1488 Badger Rd, Crestone, CO 81131

This is a lovely, well-conceived 2 bed/2 bath home in excellent move-in condition. The owner/builder created open bright spaces with views and character, and living areas for every season and occasion. Enter into a large south-facing passive solar sunroom with attractive adobe bricks to store warmth in winter. Proceed to the main living area with an open kitchen and living room with vaulted ceilings and wood stove. Main floor includes an eating bar, dining area, adjacent 3-season screened porch, and a second open porch with exceptional views of Kit Carson Peak. Off the kitchen is a lovely flagstone patio surrounded by garden spaces, pinon pines, and fenced for deer. This is a truly custom home, designed by the seller for the climate and the natural contours of the lot: south-facing windows and adobe walls create passive solar warmth and cheery light in the winter. The rooms and orientation maximize quiet, privacy, and connection with nature whether inside or outside. The home is located above & set back for privacy on a paved road with a large sparsely developed tract adjoining to the west protecting exceptional valley views. Mountain views to the east are also plentiful from the living room, open porch, and screened porch. A few steps down from the main level is a full bath with antique claw-foot tub, and bedroom with dual closets and custom bamboo doors along the north wall. And downstairs! The garden level living area is 700+ square feet with a bedroom, appealing bath with custom tile walk-in shower, and additional multipurpose spaces suitable for a den, artist's studio space, office, and/or kitchenette/apartment, and private walkout. In addition to the passive solar design, energy saving features include a solar-boosted hot water tank, and warm air circulation system. Electric ETS unit is primary heat source. Monthly electric bills average less than $120 year round. Also 2-car carport and storage shed. This is the house you have been looking for!