with animals, gardens, and nature, every single time you arrive. You're not just getting a place to stay. You're getting a living, breathing experience, ready for you to jump right in.
Leasing as a Step Toward Homesteading
Try Homesteading Before You Decide to Stay
Leasing a managed homestead is the only way to actually live on a homestead, learn the skills, and enjoy the lifestyle without the full commitment. It lets you experience the world of homesteading without sacrificing the world you already live in. It's truly the best of both worlds.
Addressing Leasing Concerns
Peace of Mind, Built Into Every Lease
The biggest concern we hear? Being locked into a monthly payment on a three-year lease. Here's the thing: after your first year, you can cancel with just 60 days' notice. No penalties. No responsibility for payments on the remainder of the lease. We want you to feel confident making this commitment, knowing you've got flexibility if life changes.