A home/hobby farm overlooking beautiful Lake Claiborne in the northwest Louisiana hill country. The home is located on 45 acres more or less with about 25 acres forested and 20 acres open fields. The home is ideal for quiet country living. The home was built in 1989 by the current owner. The home is a total electric, passive solar design with 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, loft, a 12' x 12' storm cellar/wine cellar and a 10' x 16' covered porch facing the lake. The upstairs bedroom is off the loft and has a sitting area with a full view of the lake. The home has cypress board and batten siding with Pella casement windows and hardwood (oak) flooring in three bedrooms, the kitchen/laundry and dining areas. The tiled concrete slab floor in the living area serves as a heat sink in the passive solar design and is two feet lower than the rest of the main floor. The kitchen has been upgraded with granite counter tops. The bathrooms floors are tiled. A granite counter top and new sinks have been added to the master bathroom. The home is very well insulated with the average monthly electric bill less than $85 for 18 years. A metal roof was added in 2003. A 5.2 kw solar photovoltaic unit, connected to the electric grid, and a solar hot water heater were added in 2009. The average monthly electric bill is now less than $45. A two car garage with a 16' x 20' shop and 16' x 20' addition for tractor, lawn mower and other garden equipment is located 40' from the house. A guest house (built in late 2001) (1156 sqft with 10' ceilings) with 2 bedrooms, a living area, kitchen and bath is located adjacent to the main house with a patio with a retractable awning with a lake view. This house has board and batten cypress siding. This house would be ideal as a guest house, an in-law house, or a bed and breakfast. The garage and guest house have metal roofs. The garden area includes 40 mature blueberry bushes which are irrigated using a small pond on the property. The yard area is dominated by an oak tree which is 40-50 ft high with a canopy of more than 90' in diameter. There is also a white pine (once a Christmas tree) and an eastern cedar which was transplanted from the woods. There are also two large holly bushes, 2 jasmine trellises, red bud trees, white and pink crepe myrtles, 4 pecan trees, a muscadine grape arbor, an apple tree, a pear tree, 4 ash trees, 2 maple trees and numerous plants. The sale includes a 42 hp Ford 3000 tractor with a bush hog, blade, box blade, disc, slip, plow and a 2004 tandem 16' utility trailer.
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