What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?
• Passive Solar design
• Low-E Argon windows throughout
• Excellent air quality with high refresh rate
• Located in a unique community which values sustainable livingProperty Description
This beautiful, modern and energy efficient Passive Solar home is set on 1.5 private wooded acres in Three Brooks subdivision in Hubley, Nova Scotia.
Designed and custom built in 2000 by renowned solar designer Don Roscoe. Open-concept and aesthetically stunning with two stories, three (plus) bedrooms and three bathrooms. House is built on engineered slab, with remarkable design elements which celebrate the positioning of sun and daylight into the living spaces, as well as the orientation to the natural outdoor environment - keeping the house cool in summer and warm in winter.
Interior is a must see with custom woodwork throughout, including Birch hardwood kitchen cabinets and Maple hardwood stair railings.
A truly unique passive solar house design which will reduce your carbon footprint, energy costs, energy expenditures and operating costs for space heating.
Main Floor Features:
•Kitchen is a chef’s pleasure with a well designed layout and custom designed Birch cabinetry. Layout is open to the dining area, with walk out to deck and accommodation for an indoor herb garden. This makes entertaining easy!
•Dining area with features such as wall of windows and in-floor plant/stone accent is open to the living room.
•Living room with features such as great windows and Biss Ultra fireplace which circulates heat through primary circulation system.
•Family room is spacious and bright with built-in entertainment unit.
•Studio / Office (can be converted into 4th bedroom)
•Mud Room/Storage Room with entrance to outside, built-in cold room and a loft for additional storage which is accessible from upper level.
•1 Full Bathroom with Ceramic Tile walk in shower
•In-floor heated ceramic tile throughout (heated from passive solar)
•Very welcoming entranceway with large closet.
Second Floor Features:
•3 bedrooms – master has full ensuite and spacious walk-through closet and entrance to one of the walkout decks, 2nd bedroom has seasonal lake view, 3rd bedroom has large loft with full standing height
•2 full baths (one with Ceramic walk in shower - one with full tub / shower)
•Laundry room with access to loft storage
•Large and sunny sitting area
•Maple hardwood floors, stairway and railings - newly refinished
•Vaulted ceilings
•Large windows with lots of sunlight
Outside Features:
•Exterior landscaping to fit the natural wooded surroundings adjacent to a bird sanctuary and walking trails.
•Stained pine siding
•2 large wrap around grade level entry decks
•Fully paved driveway with excess parking area by street
•Large outdoor treehouse
•Shed
•Beautiful gardens surrounding the house
General Features:
•Sunny, open, and creative
•Warm in winter, cool in summer
•Low energy bills for hot & cold climates
•Integrating green & sustainable design principles
•In floor and whole house duct heat circulation system.
•Electric forced air tied into primary circulation system.
•Low-e argon energy efficient windows
•Roughed in for active domestic solar hot water
•Skylights throughout the house with one large opening skylight
•Private white sand lake beach within walking distance
•Backyard trail to existing Three Brooks trails
•Community children’s playground within walking distance
•1.5 acres of land
•Across the street from Big Hubley Lake
•Central Vac
•Alarm System
•Roughed in for surround sound
•20 minutes from downtown Halifax
•5 minutes from daily shopping needs
•Very close to BLT rails to trails
•Great hiking, biking and golfing nearby
•Heat the house with 3 cords of wood annually
•Excellent private and public schools nearby
•Unique community setting
Neighborhood Description
Located in 'Three Brooks', a community 15 minutes from downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia - where people live in harmony with nature. 500 acres of planned community developed for the pleasure of our residents while protecting the environment. Three Brooks offers miles of lake frontage, big lakes, sand beaches, beautiful forest, beaver dams, streams, ponds, marshes, an abundance of wildlife and plant life, hiking trails, a big sky, incredible sunsets and, of course... three brooks.Market Area
Halifax is a friendly, peaceful and neat harbour town offering everything that your heart may desire: great shopping malls, excellent restaurants, a diversity of cultural events and a vibrant down town – busy around the clock. No wonder this Canadian university town is one of Canada´s most popular cities along the Alantic.School District
Location of Home or Land
Other
Elevation of Home
Sea Level
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 | Forced Air - Electric |
| Cooling System | Passive Cooling |
| Ventilation System | Part of Heating System |
| Whole House Filtration | HEPA filtration |
| Whole House Vacuum | yes |
Energy & Water
| Water System | Well |
| Wastewater System | Septic System |
Construction Information
| Exterior Finish | Wood |
| Interior Finish | Cement Plaster |
| Interior Paint | Low VOC |
| Floor Material | Cork |
| Roof Material | Asphalt Composition Shingle |
| Window Material | Metal Dual Glazed |
| Insulation Material | Fiberglass |
Garage / Car Port
| Garage / Carport | no |
| Garage Type | attached |
| Number of Cars | 1 |
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