194151 Priddis Valley Road W

A rare opportunity to live in Priddis on a 17+ acreage home with Fish Creek in your back yard. This 2010 custom designed and built home using the best natural lighting and environmental insulation practices in mind. As soon as you walk through the foyer your greeted with a large Great room with vaulted ceiling, floor to ceiling windows and fabulous views. The beautiful fireplace in Great room has floor to the ceiling stacked stone and ancient Douglas fir reclaimed mantle. The reclaimed heart pine wood plank floors found throughout the house are over three centuries old. Harvested in Maine in the 1700’s and served as the structure of a woolen mill in James River Virginia for over 200 years. The ceiling in the Great room and loft feature tongue & groove solid fir. The huge gourmet kitchen features the same flooring with Maple Cabinets, six burner gas stove and the kitchen island and counters have two of the largest mined honed slate slabs. Absolutely beautiful. The Primary bedroom is located on the main floor and shares the Great rooms fireplace. The ensuite offers a Solid copper 72-inch tub, African slate flooring and a large glassed in slate steam shower with sit/laydown benches. All bathrooms in the home offer unique original designed vanities featuring copper sinks, vintage furniture and a 600-year-old teak root stand. Upstairs is a unique loft area that makes a fabulous office/library. The Walkout basement features acid stained polished concrete floors with in-floor heating. This level has 3 additional bedrooms. One bedroom is Plumbed in for a wet bar. There is a large Recreational /Media room and large cold room ideal for wine cellar. Listen to the Build in Ross sound system throughout the home including master, great room, kitchen, exercise room, west deck outside and the entertainment room. The house is built on an ICF foundation from walkout to roofline and with a 12-inch outer wall giving the home a R60 value, making it very soundproof and eliminating the need for A/C and little need for natural gas consumption. There are Triple glazed windows and in floor heating on all three levels of development. Plus, High velocity vents deliver humidity and back up heat if required. The attached garage with 12 ft ceilings also features in floor heating as well. The exterior features Concrete Hardie board siding with red cedar board beams and stack stone rock. There are three balcony decks with rubber coated design. One off the front entry, one on the south side of the house with gas line plumbed and a large deck connecting dining area and master bedroom suite also plumbed with gas line. The west end of the acreage backs onto Fish Creek allowing half a kilometer of creek frontage. Long slate flagstone walkway leads to a large fire pit gathering area with five swing benches. The property also offers an 8-stall horse Barn, Chicken barn, tack room and shop. You’re only a 15-minute drive from Calgary to your mountain ranch. Call today to view!