What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?
This is a custom-built straw bale home designed to be a self-sustaining property. The property was built using many recycled materials, and is very energy efficient. It has a grid-tied 3200 kWh photovoltaic array energy system to generate electricity. It also has an in-floor radiant heat system, and 20-inch thick walls. It has the most energy efficient windows available at the time it was built.Property Description
Your home offers an open concept living area with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The great room opens to the kitchen, dining, and breakfast bar areas, convenient for conversation and entertaining. A wall of windows allows natural light to fill the great room, and a patio door brings the outdoors in, while also offering a logical placement of any expansion you may desire. The kitchen is very efficient, yet upscale, with fabulous cabinets, Cambria quartz countertops, and a gas cooktop that will have you whipping up gourmet meals from your garden daily. The limitless built-in shelving provides excellent opportunities for both storage and decor, even in the stairs leading to the master bedroom suite, which encompasses the entire upper floor! It features a walk-in closet, a fireplace in the seating area, a full bath, and a private six foot by twelve foot high-walled balcony. Another wing of your house could easily function as an additional master suite, or perhaps a mother-in-law suite. This wing has another living room or family room, a guest kitchen, a large accessible bathroom, and a large bedroom with a ten foot closet and vaulted ceilings. This home has so much to offer that it would be easy to go on and on, but you should come and see the grounds for yourself! Walk around and see the wildlife, hear the birds, take in the surroundings, and envision your new life in your new sustainable home…Neighborhood Description
You are located halfway between Dodgeville and Spring Green, so while you are in the country on your own forty acres, you still reside in a neighborhood among friends. It is a different kind of neighborhood where the yards are a little bigger, but everyone still looks out for neighbors--while minding their own business a bit more! You can enjoy the wide-open spaces that quiet country living offers, but you are not far from the Dane County Airport in Madison, or from a weekend getaway in Chicago.Market Area
Dodgeville and Spring Green are both smaller communities within an hour of Madison. Spring Green has a world-class outdoor Shakespearian theatre, a Robert Trent Jones golf course, and fabulous artisan shops and organic markets. Dodgeville is home to the corporate headquarters of Lands' End, and has many parks and recreation areas, restaurants, businesses, and an excellent hospital, while only 30 minutes from Platteville and within an hour of Dubuque, Iowa.School District
The Dodgeville School District is a Division 2 school, and Dodgeville High School is one of only four high schools in the state of Wisconsin with the prestigious "Advanced Ed Accreditation". Area students are also welcome to attend Dodgeville’s parochial school, St. Joseph's Catholic School, a highly regarded pre-K through 8th grade school that consistently produces motivated, advantaged students.Community
The best part of living here is that soon after arriving, no matter where you might be from, you are welcomed as though you have lived here all your life. It is not hard to get to know people. You might attend one of Rink’s monthly community dinners at Green Square in Mineral Point to try his organic locally grown produce, or maybe you’ll choose to check out the Muscoda Mushroom Festival and learn how to cook those mushrooms you’ll find on your back 40! There is always something new to enjoy.Location of Home or Land
Rural
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 | Heat Exchanger |
Whole House Filtration | None |
Whole House Vacuum | no |
Energy & Water
Energy System | Solar - Photovoltaic |
Water System | Well |
Wastewater System | Septic System |
Construction Information
Construction Type | Straw bale |
Exterior Finish | Stucco |
Interior Finish | Earthen Plaster |
Interior Paint | Low VOC |
Floor Material | Concrete |
Roof Material | Metal |
Window Material | Wood Dual Glazed |
Insulation Material | Recycled Newsprint |
Garage / Car Port
Garage / Carport | no |
Garage Type | attached |
Number of Cars | 1 |