Our Story

It starts way back, as a young couple (yes we are high school sweethearts) we liked to drive around the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and dream about having a barn someday. We imagined taking an old, sway-backed barn giving it some love and making it a place to live.  As time went on this dream collided with another. Surinda’s study of Ayurveda grew a desire to create a space for healing, growth and rejuvenation.

We bought our house on the hill in 2012- and yes, there was an old barn out back that needed some care. Our home soon became lovingly called “the Roost”. A perfect place for Surinda’s collection of roosters and Dave’s growing interest in “nest building”. Five years later, it was time to raise the old roof off the barn and get started on our dream. Through Dave’s ingenuity the old barn quickly became a perch that looks out over the neighboring Adirondacks.

It took blood, sweat and tears, our own and those of family and friends but our dream has begun.

Our doors are open to our own community and to those that have traveled from near and far. The Roost is a space that promotes life, longevity and joy in the splendor of the Green Mountains.