Striking, Eco-Friendly and Airy Modern Home
Private, Wooded Retreat Near Charlottesville, Virginia on 21 lushly landscaped acres
Special Features:
- Passive solar home with appropriate siting/locating to maximize views and light, yet disturb the least amount of the forest
- One-level living with some features for people with limited mobility
- Flexible floorplan-- Use it as 2 bedrooms and 2 offices, or 4 bedrooms. Either way, you have 2.5 bathrooms and a pool that turns into a giant hot tub
- A little over two years old
- Professionally landscaped with native and low-maintenance plants
- Designed by a green, LEED-certified architect
- Custom-built by an eco-friendly/green builder (finished in 2006)
- Indoor Endless Pool (solar and propane-heated)
- Media room with wiring for sound/speakers
- Home network throughout-- for Internet, sound, and cable
- Sits on 21 acres of woods with winter mountain views and year-round privacy
- Great neighborhood of custom homes and charming neighbors!
Selected Interior Features:
- Radiant heat in the floors, fueled by propane
- And an energy-efficient heat pump and AC system
- Custom solid maple cabinetry in the kitchen and baths, using maple taken from the neighborhood
- Smooth concrete floors with integrated "ginger" color
- Low VOC paints, stains, and finishes (for healthy living)
- High efficiency insulation (soy foam throughout)
- Stainless steel, Energy Star appliances
- Soapstone countertops in kitchen and bathrooms
- Stainless steel and nickel hardware
- Copper and slate indoor fountain
- Concrete and recycled glass bath tiles
- Recycled blue jeans and cotton batting to absorb sound in the media room
- Stone fireplace-- using reclaimed stone from an 1800s tavern in SW Virginia
- Loewen high-end windows
- Wooden interior pocket doors
- Ample storage (large attic, many closets, a hatch above the bathroom)
- Built-in desk/cabinet area in dining room
- Architectural lighting
- Woods-inspired paint palette
- Japanese-style soaking tub surrounded by black locust decking
- Plumbing rough-in for third shower
- And so much more!
Selected Exterior Features:
- Locally-sawn poplar siding
- Copper roof (aluminum roof over pool area)
- Low-maintenance concrete decking
- Two outdoor entertaining areas (1 covered)-- white oak taken from the home's site was used to build the supports
- Professionally landscaped with native and low-maintenance plants (spent over $25K on landscaping)
- Fruit patch near hammock area (blueberries, cherries, raspberries and paw paws)
- Invisible fence for pet containment
- Large lawn- location-appropriate shade grasses
- Wooded driveway with the house set-back from the road
- Multiple parking areas
- Dark skies compliant lighting
Copyright . Carrie and Fred Basas, current homeowners. Photos on Interior and Exterior Pages by Philip Beaurline (used with permission). All rights reserved.
