House
As you approach the house you might think it’s surrounded by trees. You would be correct except they’re far enough back to allow for plenty of natural light around the home.
Complete with Hardie siding and a metal roof, this house is built to last with significantly reduced maintenance. Hardie siding is a very durable colored fiber cement siding which is pest and weather resistant. Metal roofs are widely considered the best roofs to install due to their long life, heavy durability and smooth run-off. All roof drainage is subsurface and the immediate property is contoured to control run-off away from the structure.
There is data wiring to every room and entertainment wiring to each of the TV locations (ie living room, family room, and outdoor patio). Additionally there is fiber optic internet with Frontier for extremely fast and reliable internet.
This house has a heat exchanger, exterior wood burning stove, and a full house generator. The heat exchanger reduces your overall heating/cooling requirements and the generator maintains the comforts of electricity during those rare outages. But, the icing on the cake is the wood burning stove. It, more than adequately, heats the entire home and the detached kitchen when diligently stocked.
Outdoors
The first thing you notice when turning off Edray road is the secluded look of the driveway. But, just a few 100 feet later it opens onto 15 acres of pasture bordered by another 15 acres of forest and streams. In this Shangri La it’s not unusual to see deer, foxes, fawns, and many types of birds. The serenity is most obvious with every season.
Panorama
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Detached Garage / Workshop
An incredible bonus to this property is a fully functional detached outbuilding, completely insulated and functional as either a garage or a workshop. Included is an open-air storage area adjacent to the exterior wood furnace. Perfect for all log cutting/splitting tools and seasonal storage for summer equipment (eg lawnmowers, attachments, etc)
One room not included in either the virtual or photos is an adjoined kitchenette / bathroom to this out building. It, like the house, has radiant heat. It is plumbed for a sink and has electrical for a microwave / oven, but is unfinished. It is accessed via one of the two rear doors to this outbuilding.
Recently completed are two outbuildings. Adjacent to the detached garage is now a fully functional detached office; complete with radiant heat, air conditioning, LED lighting, and is fully configured for flexible data and entertainment use. Additionally, a similarly sized building was built near the well to house all water treatment equipment. And, finally, a new well housing was built to replace the more delapidated structure.
For a “virtual view” of the detached garage, click here.
Plot
Enjoy this aerial short clip to give you an idea of the privacy.
Below is the plot map. Included in this sale are the parcels marked in red. A deed for right of way exists through one parcel (47-35) owned by another party. Parcel 47-19 is not delineated, but has 10% ownership. This was, originally, established for logging rights, but since the land is not easily navigable, it has been ignored. Please note this important update: The owners of the other 90% have agreed on a reasonable sales price which has been appended to the price and property. The left edge of 47-18 is at the far end of a ravine while the lower right edge of 47-16.2 is at the base of another ravine. From this aerial view you can see the two ravines merge in parcel 47-19. This pie shape is, largely, the reason this property is so private. The well is located on parcel 47-45. As such, the water travels a third of a mile to the house. A second pipe has been run from the house to the lower left corner of plot 47-45. The intent of this pipe, if necessary or desirable, is to complete its run to municipal water at the road. So far, the well has been plenty adequate.
Please note: this aerial from the county is out-of-date as both the house and the detached outbuilding are complete. Furthermore, the pasture has been expanded and is now lush and full.
10%
As part of the property is a 10% stake in an additional 13 acres adjacent to the backyard. Please note: we have secured an agreement for you to be able to purchase the remaining 90% at fair market value (i.e. $4k/acre). Below is a video of a drive-through to give interested parties an idea of what that property is like.
Inventory
Below is a list of items which if desired can be negotiated into the sale. The items were carefully selected to ease your transition into this home without worrying about what is needed to maintain the property or what is needed to establish level of comfort. All major equipment is regularly serviced. There are some operational issues with the following which are scheduled for repair: tractor, brush hog, and tiller.
- 42 acres of land spread over 5 parcels. Please note, there has been a recent ammendment to the property as what was once a 10% ownership stake in the back parcel has now been 100% included, increasing the acreage from 32 acres to 42 acres.
- All internet equipment in electrical room
- All fixed entertainment (eg TVs)
- 48″ Aerator
- Portable air conditioner
- 7 x Log holders
- 3 x dehumidifiers
- Extra refrigerator, oven, and microwave (planned for kitchen in detached out building).
- Mini-split
Operations
Luxury homes can be complex. To assuage any anxiety, the home has been fully documented. Attached are diagrams of the three most essential infrastructure items.
Negotiable
As this property is vast and the purpose yet fully defined (horses, sheep, cattle, agriculture) the sellers are flexible in selling parcels separately. If any parcels are detached from the whole, those parcels still have water rights from the front well. The well should suffice for 3 homes using properly sized pressure tanks.
Furthermore, per the inventory above, things can be negotiated in and out. The seller’s sole purpose for selling is to down-size. And, accordingly, are motivated to provide the equipment with the property.
The price of this property is not comparable to the local market because the property has no equitable comps. Succinctly, it is considered one of the nicest homes in the largest county in West Virginia. Furthermore, the uniqueness of the property, quality of structures, and proximity to necessities as a whole has no equal. And, finally, given the current construction climate, the cost of building an equitable home would be prohibitive. Not to mention the quality of the property.
We are targeting established motivated individuals who seek peace without sacrificing quality.
Improvements
- Water, mold, radon excellent
- A full radon mitigation system was put in
- Fireplace mantel added in living room
- New shelving in downstairs office and recreation room
- Utility room cabinets added
- Garage shelves added
- Documentation created for everything requiring it
- Detached water filtration building nearer to the well. The current well housing has a pressure tank squeezed in. A vacated root cellar was renovated to house a larger pressure tank along with more flexible filtering options without burdening the current space in both the well-house or the house itself. This, in no way, implies the water is bad. It was simply the most logical manner for expanding the water filtration and providing an area to more easily manage it.
- Detached office built and plumbed for radiant heat and a mini-split. Currently, it is conditioned with an oil heater and a portable air conditioner.
- New well housing built replacing the old dilapidated housing.
- Completed wood storage shed slab.
- Significant grooming of the property. All trees adjacent to the home have been ‘trimmed up’ for the purpose of air flow, natural light, and fire prevention. Transformed 1 acre of grassland into a fire-pit area with unobstructed views of the property. We’ve trimmed up areas areas deeper into the property to create hiking paths and more access to a bounty of firewood.