What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?
Cob construction using local materials.
Off-grid solar electric with generator back-up.
Soapstone wood stove fueled by wood gathered from the 24+ acres of wooded land.
Foot-thick earthen and plaster walls combined with energy efficient windows keeps the home warm in the winter while reducing the need for heating.
Organic gardens on-site.
Extremely efficient appliances.Property Description
Rest Body, Mind and Spirit in this Hand-Sculpted, Round, Solar Vermont Home
Earth friendly living:
Enjoy peace, comfort and off-grid living in this one-of-a-kind green home located on 25 beautifully wooded acres in Granville, Vermont in the heart of the Green Mountains.
A home designed for sustainability:
This earth friendly home combines the best in centuries-old passive solar knowledge with state-of-the-art active solar technology.
Foot-thick south-facing walls and windows, a solar panel array, radiant floor heat, satellite internet, and other features provide comfort, convenience and sustainability.
This is a green home intended to significantly reduce your footprint on the planet.
An earth friendly home as art:
This hand-sculpted round solar home is a work of art, crafted from local natural materials harvested from the Vermont landscape.
Built in the style of two Mongolian yurts, the round main house and adjacent earth-friendly cottage boast hand-sculpted earthen and plaster walls.
Both buildings rise to meet a ring of hand-hewn spruce rafters, circular white pine ceilings, and round oak-rimmed skylights that let in sun, moon and starlight year-round.
Surrounded by forest and near cultural and outdoor activities:
This earth friendly green home guarantees privacy.
But just beyond your front door, there’s plenty to explore—afoot, by road bike, mountain bike or on snowshoes or cross-country skis.
You’ll also find yourself within minutes of four ski resorts, music venues, craft festivals, rustic and luxury restaurants, art galleries, and the charm of quintessential Vermont villages.
An earth friendly lifestyle:
This isn’t only a green home. It is a lifestyle; ideal for those who want to live well, while doing the right thing for the earth.
The property is ideal for a family looking to live sustainably, perhaps homesteading and living off the land with organic gardens and plenty of space and resources to raise animals. If you are looking for a different way of life, this may be the perfect opportunity for you!Neighborhood Description
The solar home is located in rural Granville, VT and is fairly isolated from the neighbors. There is not so much a neighborhood as a wider community. Several of the homes in the immediate area are summer homes and are not occupied year-round. Several neighbors have long-held family connections to the area and so there is a deep sense of neighborhood in that regard.
It is likely on most days you would not see your neighbors unless you made an effort to do so. Many nearby families live sustainably and off grid and can provide support and very active home schooling network.Market Area
Vermont’s Route 100, which provides access to the round solar home in Granville, has been called the most scenic road in Vermont, and is popular with touring motorists and bicyclists almost year round.
This scenic highway is cupped between the main range of the Green Mountains and the Braintree Range, and links the sleepy little Vermont villages of Rochester, Hancock and Granville, and the ski towns of Warren and Waitsfield.
Downtown Granville itself—barely more than a scattering of a few homes—melts away quickly into picturesque valley farms, and is a typical Vermont hamlet. However, the town also includes vast stretches of Green Mountain National Forest, one of the premier hiking, camping and outdoor destinations in New England (visit the National Forest Office just north of Rochester, Vermont for trail maps, cycling routes and info).
You’ll find a lively music and arts scene as well as shopping close to the Granville yurts in Rochester, Waitsfield and Warren (year round theatre, concerts, festivals, restaurants, and more). The Rochester Green—host to summer and fall music festivals—is just 10 minutes from the Green home in Granville. The State Capitol of Montpelier is only one hour from Granville as is Rutland; Burlington is one hour and fifteen minutes away; and Middlebury 45 minutes. There’s a local airport in Warren.Location of Home or Land
Rural
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 | Hydronic Floor Heat (radiant) |
| Cooling System | Passive Cooling |
| Ventilation System | Other |
| Whole House Filtration | None |
| Whole House Vacuum | no |
Energy & Water
| Energy System | Off the Grid |
| Water System | Well |
| Wastewater System | Septic System |
Construction Information
| Exterior Finish | Plaster - Earth |
| Interior Finish | Earthen Plaster |
| Interior Paint | Plant Based |
| Floor Material | Wood - Solid |
| Roof Material | Asphalt Composition Shingle |
| Window Material | Metal Dual Glazed |
| Insulation Material | Other |
Garage / Car Port
| Garage / Carport | no |
| Garage Type | attached |
| Number of Cars | 1 |
