$1200 per month with property maintenance agreement

ENTERTAINING AREA

A beautiful entry way graced by wall sconces also has built in nooks to showcase art or other collectables. The two-story window in the open-beam cathedral-ceiling living room showcases the changing seasons of the 1200’ elevation mountainside while sitting in front of a grand stone fireplace. The downstairs living room is part of a great room with durable and easy-to-maintain brown tile floors linking living, dining and kitchen areas, and open to the loft above, perfect for entertaining, and great acoustics for live music. High quality Eagle windows are trimmed in beautiful mahogany, adding to the rich feeling of the home. The extra-deep 9x38 mahogany-planked porch allows for extra living space outdoors in all seasons, providing shelter from rain and snow. Solid walls around the porch allow for potential screening or a sunroom enclosure.

 CHEF’S DELIGHT

The roomy and efficient kitchen encourages multiple chefs by clever zoning. An antique freestanding Hoosier cabinet lends character and charm, as do the specially selected vintage appliances.  Space for a central worktable in the kitchen and a bar between kitchen and living room encourage conversation and food prep participation by dinner guests. Dual-pipe chimney allows for a wood cookstove option as part of the kitchen. A serving peninsula between dining room and kitchen makes serving and cleanup easy. The loft, plumbed for a wet bar with space for counter and cupboards, allows for an extended serving space for beverages or snacks.

 LIGHT, AIRY, OPEN BEDROOMS

Two spacious master bedrooms, one up, one down, each have their own unique details. The white-carpeted master bedroom upstairs features a sitting area that leads to an east-facing balcony for leisurely morning coffee time. Two walk-in closets provide ample storage, one of them a full-sized dressing room generously sized at 7x13 with a high window ledge seat or reading nook above a hanging clothes rack. The cathedral ceiling in the upstairs bedroom showcases select exposed structural beams.The downstairs master bedroom doubles as a study, with two doors. The 5’x8’ walk-in closet can serve as a sleeping nook for kids or visitors, as can the 3’x7’ bay window nook.  The upstairs loft can serve as an additional sleeping area for guests, or as a media room or exercise room.

 LUXURY BATHS

The upstairs bath has a private entrance through the upstairs master suite. An authentic restored clawfoot tub is set into a bay window. Easy-to-clean wall tile provides a back-splash behind tub and toilet, a hexagonal tile floor offer durability. The fixtures are reminiscent of the Victorian era. The downstairs bathroom is adjacent to the master bedroom/study It is generously sized to accommodate mobility aids such as a walker, with the toilet/sink room connected to a tiled shower-jacuzzi wet room. The jacuzzi room features grab bars in the wheelchair-friendly shower and next to the tub. An 80-gallon hot water tank guarantees a jacuzzi tub full of hot water, or multiple showers/baths.

 UTILITY/OUTBUILDINGS

The laundry/mud room has a high efficiency front-loading washer and dryer and provides easy access to the nearby 6-cord capacity woodshed via a wheelchair accessible entrance. The detached garage, built from an old carriage house plan, features swing out antique carriage house doors and charming antique wood windows for ample natural lighting. Shop cabinets can be rearranged as desired. The second story loft above the garage provides an additional 400+ s.f. of storage or can be converted to future apartment space. A 24’x24’ barn provides space for hay storage and one oversized or dividable two-stall space that opens onto a temporary field-fenced paddock. An open-air 18’x24’ shelter surrounded by tall narrow gauge fencing can be used to shield small livestock or poultry or store additional hay, wood or farm machinery. Over 300’s.f. of dry storage space under the tall porch provides easy access to lawn furniture or outdoor entertaining supplies. A driveway loop and graveled area at the back of the house can allow parking of up to 30 vehicles when entertaining.

 MECHANICAL/STRUCTURAL QUALITY

A high efficiency/low emission stone-faced fireplace with blower heats the entire home in the winter. For summer cooling, a special fan pulls cool air from underground, and a high capacity exhaust fan sends hot air out from the 22’ high ceiling. A 50-year metal roof provides for trouble-free maintenance, and the wood-grained cement-board siding and stone-faced foundation walls resist both fire and pests. A mechanical room tucked under the stairs gives easy access to water shutoff, fireplace mechanisms, and telecommunications wiring.  Special spread footings on bedrock provide for greater seismic stability. Gutters on garage are plumbed to allow for easy rainwater collection. A special shutoff valve at garage allows for future development of a rainwater distribution system independent of the existing County water supply. Space and structural support were included for a 200 gallon solar domestic hot water heater to be added later in the house if desired.  Wirsbo plumbing resists corrosion and freeze damage. Gravity fed septic needs no pump or electricity. 400 amp service to the property, provides 200 amps each for both house and garage, although the garage is not yet connected, leaving an option for splitting service between barn and garage if desired.

 ELDER AND WHEELCHAIR-FRIENDLY MAIN FLOOR

Grab bars in walk-in jacuzzi/shower room, and natural stone mosaic floor helps prevent falls. All doorways on the main floor are 3’ wide, and the spacious kitchen allows easy navigation with mobility aids. Wheelchair-friendly laundry room entrance.

 NATURE VIEWS

Mostly alder forest with fall-color from vine maples, but with some tall firs surrounding to provide winter color and interest. Bird lovers will enjoy watching the smaller woodland and meadow birds, but also the great raptors, including eagles and a great horned owl that nests nearby. Glimpses of wildlife from the house include sightings of deer, bobcat, cougar, bear, porcupine, rabbits, fox, coyote, and others. Other than flower beds by the house, the surroundings are natural meadow and woodland. All four seasons are clearly distinguishable, with spring flowers from trillium to wild iris to the native bleeding heart, and in the colder seasons, an occasional light snow. Although the lowlands may be foggy and gray, the property sits above the usual fog line, and has beautiful sunshine on many of the grayest days for those who live on the valley floor. The drive up to the property features a stunning view from the 1000' level, although the property itself is surrounded by trees.

 GOOD NEIGHBORS

This home is off of a shared dead-end private road. There is only one more house after this one, and it is two miles up the road, which terminates in State forest land. There are wonderful neighbors just across the road, but with the house setbacks and the dense forest, there is no compromise of privacy.

LOCATION

Located 9 miles east of Battle Ground, Washington in the highly desirable Venersborg area of unincorporated Clark County, well outside the urban growth boundary. On the west slope of Bells Mountain at 1200' elevation, city lights from the valley below twinkle through the trees. School district is Battle Ground schools, but you may request a variance. The current owners applied for and were accepted into Hockinson School District.

OWNERS

Contact by e-mail for more detailed information about the property,  or call: 503-351-7275

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