The Stay
The Loft at Hestad
A hand-restored timber loft above the old farmyard, looking out over the water.
Sleep inside a century of craftsmanship. The Loft is the top floor of the farm's oldest building — its original hand-hewn timber walls saved plank by plank — reimagined as a single quiet suite for two, warmed by a wood stove and lit by the long northern evenings.
When Eirik and Marianne first climbed the ladder into this loft, it had stood empty for close to a hundred years — swallows in the rafters, daylight through the boards. The restoration kept everything that could be kept: the darkened pine, the forged nails, the low doorway you learn to duck beneath.
What's new is quiet luxury. A deep bed dressed in Norwegian wool. Underfloor warmth beneath wide old planks. A stone bathroom with a rainfall shower and a view you'll want to photograph at dawn. Coffee, and a breakfast basket left at your door — eggs, bread, and whatever the farm is giving that week.
There is no television and the signal is thin on purpose. What there is: the sound of water, a wood stove that ticks as it cools, and a whole valley that goes properly dark at night.
What's included
Everything, thought through
Restored timber suite
Original saved walls, wood stove, wool and linen, underfloor heat.
Farm breakfast basket
Eggs, sourdough and seasonal preserves left at your door each morning.
Water & valley views
South-facing windows over the farmyard and the water below.
A proper dark night
No screens, thin signal — stars, stove-light and quiet.
