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Price: 495,000.00 Lot size: 13.9 acres Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Total finished and unfinished sq footage: 3669 sq ft Garage & other outbuildings: shed Year built: 1996 Water supplier: cistern/well Sewer supplier: septic Remarks: This Property was formerly the Sun Catcher Inn, bed & breakfast. The Property: The house is located on 13.9 acres of unzoned property 2 1/2 miles outside of Paonia on State Hwy. 133. The legal address is 13868 Runzel Gulch Rd, Midway Hotchkiss, 81419. The property has year round irrigation water that runs thru the land and feeds three uphill ponds. The land is located in its own little valley and protected on all sides by rolling hills. At night, the hills shield the property from the light of the two surrounding towns of paonia and hotchkiss and offer a perfectly black sky for sky watchers. The upper pasture is irrigated thru subsurface watering and the land down by the house is watered thru the southernmost pond. Siphoning from the pond thru a hose and sump pump provides energy free watering thruout the growing season. Native trees include juniper and cottonwood. The House: The house is an L shaped two-story, post and beam structure. It was constructed on a stem wall and steel reinforced monopour slab with radiant tubing. The upstairs measures 1,700 sq. ft. and the downstairs measures 2,000 sq. ft. A 300 sq. ft. solarium connects the east and west wings of the house and heats the house when the sun shines. It also is loaded with solar mass which helps to moderate the temperature of the house year round. The solarium also offers three large garden boxes which are used for growing greens and herbs in the winter. As the house was designed for passive solar gain, it was oriented 15 degrees east of due south so the kitchen would be the first to warm up in the morning. Two two foot roof overhangs guarantee a cool greenhouse in the summer due to direct summer sunlight being blocked from entering. The walls on the first floor are two feet thick. Strawbales insulate this floor in between steel reinforced, concrete block piers placed every eight feet. A sixteen inch steel reinforced concrete bond beam forms the foundation for the second floor. Beamed ceilings highlight the first floor. The second floor consists of four bedrooms and a full bathroom incorporating a large soaking tub. The master bedroom measures 21' x 14 1/2' and includes a large walkin closet. There are six inches of insulation in the walls upstairs and nine inches of insulation in the roof. Baseboard heat from the natural gas boiler heats the upstairs rooms. A full bathroom also serves the first floor and an 18’ x 20’ deck outside the kitchen overlooks the North Fork Valley and West Elk Mountains. |
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