Property Features

This expansive 46-acre property offers a perfect blend of self-sufficiency and natural beauty, making it ideal for those seeking a peaceful, off-grid lifestyle. With a combination of open land, established gardens, a diverse fruit orchard, and ample foraging opportunities, this land supports a sustainable way of living. A pond, two year-round springs, and abundant wildlife add to the homestead’s appeal. The property also features practical structures such as a well-equipped chicken coop, a stocked woodshed, and a reliable water supply, making it ready for any homesteader or prepper. Key property highlights include:

• 46 acres with approximately six open. The house sits near the middle.
• 50×100 established garden with a hydrant.
• A fruit orchard started in 2020 with apple, pear, plum, cherry, pawpaw, and almond trees. Foraging opportunities include persimmon, blackberry, gooseberry, edible mushrooms, hazelnut, black walnut, herbs, wild greens, and others.
• 1/3-acre pond and two year-round springs.
• Lots of deer, turkeys, squirrels, birds, and other game.
• 400’ well with 1HP pump set at 240’.
• 12×24 chicken coop/shed built on a concrete foundation with electricity and a hydrant. Coop walls are foam board insulated to R15 and fiberglass R19 batts in the ceiling. The adjoining run is 24×7.5.
• 20×7 stocked woodshed.
• 500-gallon owner-owned propane tank.
• Multiple trails through woods across the property.
• Blacktop on two sides, surveyed on one of the other sides, and the last side adjoins a 300-acre wooded lot with an old fence.
• There are no visible neighbors from the house.
• Within 25 minutes to Hartville, Seymour, and Marshfield. Within 50 minutes of Springfield, Lebanon, and Mountain Grove.

• 73×32 footprint on a solid rocky/clay foundation.
• The four-inch PVC drain tile was meticulously installed for proper slope and drainage, with vents preventing vapor lock.
• Water stops are installed on footings, and rubber walls (lifetime guarantee) are installed on all exterior ten-inch concrete walls. No water is getting inside this house!
• To increase resistance to wind damage, 5/8 ” J-bolts with hurricane washers were used. Tap-cons were used for all interior wall floor plates.
• Hurricane ties were used on all rafters and rafter blocking above all exterior walls.
• Two-inch foam board (R10) on the lower four feet, four inches (R20) on the upper four feet of the exterior concrete walls, and four feet of clean gravel backfill. The above-grade foam board is protected by custom-formed aluminum around the perimeter base of the house.
• A 10-mill vapor barrier has a two-inch foam board (R10) on top and a six-inch slab on top of that.
• A four-zone, three-quarter-inch radiant loop system with no fittings in the slab was installed as an open direct system. This allows the Takagi tankless water heater to handle both domestic hot water and radiant loop heating without the need for glycol.
• Footings below all exterior and interior load-bearing walls.
• The front wall is 2×8 with high-efficiency windows and insulated with two-inch foam board (R10) and R19 batts, for a total of R29.
• The attic is accessible lengthwise, with a four-foot-wide catwalk above blown-in insulation equal to an R60. A UV barrier was installed below the roof decking. Soffit and ridge vents ensure proper attic ventilation.
• Heating is performed with south-facing windows, allowing the winter sun to heat exposed concrete floors and walls via passive solar techniques. When that is not enough, there is a Woodstock Soapstone woodstove (10,000-48,000 BTU), which will bring indoor temperatures up nicely. Then, there is the aforementioned radiant loop and an 18,000 BTU mini split, which can provide adequate heating on sunny winter days if needed. It also cools the entire house very efficiently in the summer.
• A 6×10 pantry with a 6” concrete cap serves as a safe place for severe weather.
• Gas appliances include a generator, tankless water heater, range, and dryer.
• Seamless gutters with aluminum gutter guards drain into buried four-inch PVC pipe below grade, helping to keep water away from the foundation.
• The owner has photo documentation to verify all the work mentioned.