Property Details

This professionally built strawbale sustainable home on 14.85 private acres adjoining open space also includes a separate buildable 2.62 acre lot. The home was custom designed with an open floor plan w/kitchen,dining, living room, and office alcove in the center and a bedroom suite on each end. This home combines beauty and energy efficiency. Ecological features include bamboo floors, natural plaster walls, adobe floor in restrooms. Sustainability features include 18" strawbale walls w/plaster inside & stucco outside; passive solar orientation; solar thermal panels heating water for radiant floor heat & domestic water w/back up Rennai on-demand heater; 3000 Watt photovoltaic electric panels w/16 batteries. System is currently grid-tied and if the system goes down, it shifts to the batteries. High-quality Lopi wood stove as second back-up system. These systems create a very comfortable living experience with even temperature in house year-round and very low utility costs. The roof is a high quality metal roof. In addition, the front yard is enclosed by a circular Santa Fe style cedar pole fence with stucco pillars and has a flower garden w/automatic watering system. Back of the home is unfenced & open to extensive views of the mountains and the meadows where deer, pronghorn and elk graze. The large ancient Junipers provide plenty of shade for sitting outside. It is also wired for a hot tub. Down a small path is an 850sf 15ft high geodesic dome greenhouse w/sprinkler system for year-round growing of fruit and vegetables. Water tanks are solar heated. Ten-foot gravel patio in the center for winter sun-bathing. The detached 2 car carport is enclosed on 3 sides and has an attached 8'X20' insulated storage room. This amazing home while privately located is only a 10 minutes drive to town and a 5 minute hike to Spanish Creek. Come experience this community that is well serviced by the Town of Crestone and located by the Dark Sky Sand Dunes National Park.