HAVN Build Update: The Outside Is In

November 14, 2026 · Development

Alpen at HAVN, a black gable cabin with cedar soffits, a finished deck, and a cedar barrel sauna on river stone

This was the week the outdoor side of HAVN really started taking shape. Roofs and soffits are on, the saunas and hot tubs have arrived, and river rock now runs between the cabins and the spots where you will spend your evenings.

Walk around either cabin now and you can picture it: the steam off the hot tub, the fire going, the woods quiet around you. Here is where things stand, and a look at which winter dates are still open.

Alpen: a finished deck and a sauna steps away

Alpen’s deck is done, with only the handrail left to go. Step out through the glass doors and the cedar barrel sauna sits a few paces across the stone. It is on site now and being set in place.

Privacy fencing is going in around Alpen’s outdoor spaces too. The goal is simple: when you are in the sauna or the hot tub, it should feel like the woods are yours alone. Alpen is the cabin that catches the afternoon sun, so this is where golden hour will happen.

The deck at Alpen with a brass lantern and the cedar barrel sauna beyond

New privacy fencing at Alpen, with the metal roof of the cabin beyond the trees

Skog: the roof is on

Skog’s low shed roof is on, and cedar soffit now wraps the deep overhang all the way around. It is one of our favorite details on the whole property: that warm wood ceiling over the front door, framed by black siding and river stone.

The front door at Skog under its deep cedar soffit, with river stone underfoot

Skog’s hot tub is on site and settling in just off the corner, a few steps from that tall wall of picture-frame windows. Skog gets the morning sun, which makes it the cabin for slow coffee and an early soak.

Skog at HAVN, a black shed-roof cabin with picture-frame windows, its hot tub, and river stone paths through the hemlocks

The grounds: made for slow evenings

River rock is spread around all of the outdoor amenities now, so the sauna, hot tub, and fire pit areas each have their own clean, natural footing. The posts are up for the egg chairs that will circle the fire pit, which might be the spot we are most excited for you to find.

The ledge beside Skog, the one we uncovered while clearing fallen trees, is being cleaned up. It is right outside Skog’s kitchen window, so it will be part of the view every time you cook.

The exposed rock ledge beside Skog, uncovered while clearing fallen trees

Behind the scenes, the pump house is finished. It is not glamorous, but it is one of those pieces that has to be right before anyone can stay.

Next week at HAVN

Inside Skog, ceilings and floors start next week, with Skog’s deck right behind them. Outside, work continues on all of the outdoor amenities. Our first guests arrive at the end of December.

Open dates for December and January

Dates are already booking through the holidays. Christmas is open in both cabins, New Year’s Eve has one cabin left (Skog), and both cabins are wide open for most of January. A is for Alpen, S is for Skog.