Baratto Brothers Construction was an easy choice to construct our new cabin on Cross Lake in the township of Crosslake, Minnesota. Having some construction experience, we wanted to create a team to streamline the design process by applying some design/build principals.
Together we added RemWhirl Architects, Capital Granite, Schrupp Excavating, Hoffbeck Electric, Crosslake Sheet Metal, Wood Products Unlimited, North Country Plumbing, Simonson Lumber, Don's Masonry, Randy Nelson Drywall, Anderson Brothers, Geo's Painting, Franzen Concrete & Masonry, Neumann Construction, Stonemark Surveyors, Brainerd Glass Company, Lakes Millwork, Wood for Life and Shorewood Ceramic Tile as key partners with Baratto Brothers Construction.
ABRA Landscaping completed the revamped irrigation, boulder walls and landscape, a relationship over 15 years old.
Broke ground October 1st, 2014 and we slept in our new cabin July 4th, 2015. As with any project there were some “hiccups” and only seeing onsite progress through weekly photos and several scattered trip through the winter was challenging, but it worked as our Baratto Superintendent Junior and his Lead Carpenter Tom, stayed in contact with us via text, voice calls and of course site visits.
There were only a few Change Orders as we were "hands on" and quickly developed great working rapport with Ben Baratto and almost every subcontractor onsite.Our cabin is 3,000+ square feet with an attached, 2-1/2 car extra deep garage, with a lake facing deck almost ¾ of the length of the cabin.
The exterior impression is 1940's lake cottage that appears to have been expanded and remodeled over the years. Natural cedar shakes and trim compliment Hardie Board siding with key areas and accent of corrugated steel with a naturally occurring patina. Soffits, fascia & gutters are dark bronze aluminum and the exterior decks are constructed with Evergrain composites. This blend of very low or zero maintenance materials equates to lower life cycle costs to keep appearances new.
The building holds three (3) levels; the Lake Level is a walk-out with a Screened Porch, Family Room with Wet Bar, Full Bath, three (3) Bedrooms and; the Mechanical Room. The finished ceiling height is nine feet high (9'-0"). This level includes generous closet & storage in each Bedroom, the Bath and below the stairway!
The Main Level is mostly open. Entering from the partially covered rear Porch you walk into a two story, vaulted Entry Foyer. Immediate access to the Lake Level is down the stairs to your left. Straight ahead you see Cross Lake through the Great Room window wall, the Powder Room is across from the Master Bedroom’s oversized Barn Door.
The Kitchen & Pantry open to Dining space that flows into the Sun Room; with access to the Deck. The entire Main floor is covered in random width, red & white oak with a rough-cut surface, finished in a warm bourbon tone, top coated in polyurethane. Ceiling heights range from 9'-0" to 18'-0".
The Loft is a reading/game space looking over the Great Room and links an oversized full Bath to a large Bunk Room above the Garage that holds three custom built-in full size mattress sleeping bunks.
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