This 2Bed/1Bath off-grid strawbale home is warm, welcoming & highly efficient - built by a solar professional. Adobe floors & attractive stone trombe wall provide thermal mass to radiate heat from the sun or wood stove. Open floor plan w/ tall windows provides both amazing views and solar gain. Insulated window coverings keep heat in at night. Includes wood stove, partial in-floor radiant heat, solar PV, & propane heater. 12 sealed maintenance-free Sun Xtender AGM batteries installed in 2016. System is wired for windmill & includes gas-powered Generac backup generator. A 33' (855 sf) grow dome with rock planters is ready for your dream garden, w/ additional 8x12 solar greenhouse. A 440-sf detached shop/studio offers a guest room w/large windows & adobe floors as well as separate finished studio/shop/living area w/ wood flooring. All this sits on pvt 8.78-acre parcel with mountain/valley views and Cottonwood creek on the property! A very special home w/privacy & sustainability galore!
Off market
$372,700
537 Thornwood Trl, Crestone, CO 81131
2beds
1baths
1,430sqft
Detached Single Family
Built in 2000
8.78 Acres Lot
$372,700 Zestimate®
$261/sqft
$1,717 Estimated rent
What's special
Facts & features
Interior
Bedrooms & bathrooms
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 1
Heating
- Radiant, Propane / Butane
Features
- Vaulted, Double Pane Windows, Open Floor Plan, Built-Ins, Handicap Accessible, T&G Ceilings, No Stairs, Skylights
- Has fireplace: Yes
- Fireplace features: Free-standing, Wood
Interior area
- Total interior livable area: 1,430 sqft
Property
Parking
- Total spaces: 4
Lot
- Size: 8.78 Acres
Details
- Parcel number: 460325400088
Construction
Type & style
- Home type: SingleFamily
- Architectural style: Mountain Contemporary
- Property subtype: Detached Single Family
Materials
- Roof: Metal
Condition
- Year built: 2000
Utilities & green energy
- Sewer: Septic
- Water: Well
Community & neighborhood
Location
- Region: Crestone
HOA & financial
HOA
- Has HOA: Yes
- HOA fee: $31 monthly
- Services included: Road Maintenance, Tennis Courts
Other
Other facts
- Exterior Features: Solar, Garden Area, Greenhouse, Gutters
- Heating: Stove, Radiant, Solar Passive
- Heating Fuel: Propane, Wood
- Roof: Metal
- Fireplace Locations: Living Room
- Cooling: Ceiling Fan
- Has HOAYN: 1
- Horse Property YN: 1
- Number Of Fireplaces: 1
- Neighborhood: Grants
- Status: Under Contract
- Property Sub Type: Detached Single Family
- Partial Ownership Type: Not Applicable
- Baths Half: 0
- Baths Quarter: 0
- Baths Three Quarter: 0
- Total Carport Spaces: 0
- Total Reserved Spaces: 0
- Total RV Spaces: 0
- Construction Materials: Stucco
- Kitchen Appliances: Refrigerator (Kitchen), Stove/Range/Oven, Washer, Refrigerator (Other)
- MLS: REcolorado (ROCC)
- Total Garage Spaces: 0
- View: Mountain View, Valley
- Fireplace Features: Free-standing, Wood
- Site Features: Cul-de-Sac
- Interior Features: Vaulted, Double Pane Windows, Open Floor Plan, Built-Ins, Handicap Accessible, T&G Ceilings, No Stairs, Skylights
- Baths Full: 1
- Sewer: Septic
- Water Source: Well
- Association Fee Includes: Road Maintenance, Tennis Courts
- Laundry Availability: Closet
- Architectural Style: Mountain Contemporary
- Total Offstreet Spaces: 4
- Construction Methods: Straw Bale
- Sq Ft Above: 990
- Sq Ft Finished: 990
- Lot Size Acres: 8.78
- Flooring: Natural Stone
- Under Contract Date: 2019-05-07
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