We do the labor. You do the recreation.

A small, owner-operated rental company running two houses on two very different waters — a mountain retreat above Grand Lake, Colorado, and a beach house on the Lake Huron shore in Michigan.

◆ CO / GRAND LAKE The Grand Lake House 40.25° N · 105.82° W · 8,369 ft

◆ MI / LAKE HURON The Lake Huron Beach House Michigan shoreline · opening summer 2027

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01 / THE COMPANY

Recreational Labor is a small, owner-run rental company. We buy houses in places worth the drive, furnish them with more care than is strictly reasonable, and run every stay ourselves. The name is a joke we take seriously — someone has to do the work so a weekend feels like none.

02 / THE HOUSES

Frozen Grand Lake below the snow-dusted peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park

◆ Colorado · Rocky Mtn Gateway Now Booking

The Grand Lake House

A mountain house at the western door of Rocky Mountain National Park, a short walk from the largest natural lake in Colorado. Built for the hour after the trail — boots off, fire on.

WATERGrand Lake — CO's largest natural lake

NEARRocky Mountain National Park (west)

ELEV8,369 ft

SEASONOpen year-round

Sleeps 63 bedroomsLakeside townTrailhead access

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Sunset over Lake Huron from the Michigan beach

◆ Michigan · Great Lakes Shore Opening Summer 2027

The Lake Huron Beach House

A beachfront house on the Lake Huron shore, stripped back and fully remodeled right now. Sand underfoot, open-water sunrises, and a slower clock — first guests summer 2027.

WATERLake Huron — 2nd-largest Great Lake

SHORESandy Michigan beachfront

STATUSIn full renovation

OPENSSummer 2027

Sleeps 63 bedroomsOn the beachOpen water

Bookings open summer 2027

03 / HOW WE RUN THEM

Owner-operated, design-led, and honest about both.

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We run them ourselves

No absentee management company. Acquisition, furnishing, guest care, and upkeep sit with the owners — so accountability does too.

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Furnished on purpose

Every room is composed deliberately in a warm, mid-century register — durable pieces chosen to survive real use and still photograph well.

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Only good ground

We buy where the setting does half the work: a walkable lake town in the Rockies, a quiet stretch of Great Lakes beach.

04 / ENQUIRE

Book a stay,
or say hello.

Availability at Grand Lake, plus trade and partnership questions, all reach the owners directly.

EMAIL[email protected] BOOK · COGrand Lake House →

MILake Huron — summer 2027