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Property Description
This off-the-grid home is the ultimate place to unwind and is available to new owners! The home offers a single floor focus with a first floor master bedroom and bath, plus an additional bedroom and bath on the second level. The addition built in 2005 includes an open two-story gourmet kitchen with a large island, lots of cabinets, a pantry, radiant heating, skylights, and granite countertops. This home is run on solar and wind energy; a wood stove and propane serve as backups. The multiple sheds are used for wood and equipment storage.
You enter into a mudroom that leads into the gourmet kitchen. The kitchen boasts a large island, lots of cabinets, a walk in pantry, radiant heating, skylights, granite countertops, and a six burner gas range. The kitchen is open to the dining room, which has lots of natural light through the many windows and glass sliding door to the stone patio. The living room is open to the dining room and has vaulted ceilings with lovely exposed beams. The upstairs loft office with skylights overlooks the living room and brings in even more sunlight. The master bedroom and bath are right off the living room and the woodstove and hearth sit in between heating the whole home with warm wood heat. The stove has a catalytic converter, a maximum heat output of 55,000 BTU’s and a heating range of 8,000 to 11,000 cu. ft. Off the master bedroom is a sunroom with floor to ceiling windows and a third egress from the home. There is a second bathroom and bedroom on the upper level of the home as well.
Solar panels and a wind turbine provide energy, which is stored in twelve 2 Volt batteries for a 24 Volt system, to the home. There is a back-up 8.5 kW residential Kohler propane generator. The house is heated by solar, propane, wind and a wood soapstone stove – the choice is yours! During the 2005 addition, the current owners updated everything and made all energy efficient choices for lighting, window and skylight replacements throughout the whole house.
Outside you’ll find a new wood shed that holds 4 cords of wood, a small shed used to house trash, compost, and recycling cans, and a large shed to store gardening tools and your outdoor equipment. The private and mostly wooded 17.2 acre parcel stretches on both sides of the private road used to access the property. You’ll need all-wheel drive on the road during the winter.Neighborhood Description
Neighborhood is rural with local elementary school, town office, post office, and farmers markets. Westminster is Vermont’s oldest existing town, has a population of 3200 people and is centrally located between Brattleboro, Vermont, and Walpole and Keene, New Hampshire.Market Area
School District
Town has local elementary school. The high school is located in the near-by town of Bellows Falls, VT.Community
Location of Home or Land
Rural
Elevation of Home
Mountain
Air Quality
| Agriculture in Area | yes |
| 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 | Other |
| Ventilation System | Other |
| Whole House Filtration | None |
| Whole House Vacuum | no |
Energy & Water
| Energy System | Off the Grid |
| Water System | Well |
| Wastewater System | Septic System |
Construction Information
| Exterior Finish | Wood |
| Interior Finish | Gypsum Board - Sheet Rock |
| Interior Paint | Other |
| Floor Material | Wood - Solid |
| Roof Material | Asphalt Composition Shingle |
| Window Material | Metal Dual Glazed |
| Insulation Material | Other |
Garage / Car Port
| Garage / Carport | no |
| Garage Type | attached |
| Number of Cars | 1 |
