Colonial-style solid-timber home in a quiet setting

About Robert & Heidi

Meet Robert & Heidi, your hosts extraordinaire! This husband & wife team live just 14 minutes away, and are readily available to make sure your time spent at Starry Hill is amazing. Combine Robert's ready smile and keen fix-it & tractor skills with Heidi's warmth and flare for hospitality, and you're sure to enjoy a "five-star rated stay" guests have enjoyed since Heidi began solo in 2011. Heidi: an ordinary woman with an extraordinary tale. She worked beside her (now late) husband, Paul, their master-carpenter friend, Randy, plus Heidi's three children to build their dream solid-timber house on these serene, forested 24.5 acres. Thrown into this project quite by a surprise of Providence, Heidi realized in those years of 'family logging', sawing up the felled white Eastern pine on a portable sawmill, and 3-years of building, that only by testing a dream can you know if you have been given both the faith, perseverance, and grit to complete that dream. What began as her own home is now a uniquely peaceful and beautiful sanctuary to share with those in search of respite and sanctuary from the demands of the world we live in. Come and experience the magic of Starry Hill!

Why Robert & Heidi chose Barnard

You will find peaceful seclusion here: a uniquely beautiful, green-built home nestled among 24.5 acres of sugar-maple laden forest, yet easy access to Vermont Rte. 12 just 1400 feet down the mountainside driveway. Quintessential Woodstock is 5 miles south, Silver Lake and the Historic Barnard General Store 4 miles north, Mt. Tom hiking and horseback trails 3 miles south, and Hanover, NH and Dartmouth College 23 miles east. Northern Stage and the Lebanon Opera House are 22 miles east. Killington ski mountain is 40 min. away. Woodstock Inn's family-friendly Suicide Six ski area is only 10 minutes away.

What makes this House unique

After hundreds of guests and ten + years of vacation renting, Heidi has heard nothing but 'Wow--better than the photos!' Comments left in Heidi's guest book and the solid 5-star posted reviews on two listing sites say it all. Heidi has accommodated varied guests: families with children, couples wanting a romantic getaway, weekend skier groups, and everyone in between, each group leaving behind rave reviews about the home, the peaceful setting, the re-connection to family and friends, and the entire experience.