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Days Away and Almost Ready

Construction on our guest house Here’s a mid-project shot from Randy, who painting the bathroom at The Guest House.  This was the last room to be done – we’re now focusing on final touches and populating the house with furniture and equipment. We’re opening it this weekend and intend to delight our first guests!

The Guest House of course is our latest addition to The Doctor’s House offerings. Guests will enjoy 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, a private lounge area – and an amazing view. It’s all steps away from the spa and Dining at The Doctor’s House, and from the new babies in the barn. We can’t wait to share it (and don’t miss our Ladies Retreat Special if you’d like to see it for yourself!)

 

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Introducing the Cranberry – Our New Honeymoon Cottage!

New cottage at our ocean front cottage rental propertyWe are SO excited to introduce The Cranberry, our brand new ‘honeymoon’ cottage. An A-frame, two-story and two-bedroom beauty, The Cranberry is a culmination of a lot (and a lot and a lot) of hard work, and offers that extra ‘something’ to our guests looking to enhance their journey to the ocean’s edge. Many of our marrying couples have booked it for after their weddings at The Doctor’s House, and we know that many couples and families will enjoy the deluxe accommodations and view.

For an ‘official’ breakdown: this luxury cottage has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms including one large master suite on the second floor overlooking the ocean. It also has fully equipped eat-in kitchen, a 2-person soaker tub, premium furnishings, upper and lower decks, barbecue, fire pit, and views of Shag Rock and stunning sunsets that will blow you away (all of our cottages have those last few, of course!).

Anyway, we can’t wait to share The Cranberry with our future guests, and it’s already booking up quickly. You can find more information or make a reservation here, and please find more photos on our Facebook page. It’s shaping up to be a great summer!

And yes – this is your view while soaking!New cottage at our ocean front cottages

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Getting Better, Inside and Out

Construction project in rural NewfoundlandEach day we’re that little bit closer to our first wedding season at The Doctor’s House, but, thankfully, each day we’re a little bit closer to finishing the Big Barn, or big construction project, too. We have a great team, and they’re doing a great job. We can’t wait to see the finished results, and we know our lovely brides and grooms feel the same way!Construction project in rural Newfoundland

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More Renos

Rennovations at our Newfoundland Resort Inn and SpaWe never would have guessed how much could go on ‘behind-the-scenes’ at a resort like The Doctor’s House until we were running one ourselves! We’ve already blogged about our renovations to the ‘Big Barn,’ building a fun and big new space for the upcoming wedding season. Less obviously, since we’re still managing to ‘wow’ with our hot breakfasts and gourmet weekend meals, we’ve also been re-doing our kitchen, too. The original was functional but not big enough, so a re-vamp was necessary, and our modifications are coming along nicely. We have some fun things planned for our restaurant this summer, so please stay tuned!

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The Cranberry Reimagined

Construction project at our Newfoundland cottage rentalsWhen we say we have lots on the go, we mean it! Lately we’ve been working on the Cranberry, a cottage at our Whiteway location, and the construction is coming along swimmingly.  The men started by taking off the roof to begin major renovation  as we turn the Cranberry into our ‘honeymoon’ cottage.  It will have a second floor, with an A0frame pointing out the bay.  The second floor will be an all glass front with a tub looking out the bay.  We’ll have skylights to capture the storms and a fire place to give you the warmth.

So, it might not look the prettiest yet, but trust us – it’ll be worth it!Construction project at our Newfoundland cottage rentalsConstruction on our newfoundland cottage rentals

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More Wedding Progress

Wedding construction at our Newfoundland resort inn and spaConstruction on the Big Barn for our upcoming first wedding season at The Doctor’s House continues. This past week was all about interior work. The great workers from Point Contracting are building the complicated roof arches inside the building. We hope they’ll start putting them up next week.

We are working on the electrical and lighting designs now. It’s all coming along!More construction for weddings in Newfoundland

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Progress on the Big Barn

Building a barn extension for our upscale Newfoundland wedding localAs we’re looking forward to our first wedding season and working hard to get The Doctor’s House ready for big parties, we’ve decided to keep our future brides updated of our progress through this blog. As you can see, our barn renovations are in full swing, with the extensions going up now. We’ve also installed a new floor upstairs in The Doctor’s Loft (you can see all of our wedding facilities here), and inside the barn is ready to add a kitchen.  So far we’ve hit our first milestones, and we’re on schedule and on budget. We know lots of happy couples will be ‘I do-ing’ in no time!

And speaking of weddings, if you or your friends have your own coming up, we hope you’ll us this Sunday at the Devotion Wedding Show. We’ll be doing a draw to win a one night stay in our honeymoon suite plus spa services, so don’t miss our booth!

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Construction on Wedding Banquet Hall Begins at The Doctor’s House!

Construction project in rural Newfoundland

We’re working hard to turn The Doctor’s House a world-class wedding destination. One of our steps is converting our big barn into a banquet hall that seats 200 people. We started work last week with Point Contracting, the local contractor who also built our house and cottages.

For all the grief that the winter weather has brought us, this current thaw allows us to get a foundation in early. This is a big move to help keep us on schedule.

So here are the ‘before’ shots of the Big Barn Project.  We’ll use this blog to keep all our booked wedding couples booked appraised of our progress.

And don’t worry – since this barn was currently empty, we’re not putting out any of our animals. They’re still snug-as-a-bug in their current home!Construction project in rural NewfoundlandConstruction project in rural newfoundlandConstruction Project in Newfoundland

 

 

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The Building Continues

Building greenhouses at our newfoundland resort

Our work never ends, and we’re grateful for all of it. We love The Doctor’s House as is, but we see so much potential, which we’re working to draw out. Here’s two new greenhouses that have just been completed for spring. Next season, to accompany our gourmet meals each weekend, we’ll also have fresh veggies and herbs!