EYOTA, Minn. — People know the house as the one by the roundabout, the one surrounded by trees or the house with a “humongous” shop. For the Ringenbergs, it’s where Jen and Jeff were married, where their family played baseball and kickball in the backyard and friends gathered for time together.
“Everybody always knows this house too, ‘Oh, I know that I drive by that all the time,’ on their way to Wabasha or wherever,” Realtor Jen Ringenberg said of the home at 11436 County Road 9 in Eyota. The house is by the roundabout on Olmsted County Road 9 and Minnesota Highway 42. “It’s just a zip down the road to St.
Charles or Winona and you get on the interstate real easy here, it’s just been a great location.” The visibility could help a potential business owner, too, Ringenberg said, like her husband Jeff’s geothermal and HVAC business, which he’s run at the property for over 20 years. He housed his tools, boat and project items in the 6,000-square-foot shop that includes a wash bay, loft, laundry room and bathroom.
She also runs her interior design business Ring and Bird Design at their home. In the four-bedroom and four-bathroom home, Ringenberg said “there’s lots of special things in here that I’m going to miss.” “When I planned the house, I really carved out nooks and crannies for all my special things.
So it’s definitely me all over the place in here,” Ringenberg said with a laugh. “Hopefully someone else will really enjoy it, too.�.