A pretty 2 bedroom, 2 loft, 1 bathroom country home on 5.5 fenced acres!! Barn and pastures for horses and animals. Bordering National forest with miles of trails to ride or hike. House was recently renovated with new floors, bathroom and full interior paint, new exterior stucco, new water heater and mini splits. Details include stain glass doors, pink picket fence, vintage cabinets and high ceilings. Easy access during winter months, beautiful lawn and green trees in Summer. This is the perfect little farm house and property ready for your country dreams!
This is one of the most beautiful Earthships ever built and is entirely off-the-grid, with passive solar heating, full roof water catchment system, newly purchased Lithium Ion batteries for storing solar power energy, and an operational gray water system. Enjoy comfortable temperatures year-round with no heating or cooling costs. With three bedrooms, two full baths, and a spacious open-concept kitchen and living room, there is plenty of room for guests and family members. In addition to the tall customized front paneled glass windows that stretch across the expansive atrium garden area, there are also operable skylight windows and cooling tubes in each room which allow fresh air flow to the entire home, as needed. Abundant indoor plants noticeably raise the humidity and interior oxygen levels, making the environment much more comfortable than conventional homes. With custom handmade tiles in the bathroom, 25ft long oversized beautiful vigas in the main room which is illuminated with bottle work, and hand troweled earthen walls with sparkles of mica, this is surely a place you can comfortably feel at home. Earthship have evolved over the past 40 years and this particular design represents the pinnacle in efficiency and comfort even decades later. The Euro, built entirely by licensed contractors, was used as the showcase model for the Global style Earthship as it was introduced in the Greater World Community. The 75 foot long greenhouse with inclined dual pane glass, and additional straight glass walls that separate the greenhouse from the true living area, keeps temperatures more easily regulated, somewhere between the high 60s and mid-70s. The exterior walls are two foot thick rammed earth tires, providing amazing insulation and soundproofing. The back of the house is earth-bermed. Lemon and fig trees, banana, blueberries, kitchen herbs, coffee, grapes, exotic flowers and vegetables can be and are grown any season in the indoor greenhouse. Many bird species visit the yard, summer and winter, where water and seed has been provided. Within the fenced yard are two apple trees, nectarine and a peach tree as well as many ornamental shrubs, roses, and perennials. The yard is enclosed with treated red cedar fencing and has a 16’ x 16’ raised deck to enjoy the mountain views nearby. There is driveway access to both the front and rear of the home with a gravel circular drive in the front and two parking spaces inside the fence line. The roof is insulated with poly-ISO foam, providing an R-80. The metal roof provides potable catchment for the water supply which is stored in four cisterns holding 6800 gallons of water. You can live comfortably on just the rainwater, which has been 6 to 10 inches annually for the past 3 years. One inch of rain on the expansive roof is over 3000 gallons of water. This water is filtered inside the house with additional filtration option for drinking water that flows through specific stems on each of the three sinks. Washer and dryer are included. There is a 500-gallon propane tank for the stove and on-demand hot water heater. Yes, you can finance this home…and yes it can be insured! This home would also make an excellent Airbnb as travelers come to Taos 365 days per year, and many want to experience an Earthship for themselves. Located a few miles from the famous Rio Grande Gorge bridge, and a short drive away from the Black Rock hot springs. Taos Ski Valley, Red River slopes and Sipapu are within forty minutes away . This home is at the back of the Greater World Subdivision, in a very quiet location. There are 360-degree mountain views, and 360 acres of common land that will never be developed. Earthships are designed to be the most efficient housing available anywhere. This home has zero backup heating, and has never had the need for additional heating. If you have been searching for the perfect green home, this is it!
This one of a kind earthship-home was designed by world renowned architect Mike Reynolds. (The inventor of this style of home) Located in the Greater World Subdivision protected by convents that the neighbors too will have same type of erathship style homes throughout the neighborhood. Environmentally friendly home built from recycled material. Planters throughout the dwelling run off of recycled gray water from the sinks & shower, which is then used again in the in the septic. Sick of those pesky electric bills? Well not in this home, it is powered entirely by solar & wind energy. There is also about a 150 foot detached studio on the property. plenty of room to have a garden on the 1.28 acres as well.
Custom & New Built High Desert Hacienda ~ Welcome to 19 Cielo Grande, a distinctive modern interpretation of a classic Hacienda on a majestic high-desert setting near Taos. The 20 acres surrounding the residence offer some of the most extravagant 360° views in all of the Southwest, with plenty of privacy surrounding. The sustainable and top-quality materials that make up this overbuilt 2x8 frame home are truly impressive. Premium clear heart redwood cedar French doors within a vast living space perfect for gathering, relaxing, and soaking in sunrises over the Sangre de Cristo mountains. The floors of the residence consist of Eastern white pine planks and charcoal porcelain indoors, and redwood decking outside on the wrap-around Hacienda deck guaranteed to last for decades. The custom true Douglas Fir black pipe industrial design kitchen is a culinary delight and boasts beach butcher block countertops, a granite island, abundant cabinetry, a 12-light chandelier, reverse osmosis drinking water, and efficient appliances. The vaulted ceilings in this area add to the grandeur of it all, and continues into the enormous primary bedroom and bathroom with a soaking tub, double vanity, shower boxes with custom shelving, and a walk-in closet. On the same wing of the home you will find the library, or perhaps a detached office, maybe a guest room. On the opposite wing you will find an oversized utility room with a Maytag washer and dryer, a sizable guest bedroom, and the office which can also be utilized as a fourth sleeping space. Extra sunlight enters the home through eleven (11) polycarbonate skylights that keep the space nice and bright, backed up by the elegant light fixtures powered by a three 16-panel solar array. At the exterior of the home you will find a 5K gallon rain catchment within a custom built pool-lined cistern housing. The 3,600 sqft white cedar shake shield roof with propanel will keep the home nice n dry, blue lapses window sills to match the vast NM skies, and the landscape surrounding is a blank canvas. Come explore this high-desert Hacienda which is the perfect blend of quality, comfort, and CUSTOM elegance.
Sweet property located in Tres Piedras. Remodeled by a great local artist. Enjoy the gorgeous views of the night stars from the loft. The property includes a heated workshop, multiple pins for raising turkeys, geese or ducks. There is also a chicken coop, storage shed, a small three shed stable attached to a corral for horses and other farm animals. Beautiful views of the Sanger the Cristo Mountains! Neither Listing Broker nor Seller warrant the square footage of the home or the acreage of the property. If the size of the structures or acreage of the property are of material concern to the buyer, then the buyer should have them measured and/or surveyed by a professional.
As featured on Netflix, international television and social media, among the pages of Forbes and AirBnB magazine and many others, âVallecitosâ is the luxury crown and pinnacle of Mike Reynoldsâ 50+ years of Earthship evolution. This exclusive âGlobalâ model earthship features 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 car garage, 1000 square-foot food producing garden with aquaponic system and koi pond, Japanese floating cedar deck and panoramic barrel sauna. The completely custom artisanal design boasts an exquisite Earth-friendly, sustainable, off-grid home with every expected modern amenity found in contemporary luxury builds. The open living/kitchen/dining plan with its 11-foot viga ceilings and 8-foot floor-to-ceiling windows throughout blends the home seamlessly with the surrounding nature. Vallecitosâ landscaped yard with 10-foot bottle wall and custom latilla gate and labyrinth offer seclusion and privacy to enjoy the uninterrupted views of the beautiful Taos mountains, and high mesa desert landscape. Vallecitos is part of the Greater World Earthship Community, the largest legal off-grid subdivision in the world. Only a five minute drive to the Taos airport, 20 minutes to downtown Taos or 30 minutes to Taos Ski Valley.
Tres Piedras is located in New Mexico. Tres Piedras, New Mexico has a population of 374. Tres Piedras is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 18.64% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 18.61%.
The median household income in Tres Piedras, New Mexico is $33,835. The median household income for the surrounding county is $35,314 compared to the national median of $57,652. The median age of people living in Tres Piedras is 61.1 years.
The average high temperature in July is 79.6 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 7.7 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 16.2 inches per year, with 38.9 inches of snow per year.
