Spectacular views from private site for your family

Situated on a hill high above the valley, this spacious 4,200-square-foot family home on 40 acres has a spectacular view looking east, south or west, in all seasons! If you are looking for a special home at the end of a road where you can enjoy the beauty, peace, sights and sounds of nature, this could be the perfect place.

With five bedrooms, two bathrooms and a linen closet upstairs, plus another bathroom, coat closet, office (with built-in shelves & cabinets on 3 walls), family/living/dining room, kitchen and large pantry/laundry room on the main floor, there is plenty of space for you, your guests and your possessions. The basement provides more storage in addition to the furnace and a battery room to store solar energy from the 36 solar panels on the south side of the house. Passive solar energy helps heat the house in the winter through double-pane windows, and extra-thick walls with 8" insulation help keep the heat inside. Electricity is provided by the local public utility district. A leased 500-gallon propane tank is installed next to the house. The attached three-car garage lets you park vehicles out of the snow during the winter. The vinyl siding on the house and garage is easy to maintain.

Up away from the house is a 60'x40' insulated shop with 18'-high walls and concrete floor. There is a walk-in door and main drive-in 12'x14' roll-up door on the east side. The north side (also concrete floor) has a 10'x12' roll-up door under a 60'x24' roof for covered storage -- great for firewood, tractor or other implements. There is 200 amp, 110- and 220-volt electrical service (separate meter) and water available inside the building. There is a barn with stalls and a round pen for horses.

The 10 acres surrounding the house, shop, horse enclosure, orchard and garden are fenced to keep deer, cattle, moose and other four-legged wildlife out. An 8-foot-high deer fence encloses the 144'x120' garden area, which has its own irrigation system. The 100-tree orchard, with five varieties of apples plus cherries, plums, apricots, peaches and pears, also has its own deer fence. Beyond the outer deer fence, there are 20 acres of native grasses fenced and cross-fenced for horses.

Water is provided by a well and holding tank located up the hill from the house, so there is very good gravity flow water pressure. A new pump was installed in 2009. A water filtration unit was installed in the basement in 2008 to filter out heavy metals. The extra large septic tank was pumped out in 2008. There is a second building site on the property. It has its own electrical service (separate meter) and septic system and shares the well. A second 33+ acre property is available.

Just seven miles north is the community of Curlew, which has the local fire department and a newly-expanded medical clinic, along with the highly rated K-12 school the very best we have experienced with our kids. The school bus stops on the highway at the end of the road, three miles from the house.

The home is bordered by Colville National Forest, which has miles of forest roads for great trail riding, snowmobiling, and cross country skiing. According to people who have lived in the area for decades, some of the best hunting in Ferry County surrounds the property, especially for trophy white-tail deer and bear. Mule deer, turkeys and grouse are also seen regularly around the property, along with coyote and an occasional cougar. To the south, next to the county airport, is Curlew Lake with its boating, fishing, camping and multiple RV parks. The town of Republic is the county seat and has a hospital with emergency room, shopping and services.