Dmitri & Lea
We built the house we kept looking for: comfort, serenity and sustainability under one roof.
Dmitri designed and built SOL between 2022 and 2023, on an old hayfield in New Kingston. Lea co-hosts. Between the two of us we look after every stay, from the first message to checkout.
This story was written by our guests. We just put their words in order.
Every quote on this site comes from a guest’s public reviewSolar first. Built for slowing down.
“Very warm place (temperature wise) - no drafts.”
A 42-panel, 17.85 kW array on the meadow is sized to make about 140% of what the house uses in a year. Three Tesla Powerwall batteries — 40.5 kWh — carry the evening, and when storms take the lines down, the essentials keep running on stored sunlight. The Level 2 EV charger by the garage is free for guests.
SOL draws its water from a private well more than 600 feet deep, inside the New York City watershed — protected land that feeds the reservoirs of the city.
Heat loops poured into the slab warm every floor. A wood stove in the great room and a cedar sauna in the spa bath do the rest.
of CO₂ kept out of the air each year: the same as burning about 1,600 gallons of gasoline, or what 240 tree seedlings take in over ten years of growing.
That’s enough electricity for about two average American homes.
The installer’s estimate of 21,185 kWh a year from the 42-panel, 17.85 kW array, converted at the EPA’s national rates (Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator); average home use from the U.S. EIA. Upstate New York’s grid is already cleaner than average, so the local offset is smaller. Real output varies with the weather.Before the first guest, it was a hayfield.
Bring your people together.
“…they even helped me track down a private chef for a birthday dinner at the house.”
Up to 20 at a celebration, 12 staying overnight. We provide the house and connect you with trusted local vendors. A private chef, a yoga instructor or a massage therapist can be arranged on request with independent local providers, booked separately.
“It was undoubtedly worth the drive.”
Come see what we built.
Sleeps 12 · 4 bedrooms · 3 king + 4 full beds · 4 baths · Sauna · Hot tub · Fire pit · Solar-powered · 5½ acres · 3 hours from Manhattan
Dmitri & Lea
We built the house we kept looking for: comfort, serenity and sustainability under one roof.
Dmitri designed and built SOL between 2022 and 2023, on an old hayfield in New Kingston. Lea co-hosts. Between the two of us we look after every stay, from the first message to checkout.
This story was written by our guests. We just put their words in order.
Every quote on this site comes from a guest’s public reviewSolar first. Built for slowing down.
“Very warm place (temperature wise) - no drafts.”
A 42-panel, 17.85 kW array on the meadow is sized to make about 140% of what the house uses in a year. Three Tesla Powerwall batteries — 40.5 kWh — carry the evening, and when storms take the lines down, the essentials keep running on stored sunlight. The Level 2 EV charger by the garage is free for guests.
SOL draws its water from a private well more than 600 feet deep, inside the New York City watershed — protected land that feeds the reservoirs of the city.
Heat loops poured into the slab warm every floor. A wood stove in the great room and a cedar sauna in the spa bath do the rest.
of CO₂ kept out of the air each year: the same as burning about 1,600 gallons of gasoline, or what 240 tree seedlings take in over ten years of growing.
That’s enough electricity for about two average American homes.
The installer’s estimate of 21,185 kWh a year from the 42-panel, 17.85 kW array, converted at the EPA’s national rates (Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator); average home use from the U.S. EIA. Upstate New York’s grid is already cleaner than average, so the local offset is smaller. Real output varies with the weather.Before the first guest, it was a hayfield.
Bring your people together.
“…they even helped me track down a private chef for a birthday dinner at the house.”
Up to 20 at a celebration, 12 staying overnight. We provide the house and connect you with trusted local vendors. A private chef, a yoga instructor or a massage therapist can be arranged on request with independent local providers, booked separately.
“It was undoubtedly worth the drive.”