34869 US Hwy. 285

Attention horse and animal lovers, gardeners, farmers and small-scale ranchers looking for a sustainable life. Cheerful, expansive, charming, well-kept adobe with attached garage and guest house on over 3 acres of irrigated land about 5 miles south of Ojo Caliente Spa and Resort. Adjacent to river and BLM land. Set up for comfortable living with flower and vegetable gardens surrounding the house with extensive water catchment and drip irrigation. Fruit trees include apricot, apple, peach and plum. Cool in the summer and warm in the winter with a mini-split system installed in 2017. Older adobe with 18" thick walls provides extra insulation. The greenhouse/solarium and kitchen have large south and west-facing windows which lighten up the place and warm the house in the winter. Vigas throughout. Large kitchen with bath and pantry are adjacent to greenhouse. Guest house has full kitchen, dining area, bedroom and 3/4 bath. The two alfalfa fields adjacent to the house have convenient pipe irrigation (sprinklers). Electrified horse barn with two paddocks and tack room has room for hay storage and/or RV parking. Beyond that are pastureland and wild spaces down to the Ojo Caliente River.