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Reviews/Guestbook
Many Guests have stayed with us over the years when we owned the ranch here in
Custer SD. We sold off the ranch over 5 years ago now and many of our guests
keep calling and asking when or if we will do anything here again! Well I did
it! It’s Bigger and nicer than ever! What was just a small corner of the Fobaire
Ranch Cabins and RV site is now the Premier Bed and Breakfast in the black
hills. We are located at the old entrance to the Fobaire Ranch on the right
side! Only 1 acre lot but trust me we had 240 acres and this is the nicest
location and the best views of all! Mom and Dad have a 1240 acre Ranch North of
Newcastle Wyoming. And some of our old guests are booking rooms for this fall
and going to the ranch to hunt and back here to stay. Hope to see and here from
you soon Mark Fobaire
As I
receive reviews I will post them here.
Jake
Said (it's the cat's meow here/a true western cat house)!
6-7-8
Dave Fisher (Nice! Very, Very Nice Thanks You Ever so much)
6-7-8
Juanita ( To Nice Mark!!!! )
6-17-8
Jennifer & Aaron Ionta (Thanks a lot for taking such good care of us and Thanks
a lot for breakfast x2!)
7-5-8
Amy and Walter Van Esch (We are so glad we stayed @ Jake's our accommodations
were Wonderful & we only hope we are so lucky in out future travels to
stay @ such a nice place! :) )
Jason Ferguson, Western Trader, December 17, 2008
No
Corners Cut in Construction of Jakes B&B
Sometimes when a person builds a house, they scrimp and cut corners on certain
amenities to save a few dollars. Mark Fobaire is not one of those people. If
anything, Fobaire's home, a sprawling three-story house that doubles as a bed
and breakfast, is a study in excess. From floor to ceiling, inside and out, the
home is a state-of-the-art building with top-of-the-line gadgetry and bells and
whistles at every turn.
"Everything is overkill in this home," Fobaire said with a laugh. What makes the
home even more impressive is that Fobaire constructed virtually the entire home.
Aside from the ceiling, rock work and deck, the home was built by Fobaire. A
project that took him five years to complete.
Initially, Fobaire planned on building a "$30,000 shack" but quickly abandoned
that plan. "I, liked the shopping part of it too much." He said. That is evident
through out the home - from the large high definition flat screen TVs in the
guest rooms, to the specially ordered furniture, to the top-of-the-line bedding.
Everything in the home is first class.
Fobaire's family used to own land around where the home sits and the family
operated Fobaire Ranch nightly rental cabins for years. He built the home/bed
and breakfast (named Jake's Bed and Breakfast after his cat) to give people who
used to stay in the ranch cabins a place to stay when they came to Custer.
The home is located on a unique lot at the top of a hill just northwest of town.
For years, the lot was for sale for $5,000. It never got a sniff from a buyer.
"Nobody wanted the lot. They said you couldn't build on it." Fobaire said. "I
finally, said OK, I will build something on it. It's such a pretty site."
Fobaire did build something on it, starting with a large shop/two car garage
that he moved into as he built the rest of the home. Today the shop serves as a
place for him to work on his stained glass art and store his own custom wrapped
foods for the bed and breakfast. The bed and breakfast has guests year around
from all over the globe. "It gets many compliments," he said. "People like it
here. They never want to leave."
The walls in the home are insulated inside and out, with concrete in between.
Each floor has 20 inches separating it from the next. It also has a built in
sound system that is piped throughout the house. Most of the rooms have an
individual volume control that allows guests to either crank the music up or
turn it completely off - whatever is their pleasure.
Each floor in the home is heated with hot water. Fobaire did all the wiring and
plumbing in the house, and each room has its own thermostat. Guests can have
their bedroom cool at night, but still have their bathroom floor nice and warm
when they walk into it in the morning. Each of the guest rooms has a large
bathroom and walk-in closet.
The main floor of the home has the master bedroom, kitchen, living area and a
dining room. The kitchen is a marvel all to its own - it has top-of-the-line
appliances, ash floors and custom cabinets. In addition to a swivel flat screen
TV that can be watched while cooking or eating, the kitchen also has a wine rack
and wine cooler. Every cabinet in the kitchen has pull-out shelves for the
ultimate convenience.
The home has three bedrooms and four bathrooms, but perhaps the most interesting
room is the Jacuzzi room. In addition to the large Jacuzzi that sits next to a
window and offers a magnificent view of the Black Hills National Forest and rock
outcroppings, the room also has a completely stocked refrigerator and a
cappuccino machine. Not to mention the pristine water. "When I fill it up, the
water is blue, like an iceberg," Fobaire said. "It's perfect water. When I send
it in for testing, it comes back just perfect."
The outside of the home is just as impressive. In addition to the large logs
that make up the outer walls, the home has intricate rock work, a massive
redwood wraparound deck, a fire pit, antique lighting, picnic tables and even
benches to sit on. With a house this big and beautiful, one would figure Fobaire
would be set for life where he is. However, as a person who is always looking
for the next project to fill his creative urge, it's only a matter of time
before he is on to bigger and better things. "I want to sell it and do another
one," he said with a laugh. "Bigger."
Jason Ferguson, Western Trader, December 17, 2008
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