Florence, MT, 59833 - For Sale By Owner

Additional features: Floors: 2, Garage size: 3.0, School district: FLORENCE, Features: Fireplace, Carpeted Floors, Wood Floors, Spa/Jacuzzi, Central AC

NEWER CUSTOM BUILT HOME FOR SALE FLORENCE, MONTANA $ 424,900.00 ADDRESS: 244 SOUTH TRAIL, MOUNTAIN MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, FLORENCE, MONTANA, 59833

OWNERS: JIM & MARSHA RATZ PHONE: 406 777 7370 EMAIL: ratz173d@aol.com

YEAR BUILT: 2006 SQUARE FOOTAGE: 2,860 LOT SIZE: 1/2 ACRE.

4 BDRMS, 3xa0BATHS, LV RM, FAMILY RM, DINNING RM, BREAKFAST AREA, PANTRY, 2 WALKIN CLOSETS, 6 OTHER CLOSETS, MUD RM W/ UTILITY CLOSET, LARGE TWO STORY FOYER.

630 SQ FT OF COVERED PORCH 7' BY 90' (TWO SIDES-FRONT & ONE SIDE)

TWO STORY GARAGE: 28FT BY 28FT =784 SQ FTxa0 & UPSTAIRS BONUS ROOM HEATED 275 SQ FT.

380 SQ FT CEMMENT PATIO BEHIND HOUSE.

UTILTIES: NATURAL GAS, COOP ELECTRIC, COMMUNITY SEPTIC, PERSONAL WELL

ROOM SIZES: MASTER BEDROOM: 19 x 15 6 MASTER BEDROOM WALK-IN CLOSET: 9 x 7 MASTER BATH: 15 6 x 10 6 (INCLUDES SEPARATE SHOWER, JACUZZI TUB 6' 6" 7 JETS IN-LINE HEATER, LINE CLOSET, COMMODE, & PEDISTAL SINK.)

xa0STUDY/OPTIONAL 4TH BEDROOM: 12 4 x 11 WALK-IN CLOSET FOR STUDY: 7 x 7

xa0BEDROOM #2: 13 6 x 14 6

BEDROOM #3: 13 6 x 14 6

xa0UPPER LEVEL FAMILY ROOM: 15 6 x 14 6

LIVING ROOM:19 x 15 6

DINING ROOM: 14 6 X 12 6

KITCHEN: 14 x 12 6 (INCLUDES WALK-IN PANTRY)

BREAKFAST AREA: 10 4 x 9 4

BATH ROOM #2: 8 X 76 9 (INCD PED SINK, TUB, COMMODE, & LINEN CLOSET)

xa0BATH ROOM #3 UPPER LEVEL 11 6 x 5 9 (INCLD TUB/SHWR, VANITY SINK, COMMODE, & LINEN CLOSET

MUD/UTILTY ROOM: 8 9 x 7 6

xa0FOYER: 17 x 15 9 HALF OF WHICH IS OPENED TO TWO STORIES WITH A WINDOW ON THE UPPER HALF FOR NATURAL LIGHT (ALSO INCLUDES STAIRCASE, GUEST CLOSET AND AJOINING HALL)

xa0KITCHEN FEATURES: APPLIANCES BY MAYTAG ARE: DOUBLE OVEN-FIVE BURNER GAS STOVE, SIDE-BY-SIDE REFRIGERATOR/ FREEZER W/ ICE MAKER-WATER DISPENSER, DISHWASHER. ALL IN BLACK. HEAVY DUTY EXHAUST FAN/LIGHT ABOVE STOVE, AND A SLIDE IN SHARP MICRO WAVE OVEN. CUSTOM MADE WHITE PAINTED CABINETS ARE CEILING HIEGHT WITH TWO SETS OF DOUBLE DOORS ON THE UPPER CABINETS. THE TOP SET OF DOORS ARE GLASS WITH GRILLS. BEADED BOARD PANELSON DOORS, xa0ANTIQUE STYLE CAST IRON DRAWER PULLS AND KNOBS FINISH THE OLD FASHION LOOK. WALK-IN PANTRY WITH LOTS OF SHELVES.xa0 FORMICA COUNTER TOPS DONE IN A DARK SLATE STYLE AND COLOR. ALL EDGES DONE WITH A 45-DEGREE EDGE. X-LARGE WINDOW OVER THE SINK. MOONSTONE DOUBLE SINK WITH DISPOSAL.

xa0ADDITIONAL HOUSE FEATURES: DOWN STAIRS HAS NINE-FOOT CEILINGS. FLOORS ARE DONE IN A WHITE OAK PLANKxa0 STAINED DARK WALNUT THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS NOT CARPETED. LIVING ROOM, FAMILY ROOM AND ALL THREE BEDROOMS ARE CARPETED WITH HIGHEST GRADE CARPET. ONLY EXCEPTION IS THE MUD ROOM. DONE IN A HIGH GRADE VINYL. CEILING FANS IN THE LIVING ROOM, ALL THREE BEDROOMS, AND THE FAMILY ROOM. HOUSE IS TRIMED IN LARGE SIZE WHITE PAINTED COLONIAL TRIM. DOORS ARE CUSTOM ORDERED SOLID FIVE PANEL DOORS. PORCELAIN DOOR KNOBS.xa0HOUSE HAS LARGE WINDOWS TO ENJOY THE 360-DEGREE VIEWS OF THE BITTERROOT AND SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS. ALL DOWNSTAIRS WINDOWS HAVE ADDITIONAL ONE-FOOT TRANSOM AT TOP TO COMPLIMENT THE HIGH CEILINGS, ADD LIGHT AND ENJOY MORE OF THE MOUNTAINS.

BATHROOMS ARE FITTED WITH ALL HIGH GRADE KOHLER FIXTURES. PEDISTAL SINKS.

xa0KITCHHEN COUNTER TOP OVER HANGS CABINETS IN BREAKFAST AREA SIDE TO ACCOMMODATE STOOLS.

EXTERIOR WALLS SIDED WITH HARDI PLANK DONE IN THE OLD FASHION WAY ATxa05 INCHES TO THE WEATHER RATHER THAN THE CONV 8. FRONT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE FEATURES AN OLD FASHION COVERED PORCH. 7 FOOT WIDE RUNS 56 FEET ALONG THE FRONT AND 29 FEET ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH DEAD ENDS AT THE MUD ROOM ENTRANCE. THERE IS ALSO A 4 FOOT RETURN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. DECORATIVE TURNED POST WITH PINWHEEL CORNER BRACKETS USED TO SUPPORT PORCH ROOF. REAR OF HOUSE FEATURES A LARGE TRIPLE UNITxa0 WINDOW IN LIVING PLUS TWO SIX FOOT SLIDING DOORS. SLIDING DOORS EXIT THE BREAKFAST AREA AND THE MASTER BEDROOM ONTO A 10 x 40 CEMMENT PATIO.

xa0LENNOX A/C AND HEATING UNIT. PRIVATE WELL, GOOD WATER.

xa0DETACHED GARAGE: 28 BY 28 WITH 11 FOOT CELING. HAS TWO 10 x 9 OVERHEAD CUSTOM CARRIAGE STYLE DOORS. TOP PANEL WITH WINDOWS. STAIRS IN REAR OF GARAGE LEAD TO A 10 BY 28 FT ATTIC ROOM. WITH 4X8 T&G OSB FLOORING. DOUBLE WINDOW IN LOWER REAR GARAGE AND TWO SINGLES WINDOWS UPSTAIRS IN EACH GABLE END. GARAGE IS FULLY INSULATED TOP AND BOTTOM. AND DOWN STAIRS IS SHEETED WITH OSB ALL WALLS. 100 AMP SERVICE WIRE WITH PLENTY OF RECEPTICALS AND PLENTY OF LIGHTS UP & DOWN. EXTRA LIGHTS OVER WORK BENCH. ALSO WIRED IN THREE PLACES FOR AND HAS A WALL MOUNTED 220 HEATER. SIDE SERVICE DOOR OPENS TO CURVED SIDEWALK THAT RUNS ABOUT 16 FEET TO THE HOUSE. HAS ONE GARAGE DOOR OPENER WITH REMOTE FOR HOUSE AND CAR. SECOND BAY IS WIRE FOR ADDITIONAL OPENER.

xa0BLACKTOP DRIVEWAY AND A 10 x 30 GRAVEL PARKING AREA ON SIDE OF GARAGE.

LANDSCAPING: LOT IS COMPLETELY LANDSCAPED WITH A BEAUTIFUL LAWN, TREES, SHRUBS, & PERINNAL FLOWERS. IRRAGATION SYSTEM INVOLVES UNDER GROUND SPRINKLERS AND A DRIP SYSTEM THAT COVERS EVERY INCH OF THE PROPERTY. THERE ARE SIX ZONES ON THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH A CONTROL AND TIMMER INSIDE THE HOUSE. THERE ARE ALSO TWO SILLCOCKS ON OUTSIDE OF HOUSE PLUS A FROST FREE TAP/HYDRANT AT THE WELL CLOSE TO THE GARDENS. THREE LARGE RAISED GARDENS IN THE BACK YARD. RAISED GARDENS WHERE MADE WITH 6 x 6 TREATED SQUARE TIMBERS. THE VEGTABLE GARDEN IS 24 X 24 AND SITS IN THE MIDDLE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. TO THE RIGHT IS A 6 WIDE L SHAPED FLOWER GARDEN THAT IS 56 x 18. AND TO THE LEFT OF VEG GARDEN IS A 16 x 6 HERB GARDEN. LOTS OF PERINNAL PLANTS TO COME BACK EACH YEARS.

THERE IS A THREE-FOOT WIDE CEDAR WALK WAY INBETWEEN THE GARDENS AND REAR FENCE. SIX-FOOT SOLID CEDAR FENCE ENCLOSING THE BACK YARD. FENCE CONTINUES TO ROAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF PROPETRY FENCE HAS THREE GATES, ONE IN BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE GARAGE. A DOUBLE GATE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF GARAGE LEADING TO GRAVEL PARKING PAD. AND A THIRD LEADING BEHIND PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY EXTENDS AN ADDITIONAL 12 BEYOND THE REAR FENCE. IT IS A DRAINAGE EASMENT. WE CHOSE TO FENCE IT OUT.xa0

THE HOUSE IS BUILT IN A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION OF 31 LOTS. THERE IS A HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION WITH QUARTERLY DUES.

xa0BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS ARE JUST ABOUT IN YOUR BACK YARD, JUST FAR ENOUGH AWAY FOR AWESOME VIEWS . TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND FURTHER AWAY ARE THE SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS. A FEW MILES FROM THE HOUSE IS THE BITTERROOT RIVER FAMOUS FOR ITS TROUT FISHING. UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF HIKING OR RIDING TRAILS WITHIN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BITTERRROT NATIONAL FOREST. MOST LEAD INTO THE BITTERROOT-SELWAY WILDERNESS. THERE IS A 20 MILE LONG PAVED WALKING AND BIKE RIDING TRAIL THAT FOLLOWS ARE MAJOR HIGHWAY . THERE IS A TRAIL WITHIN THE SUDIVISION THAT LEADS TO IT. IT STARTS ACROSS THE STREEET FROM THIS HOME. MISSOULA IS THE NEAREST MAJOR TOWN 20 MILES NORTH. 20 MILES SOUTH IS THE COUNTY SEAT, HAMILTON, MONTANA. BOTH TOWNS HAVE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIRS AND RODEOS. MISSOULA IS A STATE COLLEGE TOWN. THERE ARE MANY ANNUAL EVENTS WITHIN THE TOWN AND UNIVERSITY. BOTH COMMUNITIES HAVE WEEKEND FARMERS MARKETS. THIS HOME IS A MUST SEE IF YOUR WANTING IN THE BITTERROOT AREA

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