Dormy Lodges builds premium eco lodges for golf clubs — turning an underused corner of the course into a new stream of visitors, revenue, and clubhouse spend.
A parcel of unused land, sat idle since the course was laid out, can become the reason golfers stay overnight instead of driving to alternate accommodation.
Guests use the club's own facilities instead of leaving for accommodation elsewhere. They wake up looking out over the course, taking coffee on the balcony, before heading to the clubhouse for breakfast, looking forward to another day on the course. Moments like these are rare.
Turn a quiet corner of the course into the highest-earning acre on the site — with no hotel experience required.
Every overnight guest is another breakfast, another dinner, another round bought after the last putt drops.
Delivered fully assembled and ready to open, with a balcony positioned so every guest wakes up overlooking the course. A separate drying room is attached alongside each lodge — its own structure, built apart from the lodge itself.
A separate building, attached to the lodge — 2.4 × 1.6m, with its own external entrance
None of this changes the numbers on the page before it — but it's the reason guests remember the stay, not just the round.
Keyless entry means no front desk to queue at. Inside, a short welcome card points guests to local amenities, plus the golf club's own bar and restaurant menu.
Stocked with fresh milk and one welcome drink per person before arrival — no dash to the shop before you've even unpacked.
Full-size, spa-grade shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and soap — never the small travel bottles guests are used to finding.
Quartz worktops, a stocked wine fridge, and fresh coffee left ready for the first morning on the course.
For stays of more than one night, linen is refreshed and the lodge reset daily — without guests ever having to ask.
A branded Dormy Lodges golf ball left on every guest's pillow — a small keepsake of the trip, not just a gimmick.
Eighteen stages, split the way a round is — the front nine gets you to an agreement, the back nine gets a lodge on the ground.
A first conversation about the concept, and whether it could work for your course.
We identify clubs with the visitor numbers, land, and setting to make lodges work.
You receive a brochure, lodge specification, and a financial projection built for your course.
We walk the ground together — orientation, views, utilities, guest experience.
We refine the numbers against your actual land, rather than a generic scenario.
We're happy to present the proposal to your committee directly, if that helps.
We agree which of the three partnership structures fits your club best.
We agree lodge numbers, revenue split, and licence period, in writing.
Both sides' solicitors review and finalise the agreement.
We handle ecology, highways, drainage, and ground surveys where required.
Interior finishes and exact lodge positioning are confirmed.
Each lodge is built almost entirely inside our workshop before it ever reaches site.
Foundations and utility connections are prepared on-site, ready for delivery.
Your lodge is transported and sited on the prepared ground.
Decking, connections, and commissioning are completed.
A final inspection and sign-off, before the lodge opens to guests.
Photography, drone footage, Stay & Play marketing, and a listing on the booking platform.
Booking, housekeeping, and guest support begin — and carry on for good.
Every club sits somewhere different on capital and appetite for risk — the model just needs to match.
Buy the lodges, keep all the income.
Share the investment, share the upside.
Contribute the land. Nothing else.
Gross revenue is before any partnership split, platform fees, or operating costs. *Illustrative F&B uplift, based on typical overnight-guest spend at comparable clubs. Overheads are typically carried by whichever party operates the lodges, not the club directly. The club's exact share depends on which commercial model (Outright Purchase, Joint Venture, Land Share) is agreed, and is confirmed at Heads of Terms. All figures are estimates, confirmed properly during the site visit.
The questions that come up on the first call, answered before you have to ask them.
Often not full planning permission — many sites qualify for permitted development or a simpler prior-approval route, since the lodges are on wheeled chassis rather than permanent foundations. We assess this at the site visit stage and handle the application if one's needed.
Lodges go on land that isn't in play — rough, tree lines, or corners of the course not used for golf. Delivery and installation are scheduled around your fixture list, and each lodge arrives largely built, so on-site work is measured in days, not months.
We do. Booking platform, pricing, housekeeping coordination, linen, guest support, and maintenance all sit with Dormy Lodges as standard — the club isn't taking on hotel operations. Guests check themselves in with a keyless passcode, so there's no front-desk role for club staff either.
Each lodge footprint is 7.2 × 3.6m, with a separate 2.4 × 1.6m drying room attached alongside it — realistically, a plot of around 12 × 10m per lodge including access and screening. Most clubs have more than enough unused ground for four to eight lodges.
Licence terms and exit conditions are set out at Heads of Terms, before anything is built — including what happens to the lodges if either side wants to end the arrangement.
Dormy Lodges is building a nationwide platform on physical assets and recurring booking revenue — not one-off manufacturing sales.
Figures shown are current internal targets, not guaranteed returns. This is an early-stage venture and financial projections are subject to change on legal and independent financial review.
Tell us about your club, your land, or your investment interest, and we'll come back with next steps.
Happy to answer questions before any form-filling — reach out directly.