What does a buyout cost?

It depends on dates, length of stay, and whether you want a chef or facilitator arranged. We send real numbers with your proposal within two business days. Tell us the headcount and the dates you are considering.

Is there Wi‑Fi and cell service?

Yes to both, and we would rather be straight with you about it than oversell it. Tell us what your team needs to run, and we will tell you exactly what to expect before you book.

Can you arrange a chef?

Yes. We work with chefs who cook over fire in The Commons and the outdoor kitchen, from the farm when the season allows. Or bring your own, or cook together as a team; the kitchen is fully equipped.

Is the property facilitated?

No, by design. We prepare the property, provide the amenities, and hand you the keys. Bring your own facilitator or programming, or ask us for people we trust.

Do you have meeting equipment?

The Commons has a long table, a lounge, and room to work. Tell us what you need for screens or sound and we will tell you what is on hand and what to bring.

Please do. Tuesday to Thursday retreats are often easier to book than weekends and the property is quieter still.

How far is it, really?

About two hours by car from Austin, Dallas, and Houston. Close enough for a two-night trip, far enough that nobody pops back to the office.

Aerial view of Limestone Fields on Lake Limestone

Company retreats · Offsites · Executive gatherings

Get the whole team in one place. Then get quiet.

A full-property buyout on Lake Limestone

Ten cabins, one barn, sixteen acres, and nobody else on the property. Two hours from Austin, Dallas, and Houston, and a long way from the calendar.

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The idea

The best conversations at any offsite happen after the agenda ends. On the walk back from dinner. Around the fire at eleven. Over coffee before anyone has opened a laptop.

Most venues are built to end the day. This one is built to keep it going. Your team sleeps here, eats here, and wakes up here, with no hotel lobby between the last session and the real talk.

Why a buyout

A conference room with a lake view is still a conference room. This is the opposite: a place that happens to have a room for the work.

When you take the whole property, the hard part of an offsite disappears. Nobody is negotiating a hotel block. Nobody is shuttling between the venue and the restaurant and the bar. Nobody from another company is in the next room. It is your people, one set of grounds, and a barn with a long table.

There are no televisions in the cabins. Cell signal is honest but not overwhelming. The land invites people outside between sessions, onto a kayak or a walking path or a porch, which is where the thinking that needed the trip actually gets done.

We prepare the property, hand you the keys, and stay out of the way. Bring your facilitator, your chef, your agenda. Or bring none of those and use the quiet.

A room for the work

The Commons: 1,200 sq ft with a long farm table, a lounge, and a full chef’s kitchen. Sessions in the morning, dinner at the same table that night.

A cabin for each person

Ten private cabins, each with a king bed, a built-in desk, and an outdoor cedar soaking tub. Real doors that close. The kind of rest that makes day two better than day one.

Sixteen acres of think time

Kayaks on Lake Limestone, walking paths through the woods, a working farm with Highland cattle, and fire pits at every cabin. Walking meetings are better meetings.

Nobody else here

One group at a time. The whole property is yours from Friday to Sunday, or midweek if that suits the team better. No other guests, no other event, no audience.

What's included

The whole property. Here is what that means.

All ten cabins for two nights or more: king beds, desks, private cedar soaking tubs, sleeps 26
The Commons barn (1,200 sq ft): meeting and dining space, lounge, full chef’s kitchen
Outdoor kitchen with a Santa Maria grill and woodfired oven, fire pits, and the pergola
1,200 feet of private lakefront, kayaks, walking paths, and open land
Access to the working farm: garden, hens, ducks, and the Highland cattle
Un-facilitated by design. Bring your own facilitator, chef, or programming, or use the space as it is

Pricing depends on dates and length of stay and comes with your proposal. Chef, facilitator, and team-building partners available on request.

The shape of a retreat

Two nights that do the work of a week.

A sample rhythm from teams who have been here. Build your own; the property is flexible, and midweek dates are open.

Day one

Arrive & open

AfternoonArrive from Austin, Dallas, or Houston. Choose cabins, walk the land
Late afternoonOpening session at the long table in The Commons
EveningDinner cooked over the fire; the conversation you came for

Day two

The deep work

MorningCoffee in the barn, then the first working block
MiddayLunch, then walking meetings in pairs down to the lake
AfternoonSecond block, or open time to think and write in the cabins
EveningThe long dinner. Fire pit after. Nobody drives anywhere

Day three

Close & commit

MorningSlow breakfast, then a closing session: decisions, owners, dates
Late morningOne more kayak or soak
By 11amCheck out and drive home clear-headed

Prefer a midweek retreat? Ask. Tuesday to Thursday buyouts are often easier to book than weekends.

Who comes here

Small teams doing serious work.

Leadership teams planning the year, making the hard call, or working out how to work together. The thinking that needs actual quiet.

Small companies of ten to twenty-six who want the whole team under one roof for a few days: strategy in the morning, cooking together at night.

Founders, partners, and boards who need a day and a night away from the office to decide something that matters.

Creative and product teams on a sprint, a writing week, or a design intensive. Deep, uninterrupted focus with a lake to stare at when it stalls.

Friends making breakfast together in the Commons kitchen

Is this the right fit?

A word before you reach out.

This is your place if

Your team is 26 or fewer overnight, or up to about 50 for a day session
You want the whole property, with no other guests or events
You would rather bring your own facilitator and chef than pick from a venue menu
You see the quiet, the lake, and the fire as part of the agenda, not a break from it
You are within a few hours’ drive of Austin, Dallas, or Houston

Probably not, if

You need a hotel-style venue with A/V staff, breakout rooms, and in-house catering
Your group is larger than 26 and everyone must sleep on site
The agenda is back-to-back presentations with no time outdoors
You need it fully staffed and facilitated; we prepare the place and hand you the keys

We care about the fit as much as the booking. If you’re not sure, ask. We’ll tell you straight.

Overnight

26 across ten cabins; 3 suites sleep four

Day sessions

Up to about 50 in and around The Commons

Length

Two-night minimum; midweek and longer stays welcome

Location

Lake Limestone, TX. Two hours from Austin, Dallas, and Houston

Questions, answered

The things people ask before they reach out.

Something else? Ask in the form below. A real person reads every one.

How it works

Simple from inquiry to arrival.

Inquire

Tell us your dates, your headcount, and what you have in mind. Two minutes, below.

Talk

We reply within two business days with availability, pricing, and honest answers. A call if you want one.

Reserve

A deposit holds your dates. The whole property is yours for the weekend.

Arrive

Check in Friday afternoon. Settle in. Use the place the way you came to use it.

Start here

Tell us about the team.

Headcount, the dates you are considering, and what the retreat needs to accomplish. We reply within two business days with availability, pricing, and honest answers.