890 County Road 102
Missouri Heights, Colorado

DETAILS

OVERALL DESIGN

  Serenity and comfort radiate from every inch of this residence. A mere decade old, the home feels timeless, permanent, like it organically grew here and will live here forever. Each detail, from fine to grand, has been meticulously conceived and executed for practical, aesthetic and architectural excellence. Borne of 40 reclaimed doors and woods, whose global provenance you will inherit. Experience the seamless melding of all-American, new-millennium luxury with traditional Western, Tuscan, and Southwestern influences. Every space, every nook and cranny, enjoys eclectic finishing touches and shape: squared, round, angled. This home serves equally well for a cozy twosome as it does for a growing family or a visiting horde of family, friends or colleagues. Possibilities for celebrations abound: from a pastoral wedding to Fourth Of July deck parties where you can view fireworks from Carbondale, Glenwood, Snowmass and Aspen. The historic barn and other equine facilities serve as rural scenery, if raising horses is not in your plan. The winter scenery is blessed with a herd of elk, while most neighbors are only visited by local deer. This parcel has a “special something” that brings the herd back year after year.
  Although the living is not close, all the neighbors know each other: they’ll respond in case of any emergency; they’ll bring your dogs and horses home when they stray out; they’ll trade hay, tools, tall tales and family milestones. The home is relatively maintenance-free; the land requires some labors of stewardship, which can be accomplished by the team of specialists already loyal to this place. A once-in-a-lifetime property, this manor must be visited to be appreciated...words and pictures only begin to tell its extraordinary story.

INTERIOR FEATURES

Impressive entry, vaulted to frame the Sopris grandeur, on flagstone floors, holds a coat closet for you and another for your guests.
A pony wall defines the spacious living room, with its dual focus on a glass wall Sopris vista and a stone wall woodburning fireplace. Cushy seating for one to ten. Specials nooks for prized artifacts. Unique wet bar with pass-through to dining room. And flow to a patio.
Formal dining room with a stately granite table; eight leather chairs.
Kitchen for serious cooking, nourishment and family conversation. Command console, rounded island for prepwork and counter snacks. East-facing breakfast area for morning java, informal mealtimes, and cozy cocoa by curved hearth of its BlueFlame gas fireplace. State-of-the-art stainless appliances: Sub-Zero freezer/fridge with in-door ice/water; Viking Professional 6-burner plus grill plus griddle and dual ovens, and two Asko dishwashers. Walk-in pantry. Adaptive custom cabinetry, with wall nooks for cookbooks and spices...even a wine cupboard. And a double composite sink overlooking the garden (and the world beyond). Flow to outdoor dining, cooking, entertaining and lounging.
Tucked near kitchen is the laundry area—with Asko washer/dryer, deep soaking sink, laminate counter and oak cabinets—and mudroom, with cubbies, bench, hooks, coat closet, and access to gardens, cars, and the outdoors.
Intimate media den, with a giant Elite projection tv, Dish Network satellite system, and built-in equipment cabinet.
Charming powder room with a most unusual wooden sink within an antique wooden desk. All wood in the home is reclaimed wood—mesquite or oak.
Office, with its own exterior door, perfect for a working-at-home enterprise, is fully outfitted with shelving and deep drawers...easily transforms into a formal library if home work is not your style
The eastern wing comprises sanctuary for the owners, with its vista-graced pillow view, dual fully-outfitted private dressing rooms for her and him, and dual bathrooms, again one for her and one for him, each with sumptuous fixtures, appliances and finishes. His with steam shower and hers with whirlpool bath, both with towel warmers. All so very private that window coverings are not required; the only neighbor you might see from her view-windowed shower is a soaring hawk. Step outside to your patio, with its outdoor canoe shower, and a path to the hot tub deck. Take in extensive views of the valley and Sopris.
Upstairs accommodations are very private, reached by a near-secret staircase where party guests will not wander. Five rooms (and two full baths) can be configured as they are now—three bedrooms, an office, and a den—or adapted to more bedrooms, or a private gym, or a hobby room, or whatever your imagination and lifestyle request. Two of these rooms each boast a private balcony: a place for rowdy cowboys off the bunkroom, and a secluded alcove for wine and stargazing from the poster-bedded guestroom. The office and another bedroom share access to a large party deck.
Unusual for Missouri Heights, this home and property enjoy cell phone service
Breathtaking 30-mile panorama of Mt. Sopris and her snowcapped 14er Elk sisters: Capitol, Daly, Maroon Bells in the background. Idyllic horses pastures and verdant hay fields, with a smattering of neighbors’ homesteads within a mile. And winsome cottonwoods, perennial flowers beds, herb and veggie gardens, and manicured lawn in the foreground.

EXTERIOR FEATURES

Long gravel drive leads to cobblestoned porte cochere on circular course
Exterior materials include dry-stack farmer stone, weather-friendly Elastomeric stucco, metal roofs, timber-covered verandas, slab stone patios
Extensive wrap-around, serpentine patios and verandas create a series of connected outdoor rooms, including kitchen (with DCS Professional grill console), sheltered dining room, protected sitting room (with built-in wall fireplace and heater) and chaise deck for sunworship and moon watching
Upper Trex deck for private parties and sunbathing
Upper family bedrooms boast private balconies
Forty paces from the house is a flagstone island, with oversized hammock and party-sized hot tub. Seriously unwind in the star-lit great outdoors.
Treehouse offers fun and privacy for the juniors; it’s perhaps the only space that needs some finishing touches
Invisible fencing keeps canine family members close to home, as well as a dog run tucked by the vegetable garden.
Well established landscaping embraces the home in growing resplendence: manicured lawn, cottonwood trees, perennial flowerbeds, herb and veggie gardens

AGRICULTURAL AMENITIES

Mountain Meadow Irrigation Company ditch shares to be transferred at closing.
Irrigation equipment, systems and procedures to be transferred to Buyer at closing.
Historic, picture-perfect barn is much photographed (even once for a Chevy commercial!). South side is the horse hotel, with three stalls for shelter, breeding or brooding. North side stores equipment, including tractor, hay bales, building supplies, and lifestyle amenities: teepee is included. Barn has electric and telephone service.
Arena, adjacent to barn, is approximately 100’ x 300’ with a soft dirt surface and pole fencing. If you prefer a tennis court instead, there is ample space.
Fenced corral is a friendly-close to the home. Water trough encourages your horses come near for frequent visits.

DISCLOSURES

Current owners will live in a new home being built with private driveway on 5 adjacent acres. Shared domestic well in place.
Property cannot be subdivided for additional homesites. A guesthouse/caretaker apartment would have to be approved by Garfield County.
Agricultural tax basis: approximately 30 acres irrigated; history has been hay to sell to keep agricultural zoning. Current value of 20 tons of hay is approximately $2,000.
Call Listor for complete detailing of inclusions, exclusions, and specs. All interior furnishings are included; all art is excluded. All agricultural equipment is included, including tractors, mowers and irrigation components, Workbench tools in garage are excluded.

AN ESTATE FOR ALL SEASONS, A MANOR FOR ALL REASONS

Lifestyle Scenario One:
You are a couple of high-powered, working professionals. You’ve realized that your young children deserve a wholesome, secure and active place to grow up: small schools, limitless outdoor adventures, safety from crime. You want them to understand the deep values inherent in caring for land and animals. You too get to ski, hike, bike, ride and kayak.

Lifestyle Scenario Two:
As young retirees, you seek a peaceful haven where you can connect to each other, a home, and some land, You yearn to host visiting children who’ve flown the nest, and this will be the destination magnet for them (and maybe some grandkids too!). You love to share good times with friends, from two to fifty, at fabulous dinner parties.

Lifestyle Scenario Three:
After years of expensive and distant boarding facilities, you are ready to have your horses move in with you. While your creatures live in comfort, you live in splendor right next door. An uncompromising lifestyle for the whole extended family.

Lifestyle Scenario Four:
You need periodic refuge from your high-powered corporate life in the global economy. The romance of the West beckons you. You crave serenity and wide open spaces as well as all the world-class cultural amenities of Aspen, a mere half hour up the highway. You are way too independent to feel satisfied in a fussy condo, with pesky valets and oh-so-many turnstile neighbors.