Roose town house, open all year round, was rebuilt as a guesthouse from the private residence of Karl Kaups, a pastor and member of the Estonian Parliament.

The two storied house was built in 1939, but the owner wasn't able to spend a day in his new house – the Soviets who had just occupied Estonia simply couldn't allow one person to have two houses. Karl Kaups fled to the USA in fear of the oncoming Russian Army and occupation. Since Estonia regained its independence the house is once again owned by the Kaups family.

The blue and white palette of colours of Roose town house is complimented by the warm brown of  old wooden floors, doors, walls and staircases. Brought forward from underneath old layers of paint, in places shaded with a transparent white mordant,  they all create an illusion of the wood grain shining through a light dust of time. Or could it be the spirit of an old house?

One of our first guest who stayed at the town house in 2008, said they would keep the house to themselves and not let visitors stay there, were the house theirs.
Yet, anyone that takes the time to unwind and make their way to Hiiumaa are welcome to stay at the Roose town house in Linnumäe near Kärdla.

• the house has 5 bedrooms (2 twin and a single bedroom on the top floor, 2 twin bedrooms on the ground floor, possibility of adding 2 extra beds to a small separate bedroom)
• a large lounge and dining room on each floor
• a kitchen on each floor (refrigerator, micro-wave oven, electric oven, coffee machine, dishwasher, dishes)
• a shower and a toilet on each floor
• TVs and Hi-Fis
• outdoor patio with barbecue equipment