{"id":1435,"date":"2022-12-20T21:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/built-to-last-washington-state-cabin-designed-to-rebuff-the-elements-available-for-500k\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T21:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:27:04","slug":"built-to-last-washington-state-cabin-designed-to-rebuff-the-elements-available-for-500k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/built-to-last-washington-state-cabin-designed-to-rebuff-the-elements-available-for-500k\/","title":{"rendered":"Built To Last: Washington State Cabin Designed To Rebuff the Elements Available for $500K"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A uniquely designed home in Leavenworth, WA,<\/a> comes with 10.5 acres of privacy.<\/p>\n

The angular, three-bedroom home<\/a> offered for $500,000 is nestled among the trees 2 miles east of Chumstick in the Cascade Mountains, but it is still close to skiing and wineries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe house has a little pond and a lot of acreage, so it would be ideal for someone who wants to be out in the country,\u201d says listing agent Michal Mock<\/strong>, of Keller Williams Realty NCW.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of acres for hiking, so the new buyer would be an outdoor person for sure. I envision it to be a primary residence because the house has year-round access,\u201d Mock says.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeavenworth is an alpine village, and the home is close to downtown. It\u2019s just two hours west of Seattle,\u201d he continues. \u201cLeavenworth is smack dab in the middle of Washington state. It\u2019s an incredible vacation destination year-round.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aerial view<\/p>\n

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Exterior<\/p>\n

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Built in 1997, the 1,405-square-foot home has a great room and kitchen on the primary level. Upstairs, there are three bedrooms designed with sharp angles.<\/p>\n

\u2018Build something that would last\u2019<\/h2>\n

\u201cI have an engineering background and moved to the mountains where I built my first house, so I had the knowledge and experience when it came to building this one,\u201d says Steven Raymond<\/strong>, the homeowner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI built it by myself from trees from a nearby mountain range. I assembled it as post-and-beam construction, which is more of an art form than stick frame. My whole idea was to build something that would last.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bedroom<\/p>\n

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Bathroom<\/p>\n

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Raymond admits the property has an unusual structure and believes the next buyer will be in search of such a unique property.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will also have to be a character,\u201d he says with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Designed with mountains in mind<\/h2>\n

\u201cI wanted to design a roof that would reflect the mountain peaks,\u201d he says of the sharp angles.<\/p>\n

Primary level<\/p>\n

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Upstairs<\/p>\n

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Raymond incorporated exposed structural beams on the interior.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did this for two reasons: so the structural components are easily visual for inspection, and it would last 200 years,\u201d he says. \u201cIt also gives it visual appeal. The home features round-log construction, which is difficult to do and you don\u2019t see very often because it is more time-consuming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The property includes a workshop and a stable.<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s located in the Wildland Urban Interface, Raymond says, \u201cOne of the dangers of that is the property is susceptible to wildfires.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exterior of this house is stucco, and the walls are open, not load bearing, and filled with Styrofoam,\u201d he adds. \u201cIt also has a metal roof, so a wildfire would not impinge on the structure and it would not get ignited. If you eliminate the combustibles, the structure is survivable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Realtor.com A uniquely designed home in Leavenworth, WA, comes with 10.5 acres of privacy. The angular, three-bedroom home offered for $500,000 is nestled among the trees 2 miles east of Chumstick in the Cascade Mountains, but it is still close to skiing and wineries. \u201cThe house has a little pond and a lot of acreage,…Read More→<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}