Six rooms, built in the old order.
Heat, cold, light, stillness. Three thousand to four thousand square feet of limewash and stone, arranged the way bathhouses have been arranged for two thousand years, and finished for the way Charlotte works now.
The Saunas
Two dry rooms, cedar and reeded wood, held between 175 and 185 degrees. Ten to fifteen minutes on the top bench. Ambient sound only. The door closes softly and the light is hidden behind the bench, so the room reads as warmth rather than as a fixture.
The Steam Room
Microcement walls, a low continuous bench, air at 110 to 115 degrees and full of water. Slower than the sauna and easier on the way in. Most members begin the evening here.
The Cold Room
Cold deluge showers at opening; two plunges held between 45 and 50 degrees follow in phase two. Step under, do not flinch. Two minutes is the standard and the first thirty seconds are the whole point. This is the room people talk about afterward.
The Red Light Room
Full-body red light panels in a room with nothing else in it. Ten to twenty minutes, eyes closed, between rounds or at the end. Members book it in the house; day passes take it as it comes.
The Lounge
Boucle seating with no legs, limestone tables, a tall arched window. The one room in the house where a laptop is welcome. Strong Wi‑Fi. No dedicated desks, so no one is ever locked out of a seat. Members work here between rounds; non-members may buy a lounge day rate of $25.
The Tea Counter
Tea, tonics and coffee, poured at a travertine counter. Included for members, sold to day passes. No alcohol, by design: the house is for the morning after, not the night before.
Nothing that shines.
Hand-finished limewash on every wall. Concealed warm light in every room. Porcelain and stone in the wet zones, microcement in the steam room, sealed concrete in the dry. No chrome, no black hardware, no screens on the floor, and no visible fixture anywhere in the house.
The rules of the house.
Written once, kept by everyone. They are the reason the house stays quiet, clean and worth belonging to.
- IMembers are 18 and over, or 14 and over with a parent or guardian. The house is co-ed and communal.
- IISwimwear, always.
- IIIRinse before entering any room. Every time.
- IVPhones live in lockers. The lounge is the only exception.
- VSilent hours, six to nine every morning. No conversation on the floor.
- VIAmbient music only. Nothing with lyrics.
- VIITwenty-four people on the floor at any time. Never more.
- VIIIDay passes are two hour reservations. Members come and go.
- IXTwo guest passes a month, for people who deserve them.
- XTowel and locker are included. Robes may be rented at the desk.