Property Description
Off-Grid Homestead Estate For Sale. Have complete privacy and seclusion with secure peace of mind. Relax and regenerate on this little piece of heaven or work from home comfortably with reliable telephone, fax, DSL and satellite internet. Located at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains on Tug Hill, NY. This three bedroom, loft office, two full bath, drive-in 30 x 25 heated basement garage, open kitchen/dining room, first floor laundry/mud room, plus 12 x 19 bonus room den is the perfect place to enjoy nature and live in peace and serenity. Settled in the middle of 53.2 wooded acres, this home is set up to be independent and self-sufficient with resources for a family of four for three years. Built durable and tough, the gated half-mile gravel driveway has an 8" sub-base with a 5" top coat. The main clearing has a 50-foot barn and tool shed. The main house is a 25 x 30 Cape Cod with two balconies and covered front porch. Drive around the rear to the lower level drive-in garage. Walls and footer foundation are 10" thick, double rebar poured concrete, surrounded by 24 ton washed stone and perimeter drain. The garage floor has a 15" footer with two floor drains and 10' ceiling clearance. The house sits on an over-engineered 15" I-beam. A 2" thick insulated 12 x 9 hurricane strut-supported Clopay garage door secures the basement. A 2" heavy steel commercial fire-rated man-door gives access to utilities. Off-grid power system: 240V Outback Flexmax 500 inverter. Reinforced concrete generator room with heavy steel CFR door contains twin redundant diesel generators. A 1,000 gallon double-walled diesel tank can sustain the house for three years. Roof solar and a windmill keep twelve Trojan 1100 amp-hour deep cycle batteries charged, connected to a 200 amp breaker box that energizes 110V standard home electricity. Water system retrieves spring water from two dug wells fed from separate sources. Heavy-duty 220V Grundfos pumps feed a multiple filtration system. Water is supplied to a hot/cold PEX/Copper manifold system that provides direct drinking from the tap. House fixtures are PEX plumbed. Dual 40-gallon propane hot water heaters are on standby. The entire system can be winterized with air injection in 20 minutes. Security features include a 55-foot communication and weather station tower supported by four five-foot support footers and six pro guyed cables, driveway lighting, motion sensors, safe room, reinforced doors and windows, and trenched landline telephone with inside secured demarc. Heating sources: main coal/wood stove, secondary wood stove, propane fireplace in the den, and electric baseboard. Coal, wood, propane and diesel storage are ready for three years of self-sufficient living. Also included is a spectacular view of the stars and Milky Way. Serious inquiries only. Letter of financial approval required prior to viewing; phone conversation with the owner required.
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