Homesteaders Paradise With Spacious Home, Multiple Outbuildings, And Endless Outdoor Recreational Opportunities
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Summary
Property
- Type
- Farms, Ranches, Recreational Land, Residential Land, Timberland, Hunting Land, Horse Property
- Road Frontage
- County Road
- Road Surface
- Pavement
- Fencing
- Low Fence, Cross
- Outbuildings
- Metal, Shop, Barn, Garage
Land Details
- Pasture
- Timber
- Tillable
- Grass
- Hay
- Open
- Pond
Approximate Distances
| 4 mi | to Albia |
| 4 mi | to Moravia |
| 9.5 mi | to Rathbun Lake |
| 16.5 mi | to Centerville |
| 26 mi | to Ottumwa |
| 65 mi | to Des Moines |
Utilities
| Water: | Onsite |
| Propane: | Onsite |
| Electric: | Nearby |
Housing
Home
5BD / 2BA 3056± sqft Built in 2013
Features/Improvements
- Small Game
- Big Game
- Predators
- Waterfowl
- Fish
- Creek/Spring
- Livestock Facilities
- Equine Facilities
- Food Plot
- Tree Stands/Blinds
- Trail Network
- Internal Road System
- Irrigation System
Description
This 46-acre acreage in Monroe County is truly an outdoorsman’s and homesteader’s paradise. Sitting on a hard-surface road, it features a gorgeous home and multiple outbuildings and is uniquely set up for hunting, fishing, livestock, and gardening.
It’s located only 4 miles south of Albia and 4 miles north of Moravia on Old Highway 5, with just over an hour’s drive to Des Moines.
This beautiful acreage truly has everything you would want in a southern Iowa homestead: a spacious house with a pond close by for entertaining family and friends, multiple buildings to store your belongings and equipment, space to raise your own food and livestock, and hunting and fishing right out your back door. What else could you ask for?
The ranch-style house has a very open and spacious feel inside. It features five bedrooms and two bathrooms, including a main suite and a bedroom up in the loft area, with around 2,800 finished square feet of living space. The house is plumbed with propane to fuel the appliances and provide a lighting source. The main heat source for the home is a Kitchen Queen wood-burning stove with a cooktop. The home also has a covered porch and an attached garage with tons of storage space.
As you step outside to the concrete patio area, you will notice all the landscaping and enjoy the views of the pond. There is plenty of space to relax and grill while the kids play on the swing set, in the covered sandbox, or pick fruit from one of the established fruit trees or grapevines.
A short walk from the house, you will notice a large greenhouse and established garden areas. The greenhouse is currently planted and irrigated to produce strawberries. You could enjoy a little extra income by selling some of the strawberries and getting an early jump on your garden vegetables, which will produce a very rewarding food source for you and your family.
The property currently has four ponds, of which three are stocked. They include several species of fish, including walleye, crappie, catfish, bass, and multiple species of bluegill. The pond closest to the house provides a good place to fish, and an all-around perfect place to gather and have fun at all times of the year. It has its own island in the middle, and multiple bridges lead to it. On the island, you will enjoy a picnic shelter, covered boat ramp, diving board, and a fire pit to gather around as the sun goes down. There is also a section around the edge of the pond where sand has been added for a more pleasant swimming experience.
The property has five large steel-sided outbuildings, currently serving multiple purposes. They include a hay shed on the edge of the pasture, a large barn with horse stalls, a tack room, and a hayloft; an insulated riding arena, which has additional stalls, a tack room, a hayloft, and a wash bay with hot water; next to that is a smaller shed with a concrete floor, currently used for raising dogs, that is insulated and heated; and a large shop near the house equipped with more horse stalls, a garage area, and plenty of room to work on and store all of your toys and equipment.
Beyond the yard, the property comprises approximately 12 acres of fenced-in pasture for grazing, multiple alfalfa fields currently being cut for hay, and three more ponds. The current owner has spent countless hours improving the habitat and huntability of this property. He’s established food plots, done some TSI work, put in concrete creek crossings and wooden walk bridges, and maintained a great trail system that allows you to access all parts of the property to hunt and maintain the food plots. There are multiple food plot locations with a variety of food sources planted to feed the deer all season long, including soybeans, alfalfa, brassicas, and apple trees. There are also some great bedding areas with established switchgrass plantings on the south slopes, along with some thick draws and bottoms in the timber. Switchgrass and pampas grass screenings have also been established along the field edges, allowing you to access your stands undetected and providing privacy from neighboring properties as well. The result of all the habitat improvement has been a true success, with the landowner having harvested multiple trophy deer on the property, including a giant 189" buck.
Are you looking for more space where you can raise your kids outdoors and maybe give them a more meaningful way of life than you might otherwise be able to where you’re currently at? Or maybe you want to experience a more self-sufficient way of life and live off the land while providing for your family? If this sounds like a property you can imagine yourself living on, please give me a call. I’d be happy to show it to you. My name is Hersh Smith with the Southeast Iowa Land Team, proudly representing Whitetail Properties Real Estate.
Items excluded from the sale: Portable solar charging building and garden shed near the house, small livestock shed east of the riding arena, and indoor and outdoor dog panels in the building northeast of the house.
Details
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Location: 2442 645th Avenue, Albia, IA 52531
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On a paved road with close proximity to Highway 5
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Home: 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and over 3,000 finished square feet
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Off-grid living with propane for heating and lighting, wood stove for heat, no electricity but available along road
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36x48 barn with stalls, hayloft, and tack room
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40x88 shed/shop with stalls, garage area, hay storage, open area, and 12' lean to
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54x72 Insulated riding area with tack room, 3 stalls, and wash bay with hot water
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16x60 hay storage shed
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Pasture areas for grazing and alfalfa for cutting
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Unique hunting setup with food plots, hunting blind along with pampas and switchgrass screenings for access and privacy
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Multiple perennial and annual food plot locations established for wildlife
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Great deer history with multiple trophy bucks being taken including a 189" monarch
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Multiple fruit trees, grapevines and garden area
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Greenhouse with established strawberries and rhubarb planted inside
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4 ponds(3 stocked with fish, 1 for livestock and wildlife)
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House pond has its own island with 2 bridges, picnic shelter, covered boat ramp, diving board, fire pit and sandy beach
Other
Coordinates
40.9506, -92.819
Annual Taxes
$4,108
The information contained herein is deemed reliable but is not warranted or guaranteed by the Broker, its Agents, or the Seller. Access to property, access to utilities, or any measurements including but not limited to, acreage, square footage, frontage, and mapping boundary lines shared herein has not been independently verified and is for purposes of marketing only. If exact measurements, access to property, or access to utilities is a concern, the property should be independently measured or investigated by the prospective buyer.
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