What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?
It's an Earthship, the greenest of green homes! Read the full description for details!Property Description
SPRING 2018 - Price of property is rising, and is negotiable as finishing work continues. Just built large storage building/cabin/bunkhouse behind the Earthship next to the stream - next up is a large Solar Power System, Hot water System, Kitchen with Granite countertops, etc etc etc. Contact me to check on current progress and pricing.
Due to the high volume of inquires, this is an extremely detailed description. Please read through carefully before contacting me. Happy to answer any questions - Make sure and watch the video tour of the interior and exterior of the property!
https://youtu.be/gfpXCzrrmJI
(go to youtube.com, search for "riverfront earthship")
This is a lush green, riverfront, forested property, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where a rushing, gurgling, year-round mountain stream flows just outside your front door.
• The main rare and valuable feature of this very private, quiet, and peaceful property is the mountain creek (full of trout!) that through the middle of the land. The soothing sound of gurgling water embraces the entire property. There is no housing, mining, or development of any type anywhere along the stream, to the natural springs where it starts, 4 miles upstream through the wilderness. Walk straight off this property, along the stream into the Santa Fe National Forest, through pristine forest.
•The Passive Solar Home on the land is new construction, unfinished,1250 built square feet, (900 sf interior) Rammed Earth, (3' thick walls) Earthship style - the ultimate sustainable, green, passive solar home design. The Solar home is attached to a large Atrium/Greenhouse Dome, (900 square feet, 33 foot diameter,16 foot high ceiling) designed for growing veggies, fruits, flowers and herbs year-round, and used as extra living space. Year-round access off of a paved road.
• Property borders National Forest on two sides, includes the south side - meaning your views and privacy out your front windows of the home are forever protected - you will be looking straight into pristine forest forever! Property is 1.54 acres - very private - has a look, feel and usability of a MUCH larger riverfront tract - the type that costs millions of dollars!
• No mosquitos, biting gnats, or poisonous snakes. Located in a protected forested area, with 100' tall spruce, pine, aspen and fir trees. Never any high winds, or dust to deal with.
• Hike or drive to several different natural (free) Hot-springs, and soak in these healing waters.
• This rare Riverfront land alone is appraised at $150,000, the Dome cost 30K to build. Add in another 10K worth of improvements ( Solar Panels, Fruit Trees, Firewood, Flagstone, Hot Tub) and you can see the value of this place, as the Earthship alone is worth around 250K. Want some instant cash? Sell the 3/4 acre of riverfront property across the stream, with it's own private entrance road, for $100,000 - or do a spec home/Bed & Breakfast, etc, there!
• Sorry, no owner financing - we need a cash buyer, as this being unfinished construction, a normal bank mortgage isn't possible. Due to getting several hundred recent inquires, with dozens of requests to see the place, we are now only showing the place to folks that have provided a proof of funding letter. We have just had too many showings that ended up with "we love the place, if we ever have the money we will buy it".
• The most specialized, time consuming, labor intensive, and expensive aspects of building a custom passive solar Earthship home are done, including-
• 3' thick Rammed earth walls
• Super insulated R-80 roof
• 12' high ceiling, 10' wide front solar area, for a more spacious atrium feeling
• Water catchment system with 5000 gallons of storage, fully functioning, plumbed into home.
• Flagstone floors (3/4 complete)
• Breaker box & all electrical wiring with outlets
• Hand troweled natural clay wall plasters
• 2 wood stoves, 2 skylights, 4 interior Pella casement windows
• Pine Vigas (roof beams) Hand carved.
• Room for expansion on either side of the home.
• Designed for either grey water system, and dry toilet or conventional septic
• This waterfront mountain property has many possibilities, as a year-round home or retreat. Many different income and business possibilities, including nightly/weekly vacation rentals, Bed & Breakfast, fruit/vegetable production, Yoga studio, Healing center - the possibilities of a property like this with live running water, and year-round access off of a paved road are endless, and extremely difficult to find in this price range. (High speed Internet is available using a satellite system, such as Hughesnet, property receives a cell phone signal)
• Paved, year-round access. Many properties that have this "look & feel" are miles and miles down bad roads, and have no winter access. This property is located off of a low traffic, state maintained paved road, from which the driveway is a 1/10 of a mile steep mountain dirt road. It needs a little grader work for low clearance cars - or simply park at the entrance into the property, and enjoy the short path to the home!
• Solar home is designed to produce electricity from the sun, collect water from the roof, to be heated and cooled from the sun and the earth, to grow and produce it's own food. Built from natural materials - no chemical stains, paints, or varnishes.
• Building sites on both sides of stream for future expansion. This type of riverfront property in the Southern Rocky Mountains of the Southwestern USA is a rare find - owning both sides of a year-round stream, with multiple riverfront building sites for future expansion, for your own private mountain creek-side retreat - surrounded by the National Forest, and close to Santa Fe, Taos, and Albuquerque.
• Sits at an elevation of 7750, at the southern end of the Rocky Mountains. Has the look and feel of a Colorado alpine esort area, but further south, meaning much warmer, shorter, milder winters, and earlier springs than typical riverfront forested properties of this type in the Rocky Mountains.
• Located in a highly desired area of Northern New Mexico, in the Jemez Mountains, an hour from Santa Fe, or Albuquerque, 30 minutes from Los Alamos, 10 minutes from the artsy, healing, laid back village of Jemez Springs. Live a lifestyle of being deep in the wilderness while being a few minutes from the conveniences of town!
• NO COVENANTS, NO HOA! No subdivision rules, regulations, or restrictions. This land and property will be YOURS to do what you want with it!
• The huge Dome has a 5 layer poly-carbonate glazing. Much more strong & efficient than typical single or double wall greenhouses or glass. Provides a soft, diffused light great for plants, and people, no glare! North wall reflective insulation, Insulated perimeter, Insulated foundation wall. Solar powered cooling vents/fans, Solar powered roof vents. Solar powered water fountain, Solar powered undersoil heating/cooling system, 2000 gallon water tank for thermal mass. (full of aquatic plants and goldfish!)
• Property is fenced to keep large dogs in, including across the stream so dogs are free to drink, frolic, and play in the water all they want without worry of them wandering off into the forest.
• Fresh clean pure water is plentiful in this lush streamside paradise! The rainwater catchment system, (that the entire roof of the home was designed for) took in 40,000 gallons last year of clean, soft, pure and FREE water!
Want more water? Want a well? (not needed!) Several areas of the land have clean water just a few feet down, including a seasonal spring on the southern border!
• 15 fruit trees. Property is covered with wild strawberries, gooseberries, medicinal herbs and wildflowers, alongside the towering mature Spruce, Fir, Pine and Aspen forest. The soil is rich, dark, fertile, perfect for organic gardening. We have seen trees grow over 6 feet in one year here!
2018 CURRENT VALUE OF PROPERTY
Earthship - $250,000
Dome – $30,000
Land - $150,000, and irreplaceable in this price range in this area, with National forest border, and live running water. One comparable riverfront parcel in same area recently sold for $250,000, and this land is far superior in many ways with better solar exposure, more privacy, and bordering National Forest on the south side - meaning your views from the home are forever protected.
Improvements, including Solar Panels, Fruit Trees Hot Tub, several tons of Firewood, several tons of Flagstone to complete all floors, and 6' high wire dog fencing of the property - $10,000
Total current value of property - $415,000Neighborhood Description
Rural, off the grid mountain area, with year-round access off of a paved road, a few minutes up the road from a café & small store, in the village of La Cueva, 10 minutes from the town of Jemez Springs, 30 minutes to Los Alamos, an hour to Albuquerque, or Santa Fe, 2 hours from Taos.Market Area
Jemez Springs/Los Alamos/Santa Fe/Albuquerque/TaosSchool District
Community
Location of Home or Land
Rural
Elevation of Home
Mountain
Air Quality
| Agriculture in Area | no |
| Industry in Area | no |
| Air Pollution in Area | no |
| Pesticide Free | yes |
| Fragrance Free | yes |
| Cleaned with Green Products | yes |
Interior Environment
| Heating System | Solar - Passive |
| Cooling System | Passive Cooling |
| Ventilation System | Other |
| Whole House Filtration | None |
| Whole House Vacuum | no |
Energy & Water
| Energy System | Photovoltaic (PV) |
| Water System | Rain Water Collection |
| Wastewater System | Other |
Construction Information
| Construction Type | Adobe |
| Exterior Finish | Plaster - Earth Stucco Other |
| Interior Finish | Earthen Plaster |
| Interior Paint | Other |
| Floor Material | Other |
| Roof Material | Metal |
| Window Material | Other |
| Insulation Material | Other |
Garage / Car Port
| Garage / Carport | no |
| Garage Type | attached |
| Number of Cars | 1 |
