Colorado Urban Permaculture For Salephotos, floorplan, and descriptions at http://www.viand.net/forsale/urbanpermaculture.html
STRUCTURE
- 1910 brick house with wood floors, high ceilings, bay windows, wrap porch with wood columns and stone.
- Wood burning fireplace
- 1268 square feet main floor: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen, and large living/dining area
- Finished basement (550 square feet) with wood paneled walls.
- Gorgeous interior original moldings, sliding doors, etc. (original, not renovated)
- Very large attic could be turned into a room
- 3 car garage with attic
- Lot is 7500 square feet (50’ x 150’)
9 year old PERMACULTURE
- 4000 square foot gardens
- 18” of sheet mulch for first 3 years
- 6+ varieties of worms doing “free range” composting, under the direction of Jon Anderson, local worm compost expert
- keyhole beds with carpeted paths
- drip irrigation
- raspberry bushes (4 varieties)
- grapes (8 varieties)
- walnut tree (7 years old, not yet bearing)
- 2 heirloom apple trees (beginning to bear)
- 4 apricot and peach trees with many grafts managed by local master grafter Rick Shory, who lives in town and has consulted on this garden regularly (bearing dependent on weather)
- outdoor kitchen with gas range
SITE
- bioregion: Rocky Steppe
- city of Fort Collins, Colorado, one hour from both Boulder and Denver. 45 minutes from rocky mountain national park, and 15 minutes from hiking in the Poudre Canyon (which has the lovely Poudre River), 2 hours from Winterpark ski resort
- “Old Town” area of the city. House is 8 blocks from College Avenue, the main street of Old Town, lots of charm. One block from Mountain Avenue, the heart of classic renovations happening here.
- Fort Collins is home to several microbreweries (O’Dells, New Belgium...), a community currency system, excellent farmers markets in the summer, several CSAs, and local lamb, beef, and pork producers. It also has a great local food coop and a new Whole Foods market. There is a lively brew-pub scene, excellent music venues, a performing arts center, and a strong sustainable agriculture community at the local university, Colorado State University. Fort Collins is home to the annual Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair (www.sustainablelivingfair.org/ )
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TERMS
- $275,000
- for sale by owner
- also interested in the possibility of becoming a real estate partner
- willing to rent or do “lease to own” or “owner financing” to the right person, if you pay the legal costs of making these arrangements
- photos, floorplan, etc at www.viand.net/forsale/urbanpermaculture.html
- contact violet@viand.net.
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