Walkout lots and rolling ground in Eden Prairie
Eden Prairie was built on rolling hills, and plenty of houses here are walkouts. The back yard sits a story below the driveway, and the side yard between houses can be steep. For a sauna, that raises two questions we answer on the site visit: where the ground is level enough for a pad, and how a finished building gets down to it.
Sometimes the best spot is at the top of the slope near the house, where the sauna looks out over the yard. Sometimes it is at the bottom, by the trees. A pad can be built up on a slope, but it has to be planned, and we would rather help you pick the spot than have you prepare one we cannot reach.
Staring Lake, Mitchell Lake, Red Rock Lake and the creek corridors
Lake lots in Eden Prairie are spread around the city. Staring Lake and Red Rock Lake are toward the middle, Mitchell Lake and Round Lake are to the west, Bryant Lake is in the north, and Lake Riley sits on the Chanhassen line. Purgatory Creek and Riley Creek run between them, and the city has set aside conservation areas along those corridors.
If your yard touches a lake, a creek or a wetland, ask the city where a building can sit before you choose a location. Those answers come from Eden Prairie's Planning Division.
Bearpath and other association neighborhoods
Eden Prairie has neighborhoods with an active association, and Bearpath, the gated golf community near Lake Riley, is one example. Two things matter in a place like that. The association may want to review a detached building before it goes in, so ask early and get the answer in writing. And a gated entrance means delivery day has to be arranged with the gatehouse ahead of time.
The same goes for any neighborhood with covenants. We can give you the footprint, height and exterior details of the model you are considering to hand to the association.
Which sauna fits a Eden Prairie lot
The 8x12 Tuli fits most Eden Prairie lots that have a level spot for it, and the 6x8 Kota works where the flat ground is limited to a small terrace. Bigger lots can carry the 8x16 Superior. When the slope dictates the shape, a Custom build lets us fit the sauna to the ground.
More on how we build them: custom outdoor saunas. What they cost: pricing.
Delivery and site prep in Eden Prairie
On a walkout lot, the route from the street to the pad is the main thing to solve, along with any fence or retaining wall in the way. For an electric heater we coordinate with your electrician so power reaches the pad before the sauna does. We look at access during the site visit and plan the set around it.
Eden Prairie's Planning Division, part of Community Development, answers questions about where a detached building can sit on your lot and whether shoreland rules apply. Ask your association too if you have one.
We can also handle the site work: the gravel pad or piers, the electrical trench and hookup, and building on site where a finished sauna will not fit through. The full rundown is on our site work, delivery and installation page.
Around Eden Prairie
- Staring Lake
- Mitchell Lake
- Red Rock Lake
- Round Lake
- Bryant Lake
- Lake Riley
- Duck Lake
- Bearpath
Questions from Eden Prairie
Saunas in Eden Prairie, answered
My Eden Prairie back yard slopes down from the house. Can a sauna still go in?
Usually, yes. A sauna needs a level pad, and on a walkout lot that pad can be at the top of the slope or on a flat area lower in the yard. Which one works depends on how we can reach it with a finished building. We check the grade and the route on the site visit and tell you what each option takes.
We live in a gated neighborhood in Eden Prairie. How does delivery work?
It takes some scheduling. Ask your association whether it reviews detached buildings and what the gatehouse needs before a delivery. We set the date around those answers. The association may also have rules on work hours or street parking, so it helps to ask about those at the same time.
Have you built a sauna in Eden Prairie?
Not yet in Eden Prairie. We have built in two of the cities next door, Chanhassen and Minnetonka, and both builds are on our projects page. Our shop in St. Bonifacius is 25 to 30 minutes west by Highway 5 and Highway 7, so coming out to walk your yard is simple.
Is an outdoor sauna worth having through an Eden Prairie winter?
Winter is when a sauna makes the most sense. What matters is the walk, so place it where the path is short and easy to shovel, and on a walkout lot think about stairs and ice. An electric heater comes on with a switch before you head out. A wood-fired stove asks you to go light it first.
Nearby
We also build for Chanhassen, Edina and Minnetonka. See everywhere we work, or the project map.