Relaxing in wooden shack chic
Photos: personal, Bretterbude (Andrea Flak)
This article appeared in MarktImpulse, issue 01/19.
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The look and the location of hotel "Bretterbude" in Heiligenhafen are both unique. To ensure that the hotel was finished on time before the season launch in summer 2016, two painting contractors worked at the same time, where soon, others would holiday.
Those who try to book a hotel “next to the sea” for their vacation are all too often disappointed. Then, maybe you can only just hear the surf if the wind blows in the right direction; it’s still a good way to the beach. But at hotel Bretterbude in Heiligenhafen, it’s altogether a different matter. The only things that get in the way of the sea view at hotel "Bretterbude" is the dark and the fog.
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More than just a room – 81 unique spaces await, of six different sizes, each with an individual design.
The only thing separating you from the Baltic Sea in your hotel room is a narrow strip of dunes and a few meters of sand. Stretching over three floors, the rustic-style new build offers expansive views over the sea and Fehmarn Island.
Hamburg hotelier Jens Sroka and Büsum-based building contractor Sönke Kähl had already made their vision of a contemporary beach motel a reality, in St. Peter-Ording.
With visible references to East Coast vintage architecture, its motto “young, fresh, and affordable” draws in a broad crowd.
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Even behind all these oblique angles, precision hides.
A breath of fresh air in the hotel industry
In Heiligenhafen, this successful concept has been built upon, and adjusted to a younger, hipper, more urban lifestyle. And “The Bretterbude” was the result, Germany’s first themed hotel “for surfers, skaters, and other boarding acrobats”.
Guests stay right on the beach promenade in rustic, wood-paneled new buildings, that draw upon old dockside warehouses or historical fishing markets for architectural inspiration. Painting contractor Volker Nolte from Tellingstedt – who was on board with the Beach Motel in St. Peter-Ording – was kept busy with his team on the Bretterbude site for two months.
The striking facade only needed some thermal insulation; the boards from four different types of wood were left untreated and will be allowed to gray naturally over time for that longed-for vintage look.
However, inside, all the ceilings and walls had to be made even, clad with nonwoven and then painted – walls in the color shade Cemento contrast clearly with the white ceilings.
“These days, matt coatings are more in demand than ever before. Modern architecture in particular often presents the issue of light streaks, perhaps due to floor-to-ceiling windows. But thanks to Superlux ELF 3000, we were ideally equipped for this challenge. The dull matt surfaces look really good now.”
Plenty of wood and matt paints
Finally, NOLTE painting contractors took care of the Bretterbude store buildings. Rooms are also located here, in addition to a store catering to all travel and watersports needs. In the hotel’s main building, painting contractors E. Bluhm, owned by Michael Bluhm, were hard at work, originally from Kiel, some 50 kilometers away. In contrast to the store building, here, the coating was applied directly to the concrete walls, even in the corridors. “We wanted it to be a bit rustic”, remembers painting contractor Michael Bluhm. Between May and August 2016, he was on site with an average team of ten employees and was also charged with the floor coating in the corridors: Concrete flooring with a transparent 2C top coat.
We see ourselves as stylish accommodation for everyone who wants to try something new – and of course, who wants to try out our simple hotel, right by the sea.
Katrin Jung, Hotel Director, Bretterbude
A break on the beach
“In order to keep in with the seasons in the hotel sector, it’s always vital to meet deadlines”, emphasizes Bluhm. The collaboration with other trades ran exceptionally smoothly, as did the teamwork with the architects on site. The painting contractor warmly thanks his employees, and manager, Herbert Notka: “You have all contributed to the success of this project, working overtime, even on Saturdays.”
And just before the opening of the Bretterbude, Michael Bluhm was one of the very first overnight visitors. However, not as a guest – instead, he was waiting for his next job to begin – the Beach Hotel Heiligenhafen, another new operation by the Bretterbude operators. “This definitely has a certain flair, especially when you can spend your breaks on the beach,” muses Bluhm. “Of course it’s more beautiful to work here than on a concrete block in the inner city.”
And even painting contractor Nolte, from the North Sea side of Schleswig Holstein, is glad to recall his time working in Heilighafen. “It’s an unbelievable location, straight out on to the small dunes, and then the water is just there...” It's just the “boardsport” side of things he'd rather give a miss. “I think I’m a touch too old for that,” laughs the 63-year-old. “I can leave that to my son.”
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The “Garage” is a cozy lobby and concert room in one. Guests use the small skate ramp at their own risk.
Project data
- Client: Bretterbude GmbH & Co. KG
- Architect: Thomas Ladehoff, Architekturwerkstatt Ladehoff, Hardebeck
- Painting contractors involved in the work: maler NOLTE, Tellingstedt; Malerbetrieb E. Bluhm Inh. Michael Bluhm, Kiel
- Technical Consultant: Thorsten Düring, Brillux Neumünster
- Sales Consultant: Matthias Lucht, Brillux Neumünster; Christian Rasehorn, Brillux Flensburg
Volker Nolte, maler NOLTE
maler NOLTE has existed for 80 years in Tellingstedt. Volker Nolte, born in 1955, currently has ten employees and four trainees. His son, a painter himself, and his daughter, trained in business, will continue the family business into its fourth generation.
Michael Bluhm, E. Bluhm painting contractors
Painting contractor Ernst Bluhm founded his company in Kiel, in 1974. The same year son Michael was born, who took over management from his father in 2006. There are currently twelve skilled employees, two trainees, and two office workers holding permanent roles.
