An intriguing earth-sheltered hobbit house that appears as if it has been partly swallowed by the bottom round it has hit the market in Massachusetts for the extremely inexpensive value of $450,000.
At first look, you would be forgiven for lacking the distinctive Hanson abode, which blends so seamlessly into its pure environment.
However upon nearer inspection, the house is revealed to have been meticulously designed to merge with the land round it, an idea that makes the property seem extremely petite from the outside.
Proving that you must by no means choose a e book by its cowl, nonetheless, one step contained in the entrance door reveals a spacious and ethereal house with hovering ceilings and brightly lit dwelling areas.
“It has hovering ceilings with three out of 4 sides supported by the earth,” says itemizing agent Rachel Lalli, of the Charles King Group. “I’ve by no means seen something prefer it earlier than.”
Situated on 1.55 acres on the South Shore, the one-bedroom residence boasts a surprisingly open ground plan with 1,328 sq. ft of contemporary dwelling house.
Inbuilt 1983, the comfy abode final traded palms for $289,000 in October 2019.
The energy-efficient residence is actually an unusual discover in New England.
Whenever you enter the house, a spacious lobby flows into a rustic kitchen with oak cabinetry and white home equipment.
A separate eating space is adjoining to the two-story nice room, which encompasses a cathedral ceiling, brick hearth, and wood-burning range. A wall of home windows opens to a patio.
The bed room is positioned on the primary ground simply off the dwelling space and presents “beneficiant closet house, a full rest room, and handy laundry,” in line with the itemizing.
A spiral staircase results in a skylit loft space that may very well be used as further lodging or remodeled into a house workplace, health heart, or yoga studio.
Exterior, there’s a indifferent two-car storage that has already been outfitted with warmth and electrical energy, offering yet one more alternative to develop the dwelling areas, whether or not by changing the construction into an ADU-style visitor home or through the use of it as a studio house.
“What makes the house much more particular is that it has a commercially zoned, two-bay storage with its personal utilities,” Lalli says. “It has warmth and electrical energy already, however you would add plumbing and presumably construct a one-unit house.
“It may very well be used as a workshop, enterprise, or accent dwelling unit. The client must do their due diligence and go to the city for the entire vital approvals.”
“It is an exquisite retreat lot,” she notes. “I feel the subsequent purchaser will likely be somebody who enjoys the outside. They may even personal their very own enterprise that they may function out of the storage, however it is going to probably be used as a main residence.”
For many who need the most effective of each worlds, combining rural rest with metropolitan comfort, the house is ideally positioned inside commuting distance of Boston.
“Hanson is a small city that’s identified for having numerous land,” Lalli says. “It additionally has entry to the commuter rail into Boston and has a very good faculty system.”
Anybody desirous to seize their alternative and snap up the hobbit house had higher act quick.
“We’ve three open homes scheduled this weekend, and I feel it is going to promote rapidly,” Lalli says.
