Property address:
906 Chelsey Lane Durango, CO
81301
United States
Map Location
Selling Price (USD): $399,000
Living area (Sq. Ft.): 1743
Number of Bedrooms: 4
Number of Bathrooms: 2
Lot Size: 5.1 sq. ft
Year Built: 1994
What makes it Green:
POST AND BEAM STRAW BALE HOUSE. SITUATED FOR SOLAR GAIN. COOL IN SUMMER AND WARM IN WINTER. LOPI :ANSWER" WOOD BURNING STOVE. IN FLOOR HEAT. LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT. CLOTHES LINE. ENERGY EFFECIENT WINDOWS. THIS STUNNING STRAW BALE HOME IS PERCHED ABOVE SPRING CREEK VALLEY OFF FLORIDA ROAD ABOUT TEN MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN DURANGO. THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF THIS PROPERTY IS THAT IT LIVES LIKE AN ISOLATED, PRIVATE AND EXTREMELY QUITE HOME WHILE BEING JUST MINUTES TO TOWN. THE HOUSE IS PERCHED ON A LEDGE IN THE PINE FOREST WITH GREAT VIEWS OF SPRING CREEK VALLEY AND THE RIDGE BEYOND WHICH IS THE BORDER RIDGE FOR HORSE GULCH. FOUR BEDROOMS OR THREE AND AN OFFICE ARE ARRANGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE MASTER HAS PRIVACY FROM THE OTHER BEDROOMS. LIVES BIG BECAUSE OF THE HIGH CEILLING IN THE MAIN ROOM. THE ROOM THAT VIEWS THE VALLEY AND THROUGH WHICH THE SOLAR GAIN IS EXPERIENCED IS MOSTLY BIG WINDOWS WITH GREAT VIEWS. THERE IS A SEASONAL CREEK AND WATERFALL AMIDST HUGE BOULDERS AND A LOVELY PALLISADE BY A MEADOW.