odging options are about to get better for Bainbridge tourism.

A new addition to Pleasant Beach Village will soon introduce Pleasant Beach Inn to the Lynwood area.

“It’s something that exists between a hotel and a bed and breakfast,” explained Charlie Wenzlau, the architect behind the project.

Located adjacent to the Manor House Event Center and community pool, the project will add a little less than half an acre to Pleasant Beach Village.

Wenzlau explained to residents the proposed layout for the inn in a community outreach meeting last week.

Seven detached cottages and a six-room main lodge building will make up the 15-room digs. At the center will be a garden area.

Designed in the same Tudor architectural style as the rest of Pleasant Beach Village, guests will first walk onto a front porch and sitting terrace as they enter the cottages.

Inside a one-bedroom cottage will be a sitting area, fireplace, a bed in the back area, bathroom and a ship ladder that leads to a sleeping loft overhead.

The two-bedroom cottages are planned to have a similar layout but instead of a loft, guests will have a separate upstairs bedroom and bathroom.

Tucked into the hillside, the main lodge will be the first stop for guests checking into their rooms.

With a sizable covered porch outside and fireplace inside, the lodge will be a space all guests can enjoy.

On the ground floor, a sitting room and check-in area will greet visitors inside.

Two suites, one of which specifically designed to meet handicap needs, are also planned for the ground floor.

The second level will provide four more rooms.

Inn parking will be shared with the community pool, another amenity guests will be able to enjoy during their stay.

During last week’s meeting, residents expressed support for the proposed development, while other citizens were concerned that the construction could impede on the neighboring communities.

Residents at Blakely Heights, Wenzlau said though, have already been taken into account.

“We’re obligated to do landscape screening for the code, and there’s no physical connections between the neighborhood,” Wenzlau said.

The existing treeline at the edge of the property will remain. Where there are gaps, Wenzlau said, six- to eight-foot trees will be planted.

Resident’s will not need to worry about inn guests seeing through neighborhood windows, or vice versa, Wenzlau said.

Construction is planned to begin for the Pleasant Beach Inn at the completion of the community pool, which is currently under construction.