You are encouraged to get trip insurance. We follow our cancellation policy.
Welcome to the Red Thread Retreat! We are located in Amish Country in Middlebury, Indiana. We are about 5.5 miles from the Middlebury exit on the Indiana Toll Road (80/90) Come visit our rural Dawdy Haus (an Amish term for a home on your property where aging relatives live). We are surrounded on the North, East, and West by Amish neighbors and their livestock. It's a beautiful and serene place to be. We are close to the big flea market in Shipshewana (7 miles) and to Notre Dame (about 35 miles) and the Pumpkin Vine Bike Trail (1.5 miles) and about 6 miles from exit 107 on the Indiana toll road.
The space
From the parking area, there are 3 steps up to the porch and the home is all on one level. With 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, you have space to bring your family for a relaxing stay. We do not have central A/C but we do have window units.
Both bedrooms have a place to hang your clothes with hangers and some drawers for your clothes. We provide bed linens and towels for the bathrooms. If you or anyone in your party use products that will stain or bleach the pillowcases or linens you are encouraged to bring your own or you will be charged to replace things that your party stains/bleaches. We do not provide stained linens to our guests. The first bedroom has a Queen bed and a bathroom with a shower/tub. The second bedroom has 3 twin beds and an attached bathroom with a shower stall only for those needing a walk-in shower instead of stepping over a tub. The living room has a sleeper sofa with a full-size mattress with a mattress topper for added comfort. The haus has a full kitchen with stove, refrigerator, microwave, air fryer, blender, small food processor, coffee make and Keurig. The haus does NOT have a washer/dryer. This haus is above the detached garage that we do not park in when we have guests. The Owners do live next door on the property so we can quickly address any needs or concerns you may have.
This is a non-smoking home, and we do NOT allow pets. We live in a separate home on the property, and we have small dogs and an indoor/outdoor cat, that do not appreciate new friends. There is a $300 fee if you bring in a pet or claim it is a Service animal and it is not. Service animals may not be left in the home alone at any time. If you bring in a pet, you need to leave with no refund on the remainder of your stay.
We do have children and dogs who like to play outside and there may be some normal noise when quiet hours are not in effect.
Hair dye/color and self tanner are not allowed to be used in our home.
Illegal drugs (Marijuana is not legal in Indiana), and underage drinking are prohibited in our home/on the property.
We do not have central air-conditioning, but do have window units.
We do have well water and a septic tank. Because of the septic system, you may only drive/park on the driveway, not the grass.
This is a rural home, located around farms with animals. Bugs and other wildlife will be encountered here. We have a family of rabbits living nearby that often visit. You will also see horses, cows, and other livestock that may occasionally escape from their pastures and end up in our yard. With so many farms nearby, and horses on the road, you may smell manure from time to time. As with many rural areas, cell service is not guaranteed depending on your provider. Also the wi-fi goes out from time to time. If these things are deal breakers for you, this may not be the property for you.
We do not charge a cleaning fee unless you leave the dawdy house a mess. Please clean up after yourself, do you dishes, wipe up spills, throw away your trash, etc.
There is a limit of 6 people in/at the property, including day guests. Anyone going above that limit will be charged $100 per person over the limit, per day.
Other things to note
If you need us for anything while you are here, please message us on the platform you booked from. If we don't answer within a half hour, please call our cell phones.
Trailers, RVs, tents, boats, etc may not be parked at our property. They also may not be driven onto the property. We have septic in the yard and there is no where to turn these vehicles around. Our driveway is hard to back out of.
We do NOT have a hot tub. There has been a glitch lately where hot tubs have been added as amenities to properties that don't have one.
Retreat laundry is done in our home where our animals live.
After you arrive, we will come up to the Dawdy Haus to verify the ID of the person who booked.
By booking, you agree that refund requests must be based on issues reported in a timely manner during your stay. We want to make things right while you’re here. No refunds for nights used before an issue is reported, no refunds if you refuse our resolution and choose to stay.
If you report an issue and we send a repair person or inspector and there is not an issue, you will be billed for the costs incurred.
