12770 Co #500, Ava, MO 65608

If you've been dreaming of a more self-sufficient lifestyle, this 23.8 +/- acre homestead just outside Ava city limits offers the space, infrastructure, and freedom to make it happen. Whether your goal is raising your own food, caring for livestock, planting gardens and orchards, or simply escaping the pace of town, this thoughtfully improved property is ready for its next chapter.The custom-built 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom home features a warm ranch-style design with vaulted ceilings, bamboo wood flooring, barn wood track doors, stainless steel appliances, and an open-concept layout that makes everyday living both comfortable and functional. Covered porches overlook the surrounding pasture and provide the perfect place to enjoy quiet mornings while watching deer, turkey, and other native wildlife pass through.Attached to the home is a fully insulated 60'x80' multipurpose building complete with oversized doors and a half bath. Whether you need room for equipment, woodworking, preserving harvests, livestock projects, storage, a home business, or future expansion, this flexible space is ready to adapt to your vision.The property is well equipped for homesteading with a new private well, storm shelter, 40'x44' equipment barn, tack/feed building, automatic waterer, hydrants, fenced and cross-fenced pasture, a pond, and productive open ground. There's ample room for large gardens, fruit trees, berry patches, greenhouses, chickens, goats, sheep, pigs, bees, or other livestock, allowing you to create a truly sustainable lifestyle. Mature walnut trees add beauty, shade, wildlife habitat, and long-term value to the property.The 23.8 +/- acres provide an excellent balance of productive pasture, open space, and natural beauty, offering endless opportunities to expand your homestead while enjoying the privacy and peace that only rural living can provide.