Colorado Log Home with Large Acreage For Sale in Crawford, CO

Colorado Home with Expansive Acreage For Sale

Just north of Crawford, Colorado, this spacious log home enjoys a stunning view of the West Elk Mountains on 36 expansive acres. Now offered for sale, the property features new upgrades and improvements. Property details:

• 4,405 square feet with spacious rooms
  
• 36 acres with 1 acre irrigated with sprinkler system
  
• Landscaping & trees
  
• 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths, (2) ½ baths
  
• Each bedroom has its own bath
  
• Spacious deck facing mountain views
  
• Large 2-car garage
  
• Game room with pool table, wet bar
  
• Theater room with big-screen TV
  
• Pellet stove and wood stove heat
  
• 36×38 metal shop building with lean-to shelter
  
• Fenced horse pasture
  
• Pond with irrigation pump
  
• Separate entrance for downstairs bed/bath suite

The home is very well maintained with new log home stain, quality landscaping, new wood floors, and high pride of ownership. Construction is “D” logs with milled spruce beams and aspen paneling. 

Country home for sale near Crawford, CO has room for animals and activities

The newly fenced yard on the west side of the home is very large and spacious, a perfect place for dogs. Just north of the shop building is a fenced horse pasture for horses, cattle, sheep, or goats, with a lean-to offering shade and shelter from the elements for your animals. The newly built pond collects runoff irrigation water from properties above, giving a source of irrigation water for the yard and landscaping. Domestic water is provided through a communal spring shared with neighboring properties. The shop building offers a place to work on projects and store motorized toys. 

Well-located not far from town, schools, services in a country setting

This Colorado country home for sale enjoys a beautiful country setting with a mild year-round climate. Access is year-round via a county-maintained paved road with a gravel road to the house. It’s just a few minutes north of Crawford, a small western Colorado town with a bank, coffee shop, hardware store, convenience store, restaurant, and post office. The Crawford K-6 Montessori school has an excellent academic reputation and high test scores. The nearby towns of Hotchkiss and Paonia offer a little more, with several restaurants and banks, grocery store, stores, and art galleries. Hotchkiss is home to the North Fork High School, which has excellent academics and many sports and extracurricular activities. Regional airports in Montrose and Grand Junction, each about 75 minutes away, offer connecting flights to major airports. 

Many upgrades in this Colorado country home for sale

Since it was last offered for sale, the current owners have made significant investments in the property totaling almost $300,000. Recent upgrades include:

• Solid wood flooring ($60,000 upgrade)
  
• New kitchen—countertops, backsplashes, electrical, cabinets, appliances
  
• Finished basement bedroom
  
• Installed mini-splits for heating and cooling
  
• Remote blinds in great room
  
• Front yard fence
  
• 6’ wood fence enclosing west yard for dog run
  
• Underground sprinkler system
  
• Pond irrigation system
  
• Concrete floor in the shop building
  
• Roof improvements
  
• 8 new windows
  
• Fans & light fixtures
  
• Radon ventilation system

Nearby recreation includes hunting, fishing, horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking, 4-wheeling—Colorado GMU 53 hunting property for sale

This is an incredible property for the recreation enthusiast. Hunters will enjoy the access to world-class mule deer and elk hunting in Colorado GMU 53, which can be accessed right out the front door. The menu of recreational activities is long—fly-fishing on the Gold Medal waters of the Gunnison River, horseback riding in the nearby West Elks Wilderness, 4-wheeling on miles and miles of mountain trails, hiking the high country, bird watching, mountain biking, rock climbing, you name it. Access to recreation is very close by.