Live the Homestead Dream in the Ozarks

Find self-sufficiency and secure your food sources with this readymade hobby farm. There are two dwellings here with a total of 3 bedrooms and two baths. A guest quarter is in a separate part of the detached garage giving autonomy to guests or the possibility of income if you use it as a BnB or VRBO. The main house sits on a poured concrete foundation with one bedroom on the main level and a loft bedroom above the kitchen area. It has approximately 793 sq feet that is heated and cooled using a mini split with three heads. It has a standard septic system with a concrete tank. A rustic theme exists throughout the house with lots of wood and tin and the use of deer-antler pulls on the custom oak cabinets in kitchen and vaulted ceiling in living room. There are several decks and porches and walkways which connect to the garage. A studio apartment was built on one end of the garage that has its own laundry facilities and accounts for the other bedroom and bath. Winters are generally mild in Arkansas making this house easy to heat plus you can enjoy the warmth of a wood stove when the nights are chilly and never worry about running out of firewood with over 40 acres of wooded land behind the house.

The area around the house has some pasture that is fenced for horses or a cow. The garden beds are established with rich compost. There is containment for small livestock like rabbits and chickens. A private well provides irrigation and water for livestock as well as for the house and the apartment.

The land is level near the house and slopes off to the NW down to a creek bottom and then back up to the ridge top beyond that. The creek is beautiful and flows a portion of the year but dries up during the dry season in late summer. The creek bed can be a source of good stone for landscaping projects and has good bottom land alongside it with a wealth of useful native plants. The trees are predominantly hardwoods with nut bearing trees like hickory and walnut and plenty of oak trees to provide food for the heavy whitetail deer population. There is a propane powered generator that serves the whole house in an emergency power outage. Fiber optic cable runs to house and provides high speed internet. There is also a home security system that conveys.

Find out why Marion County is a popular tourist destination with fishing in  Bull Shoals Lake, the White River and the Buffalo National River.

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