You might be wondering where the name ABAITA comes from. It’s a blend of two words that reflect both heart and heritage:

Ha-ba-ita in Hebrew, meaning “one’s journey homeward,” and A Baita in Sicilian, meaning “the cabin.”

This house was created to give you that cosy, at-home feeling — so while you're here, we hope it feels like home to you, too.

How ABAITA Came to Be

ABAITA is more than just a vacation rental. It’s a house shaped by two lives — a designer’s eye and a host’s heart — brought together in one calming space. Every object, angle, and texture was chosen not to impress, but to express: warmth, ease, and attention to detail.

We didn’t build ABAITA to escape; we built it to arrive — at a slower pace, a clearer sky, and a place where our creativity could meet quiet. The home stands at the edge of Hafendorf Zerpenschleuse, one of the very last houses in the row, facing the open fields of Brandenburg. It feels like the end of something, in the best possible way.

While the houses here may look alike from the outside, step inside ABAITA and you’ll sense the difference immediately. Natural wood, clean whites, muted earth tones, and tactile materials invite you to unwind. Sunlight filters through tall windows, softly shifting with the hours. Upstairs, a second lounge area offers sweeping views of golden fields — perfect for reading, writing, or simply letting your mind wander. Downstairs, the custom dining table, curated art wall, and cosy fireplace anchor the space with character.

Outside, a private garden flows gently from terrace to sauna to fire pit. It’s not grand. It’s not remote. But it is considered — every corner is a lived-in invitation to slow down. Whether you’re sharing a meal under the pergola, warming up in the barrel sauna, or gazing at the sunset from the garden lounger, ABAITA holds space for moments that matter.

This house is our personal project — built with care, styled with love, and opened up to people like you who appreciate comfort without fuss, beauty without spectacle, and peace without isolation.

We’re Kobi and Vincenzo — partners in life and in creating ABAITA.

Kobi is an interior stylist and designer from Israel, with a focus on spaces that feel honest, lived-in, and intentional. ABAITA carries that philosophy in every corner — nothing is flashy, but everything was chosen with care.

Vincenzo comes from Italy and works in creative marketing. His instinct for atmosphere and connection shapes much of the guest experience here — you can feel it in the kitchen just as much as in the way the space glows at sunset.

We live between Berlin and the countryside. This back-and-forth has shaped us: one of us working with spaces, the other with stories. Together, we built ABAITA as a place where both speak in harmony.

Even though we can’t welcome you in person, we’ve poured ourselves into this house — in its details, its feeling, and its rhythm. It’s not just a rental for us. It’s a place we lived in, learned from, and slowly shaped with the hope that others might feel at home here, too.

We wanted to truly feel what the house is like across a full day — from the first light to nightfall.

What’s missing? What fits? What do you really need when you want to slow down?

ABAITA isn’t just for renting. It’s a place we experienced, questioned, reshaped — until everything felt just right.

We hope you feel that — and that this becomes a temporary home where your breath softens and time opens up.

Meet Your Hosts

ABAITA’s rituals — born by accident

When we first got the keys, ABAITA was nothing more than a wooden shell on an open field. There were no curtains. No furniture. Just space, light, and silence. 

We didn’t rush it. Instead, we lived in the house ourselves — empty at first — and slowly built it up. Every item, every layout decision, every texture came out of experience. We wanted to feel what it meant to spend a full day there. What it meant to cook, to rest, to sit in silence. Not in theory — in reality. 

For several months, we let the house shape itself through how we moved in it. We let our needs and instincts guide the design. And in doing so, something else happened: we started living differently. We noticed that we did things we never did in the city. 

We moved more slowly. Talked quieter. Got up earlier. Slept deeper. We started rituals without meaning to — small ones, gentle ones. 

Like drinking coffee outside without a phone. Letting the sun come in one room at a time. Pausing by the horses on the road to the village, just to watch. Walking the same short loop again and again — not for fitness, but for quiet. Letting the sauna heat slowly while we did nothing at all. Noticing how much time passes when you do nothing on purpose. 

What came out of that process is a space that holds stillness, without asking for it. 

ABAITA isn’t a place designed to impress. It’s a place we lived in — organically, for a while — and shaped from the inside out. 

Maybe you’ll find your own rituals here. 

Maybe they’ll follow you home.