MEET YOUR HOSTS
CAROL + MADELINE
As a mother-daughter small business, we’re proud to be one of a handful of professional short-term rentals, dually licensed by both the state of Wisconsin and the city of Lake Geneva. This home is our passion project and we're so honored to share it with you!
WELCOME
Madeline here! I'm the property manager of Pemberley and co-owner of Bluebird Properties. In 2020, my mom and I started our small family business to restore beautiful old homes in Lake Geneva for you to fill with your family’s cherished memories. What began as a passion project has quickly bloomed into a booked-up biz and beloved fixture in our small town. We welcome you to our cherished home!
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Keep reading to learn more about our story and the spark that started it all.
OUR STORY
Carol is a chemical engineer-turned-minister and I am a web designer & realtor right here in town – a match made in heaven for reno and rental projects, right?! Plus, we’re also both cancer suns, so ‘home’ is our favorite verb. ;)
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One of our favorite things to do together is go to open houses and daydream about what we’d do to a home to restore it all while adding our own touch. It’s a ritual three generations in the making inspired by our matriarch, Bea Blue, who was relentlessly committed to homemaking. We honor her by incorporating blue (her favorite color, of course!) into our designs and by naming our business after her favorite animal (Bluebird Properties). Simply put, she’s our muse.
The muse herself! Mother to Carol, grandmother to Madeline: Bea Blue.
THE BIRTH OF PEMBERLEY
During the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020, it felt like there was a worldwide drought of creative energy. At least we were feeling it. A bit uninspired and heavy, we started looking for ways to work on a project together that would be creative, engaging, and ultimately lead to a new business endeavor. *Enter Pemberley*
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As a realtor, I get the inside scoop on great properties that come on the market. When the home we now know as Pemberley came upon my screen, we intuitively knew it was special. I scheduled a showing for that same night and we wrote an offer the next day. In early March 2021, she became ours. It was meant to be!
THE RENOVATION
After four months of intense restoration and renovation, Pemberley is reborn! We hope our guests experience the love and attention we’ve put into every single detail. We look forward to many more projects in the future.