Zone 2A
Caretaker House
One combined structure, multiple uses — this is the caretaker residence side: 3 bed / 2 bath, full kitchen, dining, living areas, and decks. Directly connected to the Welcome Center and the Party Barn — one building, one permit.
🏡 Now Recruiting — Move-In August 2027
This house is also the future home of Turkey Toe's full-time live-in caretaker. See the full role, what's included, and how to inquire.
See the Caretaker Role →Caretaker Side — What's Included
- •3 bedrooms + kitchen, dining, and living areas
- •Covered decks and porch
- •Car parking & drop-off
- •Directly connected to the Party Barn shop (main floor) and The Roost (upper mezzanine) — one combined structure, one building permit
Caretaker House Floor Plan
One house, two shared-use sides — check-in & Welcome Center, plus the caretaker residence. The exact lock-off point between the private caretaker side and the shared Welcome Center wing (including the shared bathroom guests use) is flexible and will be set based on who the right caretaker partner turns out to be.
Caretaker Zone Walkthrough
Video overview of the caretaker zone development at Turkey Toe Retreat.
Same combined structure, viewed from the opposite corner of the site — Devon's colored CAD model on top, VIZ's matching structural sketch below. Confirms how the caretaker house (left, single-story with covered patio) and the taller Party Barn (right, with equipment bay and Roost windows above) connect as one building under a single permit — consistent across both tools.
A third angle, square to the front — Devon's colored CAD model on top, VIZ's matching structural sketch below. Shows the garage bays at ground level, the exterior stair climbing up to The Roost deck, and the breezeway tying the Party Barn over to the caretaker house — all consistent between both tools.
New Concept — Caretaker Parking & Mud Room Access Flow
Under Structural Review · Not Yet in the CD Set
As full-time caretakers move onto the property, the Party Barn's garage bays need to work two ways: everyday caretaker parking when nothing is happening on-site, and clear space for guest/event vehicles when the venue is hosting. This concept lays out exactly how that switches back and forth, and how caretakers get from their car into the house without crossing the event floor.
Everyday Parking
Purple boxes — where caretaker vehicles park day-to-day, inside the main garage bays, when the venue isn't hosting an event.
Event-Day Parking
Yellow boxes — a dedicated bay behind the event space where caretaker vehicles shift to when an event is underway, keeping the main floor clear for guests.
Walking Path
Red line — the caretaker's walking path from either parking position straight into the mud room entrance, without cutting through the kitchen or event floor.
This is a live working concept from Devon's CAD markup, not yet signed off by the structural team — brought to today's structural meeting for review. Moves to VIZ's official plan set and the Custer County permit path once confirmed.
These drawings are from the original concept when the shop was designed as part of the same structure as the caretaker house — an attached garage/shop integrated into the TMOD modular unit. For a stretch this was reworked as two separate buildings, but the final, permit-ready CD set (VIZ Graphics, issued 10.16.26) confirms the combined-structure approach is the one actually moving forward.
Current build (what's actually happening): One combined structure under a single building permit — the TMOD factory-built modular house (Beds 1–3 = caretaker residence, Bed 4/Office = Welcome Center) directly connected to the Party Barn (site-built shop/event space on the main floor, The Roost above, labeled "Shop & Mezzanine" on the permit set). Total finished area across the whole structure: 8,568 SF (1,911 SF modular house + 5,537 SF shop & mezzanine + 1,120 SF covered deck & porch). Building height 29'-9 1/8" against a 30'-0" allowable max.
Retained here for design history reference — like the original five-phase feasibility plan, these show where the vision started.
Design History: Original Concept Floor Plan — DEN 1560 SF (Annotated)
Shows the early version of the single-structure concept: 3 bed, 2.5 bath, kitchen/great room with attached 2-car garage — an earlier draft of the same combined-structure idea the final CD set now confirms, at a different scale and room layout. Red annotations mark open discussion items from that round: the back door location, a proposed added bedroom with shared bath, the side door placement, and a shower addition.
Design History: Original AI Concept Render
Shows shop bays attached to the caretaker residence — an early AI-generated pass at the same combined-structure idea the final VIZ CD set now confirms with real engineering and dimensions.
This is one physical structure with three connected uses: the TMOD factory-built modular house split into the caretaker residence and the Welcome Center side, directly connected to the site-built Party Barn (shop main floor + The Roost mezzanine above).