Private Uses

Year Round Residence

As seen in Mother Earth News, April-May 2004

 

"We built the first yurt to be constructed inside the city limits of beautiful Port Townsend, Wash. Our project is one-of-a-kind, and all who set foot inside are in awe. This yurt comes fully equipped with a loft, study, bedroom, custom-built kitchen, lovely flooring and an attached bathhouse, and is the first yurt with actual glass windows instead of vinyl, which is the standard material for yurt windows. We paid great attention to using environmentally friendly products and designed this structure with simplicity and energy conservation in mind."

Melissa Nagy

Port Townsend, WA

 

Vacation Home: The Davis Yurt

 

Robert and Gretchen Davis bought six acres of land at the end of a dirt road near where relatives were already building, on the Coyle Peninsula, on Hood Canal, in Northwest Washington. "When we bought the land, we planned to build a cabin," explains Rob. "But as we started looking at the cost of doing that, we realized we'd have to choose between going to Hawaii for two months every year, and our log cabin, so we started to look around for some alternative solutions."

 

Rob is a retired engineer. He and Gretchen lived on Whidbey Island, WA full-time. As they looked around for a living space that would be a less expensive alternative to a cabin, they stumbled across Nesting Bird Yurts, then located in nearby Port Townsend, WA. After a more research, the Davises decided to put up a 21' yurt on their land.

 

As you can see, the Davises have a beautiful view of the water from their deck. "This is the most economical vacation home anyone could imagine — and we live like royalty!" says Gretchen Davis.

Robert and Gretchen Davis

Coyle Peninsula, WA