Awake to bird song on this serene 20 acres at the end of the road, nestled in the foothills of the north Cascade mountains northeast of Seattle. Approximately three-quarters of the land is covered in evergreens, big leaf maple, and other native trees, while the rest has gardens, orchards, pasture, or is parked out for outdoor entertaining, while still set well back from the road and neighboring land for the ultimate privacy. Turn key homestead, or build out into an intentional community, retreat center, or whatever else your imagination can dream of.
Beautiful manufactured home with many upgrades features eucalyptus and tile floors, vaulted ceilings, and 2x6 construction finished with drywall. A newer heat pump keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Large covered back deck for relaxing and watching the wildlife. Walk-in closet in the master bedroom. Land is within an area served by the new Starlink beta internet service, and is partially solar powered with a 4.32 kW photovoltaic system (Itek panels and Power-One inverter), grid-tied with incentives from the Snohomish County PUD.
Perfect for the northwest rainy evenings, step into the large wood-fired sauna that seats 4-8. Hand-built from cob in the shape of a spiral, the sauna sparkles with sculpture and mosaic crafted over 3 years by the owners and visiting artists. Open the two brass portholes for ventilation in the dressing room, and hang your clothes on the twig pegs, and store your things in the cubbies or shelves. Then, step into the hot room and take a seat on one of the two levels of benches. Fire up the Nippa hot rock woodstove for dry heat, and pour water with essential oils over the rocks for a relaxing wave of steam. A water line has been installed from the pumphouse into the sauna to allow a shower to be installed.
Estate includes two hand-built fully-insulated dry cabins with power and woodstoves for year-round living or vacation rentals, plus three uninsulated tiny homes/micro shelters to extend your housing or rental opportunities during the warmer months. One of the tiny homes is set up to insulate and is partially wired.
Bag End #3 is a bright blue octagonal dry cabin with a cheery yellow door is built super-insulated SIP panels, and contains many hand-crafted accents, such as custom-made shoji doors for the closet and bathroom (with composting toilet), custom closet design, faux live-edge trim, and LED up lights.
Wild Blue Yonder is a cedar-sided two-story dry cabin that invites you in with a rock garden and patio that leads to its own garden in the back. Inside, a loft with a deck gives you sweeping views of trees and wildlife to the west. Hand-built railings, custom window and door trim, soapstone wood stove, and a salvaged timber ridgepole add to the rustic charm. 2x8” stick-built construction uses passive solar techniques to be naturally cool in the summer, but gain heat in the winter. Acid stained concrete floors. Use as a cabin or studio for workshops.
The circle drive contains three additional places where power has been run to add additional cabins, tiny houses, workshops, or studios.
Large 6+ cord wood storage shed has a covered area for chopping wood and kindling. Large pavilion and storage shed provide a dry space for your projects or gatherings, plus 12’Wx24’Lx10+’H of storage.
Fully-insulated pumphouse has room for gardening tools and supplies, with water available into the garden area. Behind the house you can find a firepit and level grass areas for summer parties and campouts.
Large fully-fenced garden with greenhouse and a raised bed, with landscape fabric for easy care. Extended garden space includes two hoop-houses that can be covered in shade cloth or plastic for extended growing seasons, and 3 hugulmounds. Bee enclosure has two bee hives and a solar fence charger to protect the bees.
Grounds have been cared for using organic permaculture practices for over a decade with many mature fruit trees and berries providing a bounty of fruit throughout the growing season. The orchards and gardens include several varieties of apples, pears, cherries, persimmons, plums, mulberries, blueberries, raspberries, gooseberries, elderberries, huckleberries, marionberries, and more.
Approximately 16 acres of this land are in deciduous and evergreen trees, with over a hundred native trees planted in the woods over the years. The wooded areas include western red cedar, Alaska yellow cedar, madrone, hemlock, fir, spruce, larch, shore pine, paper bird, Garry oak, willow, alder and cottonwood. Several private hiking trails meander through the forest and over a hidden stream.