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Property address:
12761 Road 41.9
Mancos, Colorado
81328
USA
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Selling Price (USD): $349,000
Living area (Sq. Ft.): 2183
Number of Bedrooms: 2
Number of Bathrooms: 2.5
Lot Size: 15 Acres
Year Built: 1984
Monthly Utility Cost (USD):
Propane only utility. average $160
per month
if you run the hot tub in winter.
Property Web Site:
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What makes it Green:
24-volt photovoltaic system with Solarex photovoltaic panels, Rolls batteries, Trace inverter and RV Power Products Solar Boost 50 charge controller. Hybrid electric system includes Onan propane generator backup that turns on with a flip of the switch in the house, or can be set, with the Trace inverter, to turn on automatically when the batteries get below a certain level.
Passive solar heat in the main part of the house is backed up with in-floor radiant heat, operated with propane boiler and energy-sipping 24-volt pumps to circulate the hot water. (There also is a wood stove in the great room.)
Solarthermal panel heats Domestic hot water via a heat exchanger tank, and is backed up with a loop off the propane boiler.
Southern wall of house has large, low-e, triple-pane windows.
Electric appliances include Sunfrost refrigerator and a Conserve chest freezer surrounded by 8" of beadboard insulation.
Washer is Frigidaire energy star front-loading washer with no always-on electronic panel.
For clothes dryer, there is a clothesline out back, and room in the sunroom for drying clothes on a rack in the winter.
Although the listing says the house is "stick built", it is actually 80% logs.
Opening the windows in the tower in the summer creates an updraft that allows heat to escape the house.
Eaves over south windows allows sun to enter in winter but prevents sun from shining in the summer.
Garage-Carport: Yes
Garage-Carport Type: Garage-Detached
Number of Cars: 2
Garage Area (Sq. Ft.): It's a big shop with drive-thru doors on two sides
Heating: Passive solar backed up with radiant floor heat and wood heat.
Cooling: This house is at 7500 feet of elevation. It always get cool at night. Open the windows/doors at night or early in the morning and let the cool air in, then close it up during the day, and it stays cool all day. The cool tile-over-concrete floors help cool the place also. If you like air movement, turn on the ceiling fan in the great room. On hot sunny afternoons there is a surplus of electricity to run the ceiling fan.
Energy Source: This house is off grid. Most of the electricity comes from the PV panels. Backup is Onan propane generator. Cooking is with propane, except, of course, for microwave, which uses solar-generated electricity.
Water Source: Municipal
Windows: Large windows on south wall are triple low-e on the south wall. Also, the large western windows in the north addition bedroom are triple low-e.
Insulation: Ceiling has 10" beadboard insulation.
Seller Contact Info:
Name: Margaret and Jim Bristol - owners
Address: 102 Ballantree Dr.
City: Asheville
State: NC
Zip Code: 28803
Country: USA
Phone: 828.989.5138
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