Whoever buys Mike and Nancy Gohman’s house in Nisswa, Minn., will get five bedrooms, three fireplaces, a large patio and a three-season porch. Oh, and also access to some golf, a spa, swimming pools, restaurants, the beach, a playground, boat rentals, tennis and golf lessons, pickleball and a lot of other amenities.
The house is in North Pines, a gated community of 27 homes that is part of Grand View Lodge Spa & Golf Resort , a century-old resort on Gull Lake. About half the homeowners in North Pines live in their houses full time. The others, including the Gohmans, have chosen to turn their houses into something resembling luxury Airbnbs, staying in them a limited number of days each year and allowing Grand View visitors to rent them the rest of the time.
Whichever choice the owners make, they can access the same amenities available to resort visitors, at a fee for full-time residents and free for those in the rental program. When the Gohmans are there, they ”use the fitness center, the pools, sit at the beach bar and have a cocktail," Mike Gohman said. A St.
Cloud-based contractor, Gohman has worked on houses in North Pines and owned this one since 2022. Now he and his wife are ready to sell the house and have listed it at $1.545 million.
The arrangement with North Pines homeowners is called “ branded residences .” The concept , though still relatively new in Minnesota, has been around for decades in vacation destinations such as Florida, Colorado and in other count.
