What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?
The house is passive solar and the property is also active, grid-tied solar with a 4.2 KW PV system. The house and garage are all adobe, including interior walls. It faces south, with high clerestory windows and brick or Saltillo tile floors for thermal mass, along with the adobe walls. The property is serviced by both well and city water, along with a rain water catchment system. New composting bins, vegetable garden, orchard, grapes and berries complete this sustainable living package.Property Description
Pre-Inspected! Turn-Key! This 3 bedroom, 2 bath grid-tied solar house was built in 1981 and extensively remodeled 2007-2011. The property is wired for a hot tub, 30 amp RV hook-up and has ample parking with plenty of space for guests. The house is both passive and active solar with high south-facing, opening clerestory windows and a 4.2 Kilowatt hour grid-tied PV system that produces extra power, netting the owners refunds every month from the utility company with a transferable Renewable Energy Certificate that does not expire until January 21, 2025. A battery building currently used as a studio has already been built and is ready for battery banks.
The house and garage are on city water and a producing well, with appropriate switching valves and back-valve protections. Upgrades include a deer-fenced, fruit-bearing orchard, grape vines, vegetable garden, greenhouse (2011), hot tub (2007), bricked patio with drainage, heated studio and observation deck (2011), garden tool shed (2009), stand-alone storage building (2010), and water retention and drainage systems (2010), all around a xeriscaped front yard. The house's floors are all dark red brick or Saltillo tile. All interior walls are adobe.
Numerous updates and upgrades have been made to the home including all new Jeld Wen double pane, Low E windows (2007), new 30-year commercial grade rubber roof (2007), 4-panel, artist-crafted stained glass Sandhill Cranes at Sunset artwork in clerestory windows, Bali double-cell, insulated, black-out window shades (2011), Arts & Crafts cast bronze utility switch plates, cabinet knob and glass door knobs, Bosch range top (2011), brand new energy efficient Whirpool dishwasher (Aug 2014), brand new energy efficient Goodman furnace (2014), Jotul wood stove, new plumbing faucets, new light fixtures, added ceiling fans, new front double-door, double pane, patio doors, and a motion-sensor security system. Everything has fiberglass screens. All the woodwork, including kitchen and bathroom cabinetry and all solid-wood doors are artisan hand-crafted of local Ponderosa and Alligator Juniper. A more detailed list is below; note that some stand-alone items may have been sold separately before you make an offer, so please check.
The property is easy and inexpensive to heat, well water is free, it's cool in the summer due to the adobe walls, circulation patterns, double-cell insulated shades, and use of ceiling fans powered by free electricity. And, it's warm in the winter due to the same attributes.
The house is 1425 sq. ft., the garage is 450 sq. ft., the heated studio is 80 sq. ft., and the observation deck is 188 sq. ft. The living room is 17.6' by 19', the eat-in kitchen is 21.6' x 14.8', the master bedroom is 14.4' x 18.2', the master bathroom is 10.6' x 6.4', the master walk-in closet is 6' x 5.5', the 2nd bedroom is 22' x 12.3'; and the 3rd bedroom and 2nd bath are smaller. Annual property tax is $1,160 and the annual utility cost is $348 (natural gas only; electricity is free). Detailed list:
2007 – Connected to city water
2007 – New roofs on house and garage 30 UV protected rubber
2007 – Installed patio brickwork & underground drain system
2007 – Placed hot tub on property*
2007 – Replaced all windows with new Jeld Wen, double glazed, low E devices throughout house & garage
2007 – Added concrete pad in front of garage, decorated with Syzygy Tile
2007 – Installed additional electrical capacity with new electrical circuits and panel in garage, a 30 amp drop for the RV and studio building, and a 60 amp sub-panel for the hot tub
2007 – Installed new bathroom fixtures and lighting
2007 – Installed dedicated hot water heater in garage for washing machine
2007 to present – Landscaping and garden - a separate book is available with printed material on orchard trees, ornamental shrubs, pomegranate shrubs (fruiting), berries (blackberry and strawberry), herbs (culinary & African sage, English thyme, Soapwort, Greek Oregano, parsley, chives, cilantro, heirloom leeks, garlic, horse radish, false indigo, yarrow, etc.), separate blooming cactus garden, and perennial shrubs and flowers (e.g., rose, hollyhocks, peony, several variety of penstemon, sedum, etc.).
2008 – Added arched entry exterior courtyard and front wall, bench with Talaveras tile, gate, and 20-year, UV protected and warrantied deer fencing,
2009 – Replaced window coverings with new, double-cell insulated black out Bali shades,
2009 – Added rear retention wall and underground French drain and patio drain systems,
2009 – Installed custom stained glass mural windows of Sandhill Cranes at Sunset to clerestory windows in kitchen,
2009 – Added new ceiling light & fan fixtures to kitchen and 2nd largest bedroom,
2009 – Added new garden tool shed behind garage,
2010 to present time – Cleared FireWise protection area around house and formed a neighborhood alliance,
2010 – Installed professionally-built two-cell compost bins,
2010 – Installed security system to house and garage,
2010 (upper yard) and 2012 (lower yard) -- Planted now-producing orchard (1 pear, 1 Japanese sand pear, 2 apple, 1 dwarf apricot, 1 full apricot, 1 peach, 2 crab apple),
2010 – Installed new garage man door and added Spanish tile roof over the door to match house front door roof,
2010 – Replaced and added rain gutters, down spouts and three 750 gallons of water catchment systems,
2010 – Upgraded master bathroom sink and counter-top to Talaveras hand-painted tile and cream tile,
2010 -- Installed Jotul wood stove to living room inside adobe and locally hand-made Syzygy Tile fireplace surround,
2010 – Placed 8' x 10' professionally made storage shed on property*,
2010 – Installed new front patio doors, double glazed, with screen doors,
2011 -- Installed 6' x 8' green house to lower yard,
2011 – Upgraded kitchen** stove to Bosch stainless steel cooktop,
2011 -- Installed electrically-powered deck and powered studio building for art, observations and entertainment,
2012 -- Installed 4.2 kilowatt grid-tied solar which pays for all house power and generates positive average income of $50-60 per month,
2014 – Installed new energy efficient Goodman natural gas powered forced air furnace,
2014 - Installed new energy efficient Whirlpool dishwasher.
* These items will be separately sold, in addition to the large safe in the garage.
** The large kitchen pantry with large hand-made doors is 5.8' by 3'.
*** A separate book is available with all warranty and guarantee paperwork.Neighborhood Description
The neighborhood is urban/rural subdivided into parcels not smaller than one acre on a section of land that was developed by a high school science teacher. All parcels have single family residences, no condos or apartments. The development is located above a seasonal drainage (Silva Creek) that originates from Stewart Peak, Bear Mountain and 80 Mountain that are in the Gila National Forest or on BLM land. 3 residences are gentleman or woman backyard farms with horses or small farm animals.Market Area
Silver City is nestled in the southern foot hills of the Gila National Forest and the Gila National Wilderness. It's home to Western New Mexico University, is 1 of America's Top 20 Small Town (Smithsonian Magazine, April 2014 smithsonian.com/smalltowns), is 1 of the Top Ten best places to raise a family (nerdwallet.com/blog/reviews/best-towns-new-mexico-young-families/), & is THE place to go for the real NM experience (nytimes.com/2006/01/13/travel/escapes/13hour.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0).School District
11 Quartz Drive is 1 mile from one of Silver City's elementary schools, 2 miles from 2 high schools and 1 middle school: Silver High (www.silverschools.org/) and Aldo Leopold (www.edline.net/pages/ALHS), and 1 mile from Western New Mexico University (http://wnmu.edu/). All elementary, middle, and high school students are served by school bus service that stops at the end of Quartz Drive.Community
Silver City NM, the newly designated Gateway to the Gila Wilderness is an active community in a laid-back environment: www.desertusa.com/cities/nm/silver.html, http://silvercitytourism.org/acd/, www.townofsilvercity.org/, http://mimbresarts.org/, www.gcconcerts.org/, http://silvercitymuseum.org/, www.gilaconservation.org/, www.scneighborsalliance.orgLocation of Home or Land
Suburban
Elevation of Home
Mountain
Air Quality
| Agriculture in Area | yes |
| Industry in Area | no |
| Air Pollution in Area | no |
| Pesticide Free | yes |
| Fragrance Free | yes |
| Cleaned with Green Products | yes |
Interior Environment
| Heating System | Forced Air - Gas |
| Cooling System | Other |
| Ventilation System | Other |
| Whole House Filtration | None |
| Whole House Vacuum | no |
Energy & Water
| Energy System | Photovoltaic (PV) |
| Water System | Municipal |
| Wastewater System | Septic System |
Construction Information
| Construction Type | Adobe |
| Exterior Finish | Plaster - Other |
| Interior Finish | Cement Plaster |
| Interior Paint | Low VOC |
| Floor Material | Other |
| Roof Material | Flat |
| Window Material | Vinyl or Vinyl Clad |
| Insulation Material | Other |
Garage / Car Port
| Garage / Carport | yes |
| Garage Type | detached |
| Number of Cars | 2 |
| Garage Area | 990 sqft |
