Grand Forks BC Organic Farm Land out of ALR beside Crown Land For Sale MLS Real Estate Listing Jennifer Brock Macdonald Realty Okanagan South / Kootenay Boundary

Address

11150 Granby Road, Grand Forks, BC, Canada

Description

This is not your average property!!! 142 acres up the Granby River Valley outside of Grand Forks. Only 30 acres in the ALR so possible subdivision. Private. Backs onto Crown Land. Great place for a B&B, retreat or sustainable living. 5 acres is deer fenced with irrigation. 2 drilled wells (irrigation & domestic) There is a pond, hay land and forested hillside. Huge south views. 1768sq ft, 2 bedroom plus loft open concept "GREEN" home, 900 sqft shop, 1000 sqft greenhouse. Property has organic status. House was built with tons of environmental concepts contact L.S. for detailed package.

The property used to be a market garden farm. The seller grew as annual crops: onions, garlic, beans, peas, lettuce and all other greens and herbs, broccoli, cabbage, turnips, rutabagas, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, corn, potatoes, squashes and melons.

There is an asparagus field, high bush cranberries, black currants, raspeberies, as well as a few fruit trees (plums, apples, pears).
The remainder of the field is in hay and currently leased out.

Features

-house designed on a south facing slope, with the roof angle according to the permaculture recommendations for this latitude to maximize sun in winter and shade in summer.

-north wall earthen burmed to one foot from the roof line acts as passive solar sink

-argon double windows, work with the angle of the sun to allow sun in horizontally in winter when sun is low in the sky, and reflct at 90 degrees in summer when the sun is high

-heat return ventilation

-2ft walls, house built with mass in mind (weighs some 60 tonnes). this helps minimize temperature fluctuations all year round. in the hottest of summer, the house does not get warmer than 23 deg. C

-masonery wood heater (www.tempcast2.com) the most excellent system, house stays constant at 21-22 deg on 1.5 cords of wood a winter

-solar hot water system with electrical bust for cloudy days

-no direct doors to the outside (mud room at entrance, solarium from living room)

-solarium acts as heat collecter on sunny days so that from mid feb on, one need a fire only every other day when sunny. (same in oct nov)

-foundation insulated with 2 inch styrofoam to add heat retention to floor slab.

-water from the cold room's swamp cooler is recycled back to garden area

-domestic and irrigation well with multi zones in place in garden area

-environmental toilet, but a full septic tank and field has been installed, with connections into the bathroom, just not hooked up