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Home Details:
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms + mech/laundry room and 3rd story loft for a child's playroom, craft room, office, etc.
2492 sq. feet of interior living space
Timber frame and Strawbale/Straw-Clay construction
Includes garden shed/work shop, wood shed, and carport

A truly artisan constructed all natural Timber Frame home featuring Strawbale/Straw-Clay exterior walls enveloping a beautiful hand crafted White Oak Timber Frame, sourced sustainably from Amish Farms. Natural adobe and fine hand finished natural plasters inside and out give this home a gorgeous southwestern quality that is a work of art, earning it a place in 2 books (The New Strawbale Home & Natural Timber Frame Homes) as well as a feature article in Timber Frame Homes Magazine.

All natural construction methods utilized the most energy efficient and non-toxic materials available. Along with intelligent passive solar design, this healthy home is amazingly comfortable and efficient year round with very low energy needs.

The home is situated on a premium lot in the Heartwood Cohousing community with a unique level of privacy, beauty and abundant wildlife. The yard has been well developed and cared for with 25 years worth of carefully crafted hardscaping and abundant flower and vegetable gardens. Outdoor living was always an important aspect of the design with a spacious wrap around flagstone patio featuring plenty of space for family and friends. The patio was built within a beautiful rock retaining wall, built by a master stone mason.

Also included are a quality built and useful work/garden shed, carport and wood storage shed, all conveniently located adjacent to the home.

Solid Hickory hardwood floors, Southwest Saltillo style tile and a gorgeous natural adobe floor laid directly on the earth on the main level, all with hydronic in floor heat

Solid Maple designer cabinetry and granite counters in the kitchen

Solid alder doors throughout

High quality Pozzi (Now Jeld-Wen) aluminum clad wood windows

Second story deck off the master bedroom looks out to an expansive view of our gorgeous open space

EPA Certified low emissions Soapstone wood stove creates a beautiful ambiance and cozy warmth in the winter. The stove can easily keep this very well insulated home comfortable throughout the coldest days of winter, without the need to even use the in floor heat should you choose

New large jetted tub in the upstairs bath

Insulating and blackout cellular shades and quality bamboo blinds throughout

Appliances included: natural gas range, refrigerator, dishwasher, RO water system, stackable washer/dryer

Natural Gas in floor hydronic heat and hot water, Community well water.

Community Details:
Heartwood Cohousing in Bayfield, CO (just outside Durango) offers a rare opportunity for rich community rural living in one of the most highly sought after locations in the US. Nestled in the southern foothills of the San Juan Mountains, your backyard includes some of the finest mountain beauty and natural environments anywhere. Home to the Weminuche Wilderness, the largest and most dramatic wilderness area in Colorado, the opportunities for an active mountain lifestyle and places to find gorgeous quiet and solitude are endless. And when you're home at Heartwood, you'll find yourself living on the most private lot in the community, surrounded by 350 gorgeous acres of land, including about 8 miles of established hiking/biking trails to call your own. Whether your interests call you to gardening, farming, caring for animals or just enjoying the beauty of the land, our community enjoys 70 acres of irrigated pasture land with rare primary water rights - a highly coveted asset in the arid southwest. And the quality of the lifestyle doesn't stop there. With amazing places like Taos, Santa Fe and the Canyonlands of southern Utah and northern Arizona all within just a few hours of country driving, it's understandable why the Durango area is so highly sought after. If mountain living, an active lifestyle and community are what you're looking for, you can't find a better place to land than Heartwood Cohousing.

In addition, you'll be buying into an impressive list of community assets that enrich living here and make quick work of big tasks:

- More than $100,000 worth of equipment, including Two Kubota tractors (A 90HP M9000 workhorse and a 55hp MX5400 with heated/air conditioned cab that is less than 3 years old), a host of tractor implements (snow plow, snow blower, 2 mowers, road grader, large wood chipper (7" diameter logs), grappling hooks and pallet forks), a Kubota RTV-X1120 utility vehicle, and much more.

- A large 4 season growing dome, producing produce for the community year round.

- 30 foot yurt with wood burning stove for classes, retreats and activities

- A large workshop containing a plethora of shared wood working and mechanical tools - perfect for home and auto projects

- A hot tub nestled in the pines