Quiet homestead on 4.4 acres 4.7 miles from the square with a super-efficient home built in 2013. Bamboo floors, open floor plan, and lots of daylighting. We designed our home with one room and a loft with a storage area and regular stairs leading up to it. Built with SuperiorWalls, it has R-30-40 in the walls and R60 in the ceiling. The tiny wood stove heats the house and a window AC unit can cool it. Crafted with built in cedar clothes racks in a walk through closet, hidden doors, and built-in cubbies. It is a wonderful place to get away from the rest of the world and connect with the surroundings. 2 outbuildings add to the space: 12x12 studio room next to the pond finished with cedar shingles and hand plaster inside (90%) complete is a great place to focus or relax. 7x14 leanto - we used as a dairy sheep barn Utilities: Access Energy Lisco Fiber Optic internet Cistern and rainwater collection (Wapello Rural Water has a line within 500ft which could be hooked up if desired) The 4.4 acres space of love has been tended to for 15 years with care, catch the harvest of all these perennial fruits and vegetables: Fruits: apple pear (European and Asian) peach plum blueberry paw paw persimmon aronia berry elder berry autumn olive Illinois everbearing mulberry Thornless blackberry Nuts: Chestnut Northern Pecan Hazelnut acorn Vegetables: Asparagus horseradish nettle lemon balm chocolate mint Flowers and more. The only reason we are selling is because we have moved just down the road in order to continue planting and growing more food on 60 acres.
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