navarro, Argentina

What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?

Heat is both solar and high efficient wood stove. The North facing windows of this passive solar homes overlook a pampas meadow and massive amounts of heat storing mass.
The external cob walls are more than 1,5' thick. Cob walls separate the individual rooms, thus keeping the home warm in winter and cool in summer adding to the super energy efficiency of this well insulated home.
Water: The aquifer is rated as one of the best in the state
Electricity: wind and solar
The home has been cleaned and maintained with fragance-free, non-toxic, alternative products for almost 16 years.
No high power lines within 20 miles. No cell phone tower.

Property Description

The cob house embodies a balance of esthetic beauty with function in our "pampas".
The many traditional architectural features inside the house rendered by master craftsmen are beautiful artwork in their own right.
The healthy ecosystem within and surrounding our ecovillage 46 acres of chemical-free land. Its abundance of diverse crops and forest inspires deep respect and an ethic of protection.
---- The opportunity it provides to reduce one's global footprint.
North facing as well as east and ---- windows can be worked to create constant cross ventilation with clean, fresh airflow, keeping the worm season house confortable temperatures.
Solar water heater for washroom and kitchen
The main road has been maintained by the residents in the area and there regularity chip in for grading and granel as needed. The road has been improved since the bought in 1996 to the point that cars can get thought despite of the weather.

Neighborhood Description

The area is quiet and serene, filled with the wonders of nature and beautiful pampas.
This house is located in a quiet rural area, 1km from a route with very low traffic.
15min away from Navarro town (this town has all services and products you may need, including free public hospital) and 1,5hour away from Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina.
Schools

Market Area

The house is only 7 miles from Navarro city center, with a neighborhood grocery, hardware store, gas station, museums, post office, banks, hospital, small malls and several restaurants.
Navarro, otherwise known as land of Argentinean conventional, is a cultural oasis brimming with impressive abilities in all dance and live folkloric music.

School District

There are public and private schools and highs schools.

Community

This house is located on 26 acres Cohousing named Amanecer, at Gaia Ecovillage.
This is a multi-generational fun-loving group.

Location of Home or Land

Rural

Elevation of Home

Sea Level

Energy & Water