Home Description

This new home is a dream come true. Handcrafted from large 18 to 28 inch White Pine logs that were select cut from a private sale. Beautiful log purlin, truss, and joist construction. The walkout wood basement is finished and offers many opportunities for a business, living quarters for parents, or just plain recreation and guest overflow accommodations.

The gracious covered entry deck beckons you to enter. The entry is tiled in natural slate that adds to the overall natural feel of this magnificent home.

The home is an open floor plan with the living room merging into the dinning room and kitchen, giving a very spacious look. All the floors are native Black Ash, especially sawn to reveal the natural beauty of the wood. The living room is spacious and the windows give you the feel that you are part of the environment. Many of the ceiling fixtures are stained glass. A French patio door opens to a deck overlooking the small trout stream running through the property.

This home has three master bedrooms with baths and a guest bath. The main floor master bedroom has a Jacuzzi bath and shower, with natural slate surround and floor. The vessel sink is of natural onyx, a one of a kind. The flooring of this bedroom is natural Mediterranean cork... The upper floor bedrooms are pine floored and have spacious baths,one has a corner air jet Jacuzzi with shower head and the other is a tiled shower with Jacuzzi jets, both have natural copper sinks and granite vanity tops. The upper bedrooms offer beautiful views of the 1/2 acre pond and trout stream.

This home was built to be comfortable, relaxing and practical. The well is a high volume rock drilled artesian well with wonderful drinking water. The heating system is a state of the art well source heat pump. In-floor heating in the walkout basement and first floor give the home a very even and quiet system. The Small wall mounted radiators on the same system heat the upper floor. Every room in this house is fully sound proofed.

The custom built kitchen cabinets are solid hickory with dovetail drawers and the counters and island are beautiful Jurassic Black granite. The stainless steel appliances are all Energy Star rated. The gas stove has a convection oven.

The laundry is equipped with a stacked Energy Star front loading washer and dryer.

A note about taxes: Currently, this is considered a vacation home and is not homesteaded. Property taxes are much lower when homesteaded.

The home site

The home sits on 10 beautiful acres. The home site is nestled off the road for privacy. A small trout stream runs for about 800 feet of the property. A new large ½ acre, 12-foot deep pond has great potential for fishing, swimming and wildlife. The woods is very diverse with large White Spruce, Balsam, Birch, Black Ash, Green Ash, Basswood,Aspen, oak and apple trees. There is a tremendous variety of wildlife in the area. Two acres of the land are cleared with rich sandy loam soil, a great place for an organic garden and/or for animals.

Potential to negotiate for additional land adjoining property.

What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?

This log home is constructed from large White Pine logs. Their large diameter and caulking inside and out give the wall a very high R value (30+?). In addition, the thermal mass of the building moderates temperature fluctuations and lowers heating costs. The home does not have air conditioning because it does not need it. The dinning room, living room and each bedroom has a variable speed fan for energy conservation, as well as dimmers. The roof is 2x8 inch construction with 8” of fiberglass insulation and is ridge vented. All the windows are low-e thermo panes by Pella. There is a great deal of thermal gain during the winter and minimum during the summer. The walkout basement is made of wood construction with 8 inch insulated walls.

The heating system is an open loop well source heat pump. This system uses the artesian well. This state of the art heat pump system is very efficient. Estimated heating bill is 700 per winter! The heat pump has a de-super that provides about 70 percent of your hot water needs at no cost. The system zones are controlled by individual programmable thermostats. The heat tubing runs through the basement slab, under floor loops for the first floor, and low temp fan radiators for the second floor. This comfortable, quiet system will save you a great deal of money and is friendly to the environment.

We used natural slate, cork, pine and native hardwoods for the floors. The basement and upper levels of the home are sided in cedar. It is a very natural home and care was used to build with safe products to insure a healthy environment.

Neighborhood Description

You are located just 4 miles from Two Harbors, MN and 20 miles from Duluth, MN. Minimum lot size is 10 acres, to maintain the quality rural experience. Lake Superior is only 4 miles away, with the beautiful scenic highway that travels through several State Parks along the shore. Just 6 miles north of the property is Steward Lake; a great fishing lake with public access. In addition, Lake County boasts around 3,000 lakes! The Knife River is just ½ mile down the road and offers some great trout fishing. Hiking and cross-country skiing abound in the area. The surrounding area is considered a vacation paradise. There is a small private airport just a couple of miles from the property. There are too many local attractions and opportunities to mention in this ad. Look up Lake County, Minnesota for a complete listing.

Market Area

This home is located 4 miles from Two Harbors, Minnesota and 20 miles from Duluth, Minnesota.

School District

Two Harbors, Lake County

Home Type or Land

Single Family - Two Story

Location of Home or Land

Rural

Elevation of Home

Other