This award-winning passive solar design home was built for off-the-grid living, including:

Situated for maximum privacy and shelter from weather extremes. Taking best advantage of the light to boost solar power capacity, this home is nestled in gentle, scenic hills which shield it from mountain winds, especially in winter.

Excellent water supply. A 305-foot deep well drilled into aquifer produces 60+ gallons a minute. A branch of Tory Creek runs clear and cold through the property.

Ready for livestock and farming with two separate fields divided for rotational grazing. From the access road (which is .75 miles from the main road to house), the top of the land is a 3.5 acre field with a two-ball trough for equine use or cattle. Another 25.5 acres along Maple Shade Road is also divided by fencing and has an independent well along with a four-hole water trough for equine, goats or cattle. A barn built to house miniature donkeys is a short walk uphill from the house.

Extraordinary variety of landscape and elevation, open and wooded. The access road winds through open pasture, woods and past a small pond on the approach to the house. The maintained path from the house leads down to Tory Creek. From the creek, the land rises to a wooded ridge. The land is dotted with spectacular high rock outcroppings, and near the top of the 25.5-acre at about 2900 feet is another stunning rock outcrop.