10 Acres in Hamilton, TX - $349,900
This is a "move-in ready" rock/siding home that sits on 10 beautiful acres approximately 5 miles east of Hamilton, TX. The home was built over a period of several years by the owner and was deemed completed in 2003.
The home was built strategically for a couple to live in a smaller part of the house and then to have the ability to open up double doors to the larger part of the house when guests came to visit. Its perfect for a family with the master suite having its own private area.
AREA ONE
The smaller part of the house, known as Area One, includes the kitchen, one of two living areas, the master bedroom and bath, a guest powder room, and a laundry room. The kitchen has custom made cabinets, concrete counter tops, and a working pantry. There is also a large concrete-topped bar that divides the kitchen from the living area. This living area has a gas fire place and attractive b...
The smaller part of the house, known as Area One, includes the kitchen, one of two living areas, the master bedroom and bath, a guest powder room, and a laundry room. The kitchen has custom made cabinets, concrete counter tops, and a working pantry. There is also a large concrete-topped bar that divides the kitchen from the living area. This living area has a gas fire place and attractive built-ins. The flooring in the kitchen, living room, hall, and master bedroom and bath area have true 2" pine floors. There are 7 layers of polyurethane on the floors.
The spacious master bedroom includes a recessed ceiling and windows that take most of one wall for a great view of the front yard. The master bath area has two separate vanities, two walk-in closets, and a shower set up.
Off of the kitchen is a mud room with a sink and a storage closet accessing the two-car garage and the 640 sq-ft screened-in porch.
Area One, located on the first floor, has its own heating and cooling unit that is separate from the rest of the house.
AREA TWO
Also located on the first floor is part of what willed be called Area Two. It includes an expansive second living room and dining area, study, two more bedrooms, and one bathroom with a tub. The carpeted living area has approximately 15-foot ceilings, and a rock wood-burning fireplace. The dining area has many windows to view the yard and has access to the screened-in porch. The dining area and the study have pine flooring like Area One. The two bedrooms and hallway are carpeted.
Upstairs in Area Two is a game room, a bathroom with a shower, and an office/ 4th bedroom. The game room has built-in cabinetry and is comparable in size to the living space in Area One. A sound barrier product was installed between the first and second stories to minimize noise.
Area Two has its own A/C unit with the exception of the office that is tied in with the unit that heats and cools Area One.
The home has a roomy covered front porch as well at the 640 sq-ft screened-in back porch. Underneath the house which is built on a pier-and-beam foundation, there is insulation, lighting, and extra clearance for easy access.
ACREAGE
The property is very secluded, is covered with scenic timber, and includes an older barn. The land is under Wildlife Exemption on property taxes. Last years taxes on the house and land was approximately $4,500.
The home has a good water well with a new pump, a recently upgraded septic tank system, and Hamilton County Electric Co-op electricity.
OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION:
1. Behind the small door in back of the computer in the utility room is the control board for a unique manifold indoor plumbing system.
2. There is also a built in vacuum system. The hose is located in the mudroom closet with outlets all over the house.
3. All cabinets and vanities in the house are handmade.
4. Many of the interior doors are recycled from an old demolished hotel in downtown Fort Worth built about a century ago.
5. The hand-cut pine flooring is made of 2 thick planks that came from trees growing in Ruidoso, NM.
6. The front door is handmade from the same Ruidoso wood.
7. An antique chandelier in the front entryway is from a home built in Corpus Christi in the early 1900s.
8. Interior glass doors are from the same Corpus Christi house.
9. The barn wood and tin trim in the den and kitchen are from cattle pens and barns built in the 1930s. These barns and pens were located on a local Hamilton ranch.
10. All the rocks used on the fireplace as well as on the walls inside and out were picked up one at a time from Hamilton pastures.
