What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?
Warmth and efficiency
Beautifully designed and artistically crafted
Four bedroom—four bath rooms
Mud room, a laundry room, basement
Wheat board & bamboo cabinets
Energy efficiency
Curved beams—cathedral ceiling.
Highly efficient clad windows & doors
Masonry style gas fire-place
Natural, non-toxic finishes
Ceramic tile & bamboo flooring
Radiant floor heating
Foam form foundation
Southern patio
Standing seam metal roof
Lime plaster & fresco finishes
Almost ¾ of an acre
Evergreens, natural grasses & wild flowers
Quite, living in the woods
Close to amenities
4 miles to world class resort townProperty Description
The location of this home creates the wonderful feeling of living in the woods while being very close to amenities, great restaurants and wonderful recreation in Summit County. A easy four mile drive puts you at Breckenridge ski area, world renown for its’ fun slopes and great atmosphere.
The warmth and efficiency of this sustainable, green home is felt when you walk through the threshold. You are welcomed by a beautifully designed and artistically crafted post and beam home with straw bale infill. Each room is unique in its living space that only straw bale construction can provide.
This home has four bedrooms with two master suites located on the second floor. Four bathrooms also grace this home as well as mud room, a laundry room and basement.
The chefs kitchen is custom designed with wheat board and bamboo cabinets and granite countertops. Low energy appliances support state-of-the-art energy efficiency. A double pantry provides additional kitchen space for a plentiful supply of food, wine or good treats for any season of the year.
The living room is spacious with beautiful curved beams accenting the cathedral ceiling. This ceiling enhances the natural lighting that streams in from the highly efficient clad windows and doors. An indoor water fountain and planting container gives a natural break between the living room and dining area in this open floor design. A masonry style gas fire-place adds warmth, a lower heating bill, and an extra sense of coziness to spend the winter nights around.
Extra interior features include 8’ alder mission style doors with alder trim and natural, non-toxic finishes. The walls are finished with natural lime plaster and colored with natural lime frescos. Ceramic tile and the beauty of bamboo flooring cover the top of a radiant floor heating system that is found throughout the house.
The outside setting of this home can be enjoyed on the southern patio or off the back porch among the trees and wildflowers. The exterior is composed of a lime plaster and colored fresco wash. While a standing seam metal roof covers the curved roof beams.
This sustainable home is on almost ¾ of an acre in Blue River, only four miles south from the world class resort town and ski area of Breckenridge. The lot is filled with evergreen trees, natural grasses and native wild flowers. The neighborhood is well established, quiet, with the Blue River flowing only blocks away.
Neighborhood Description
Sherwood Forest is an older subdivision that was started in the 1970\'s. It is nestled along the Blue River which is in easy walking distance from this beautiful home.
There are some very nice homes in this community surrounded by evergreens, wild flowers and wild life.
Neighbors are friendly and wave as you walk or drive by and it is easy to stop and have a conversation.. The neighbors range from new families, to retire couples and single individuals.Market Area
This home is only 4 miles from world class skiing and the town of Breckenridge. Amenities are abundant with great restaurants, theater and community activities. The great outdoors of the Rockies Mountains is really just that, right outside your door. Hiking, bicycling (road bike and mountain biking), fishing, skiing and snowshoeing are just some of the incredible advantages living in this home.School District
Breckenridge school districtCommunity
Location of Home or Land
Rural
Elevation of Home
Mountain
Air Quality
| Agriculture in Area | no |
| 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 | Other |
| Whole House Filtration | None |
| Whole House Vacuum | no |
Energy & Water
| Water System | Well |
| Wastewater System | Septic System |
Construction Information
| Construction Type | Straw bale |
| Exterior Finish | Plaster - Other |
| Interior Finish | Other |
| Interior Paint | Plant Based |
| Floor Material | Other |
| Roof Material | Metal |
| Window Material | Metal Dual Glazed |
| Insulation Material | Other |
Garage / Car Port
| Garage / Carport | yes |
| Garage Type | attached |
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