108 Pace Lane , Castle Valley, UT 84532(Grand County)

The post and beam 2 bedroom, 1 bath, all electric, passive solar straw bale house has high arching reed covered ceilings with large triple paned windows offering expansive views to the La Sals, Porcupine Rim, Castleton Tower and Parriot Mesa. The house has natural clay plaster interior finish walls, and lime stucco exterior walls. The septic system was designed for a 4 bedroom home and potential expansion. There are existing stub outs for water and power for another 2 bedroom, 1 bath structure for guests, growing family, or your home office. A wood stove provides back up heat. The house also has a programmable whole house air exchange system and a ground mounted evaporative cooler. Most of the lighting is lit with recessed LEDs. Lighted ceiling fans are in each bedroom and the open kitchen/dining/living area. Cypress, redwood, black walnut, juniper, and cherry finishes are used throughout the house with custom pecky cypress and knotty hickory kitchen cabinets, and reclaimed Claro black walnut countertops, bar, shelves and entry doors. Theres a new 36- 5 burner Italian made Verona electric stove and oven to go with the 36 Shaws original porcelain farm sink for large pots and pans. The radiant floor heated bathroom with 6 soaking tub in a travertine grotto has a separate custom tiled shower with a seat and hand shower. The approximately 1200 square foot passive and active solar hot water heated greenhouse, shop and studio has a dedicated 240 volt circuit for an electric car charger with inside and outside plugs for portable chargers. The outdoor living area includes a custom tiled outdoor solar shower, and a solar heated hot tub with supplemental wood boiler/cook stove/oven. Soak in the tub while you roast a turkey in the outdoor oven! The property includes a 3.5 Kilowatt grid-tied solar panel array. The property also includes 10.8 acre feet of deeded water rights in the best possible water zone and location in the valley with a well and an existing operable programmable drip irrigation system. Included are regulation horseshoe pits and a restored 9 antique pool table with a ping pong tabletop. There is 400 square feet of covered storage with a garden shed and a native rock storage building. The greenhouse was designed to capture more energy than it uses, storing the excess energy in a thermal mass and redistributed to any of 4 heating zones, defaulting to the hot tub. The house, greenhouse, shop and studio were designed to passively maintain above freezing temperatures for long extended periods for absentee owners.