PROPERTY DETAILS
If you love nature, you will not want to leave this oasis once you arrive. Nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac on Loch Lomond in Bella Vista, Arkansas, this house, with its distinctive interior permeates elegant simplicity at every turn. Each room has a unique ambiance, with light beaming into every part of the house, giving a treehouse feeling throughout. The house, with over 2,600 square feet., boasts five bedrooms and three bedrooms. Built in 1999, the house sits on 0.9 acres, part of which connects with common land, looks out over Loch Lomand. In addition, the separate undeveloped lot next to the house (.31 acres) come with the sale, for a total of 1.21 acres.
Oak and hickory hardwood and porcelain tiling throughout the house give it a fresh and substantial feel. The kitchen is highly functional, with an upgraded Bosch dishwasher and Décor stove/oven. A sunroom with skylights has been added, adjoining the living room, offering a perch into the very trees themselves. The house has a whole house carbon filtration system and separate reverse osmosis systems for drinking water both upstairs and down. Part of the three car garage is climate controlled, and there is a boat dock for your lake toys with functioning boat lift. The back deck offers plenty of space for outdoor fun.
This lovely house sits in the native Ozarks, which needs preservation and human care. As you enter the curved drive, you will notice the rare native garden being developed by the current owner, to contribute to the preservation of the Ozarks, and which the new owner will want to embrace. This garden supplies housing, water and native food for birds and other wildlife. The same ruby-throated hummingbirds come back each year (from Costa Rica, or some such place) and these birds depend upon the garden and nectar to be found there (see the pictures and videos of the developing garden). Milkweed has been planted which is now bringing back Monarch butterflies, and houses have been provided throughout the garden and down by the lake, which offer shelter to purple martins, bluebirds, and wrens. There are two fountains which provide needed water, especially for fledglings.
This house, in a highly desirable, peaceful area, is yet only minutes from the freeway (I-49).
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Requirements for the Sale
These two properties (the house and next door lot to be sold with it) are part of Bella Vista Property Owner’s Association, which requires association fees, and which offers benefits (https://bellavistapoa.com/ ). The total fees at present are $56 per month for both lots ($40 – developed lot, $16 – undeveloped lot).
The new owner will also need to take over the solar contract. Please inquire as to details.
This sale will include restrictive covenants requiring continuance of the native garden and prohibiting building development on the undeveloped lot. This preserves the beauty of existing nature on both properties and provides a needed corridor for native wildlife. It also offers an exemplar of how property owners in the Ozark Mountains can work with nature, rather than against it, for a highly sustainable, realistically designed, pollinator garden which contributes to, rather than takes away from, much needed native habitat. The owner has installed a new inground irrigation system to serve this garden, for the new owners.
Property Upgrades Made by the Current Owner
Since acquiring the property in 2019, the owner has replaced almost all flooring with permanent hickory solid hardwood or porcelain, painted all interior walls a warm neutral white which serves as a rich canvass for your wall hangings, replaced the roof and gutters, added a sunroom with skylights, installed solar roof panels, replaced the hot water heater and HVAC systems, added a Mini-split heating and air unit in the garage, and added two outdoor fountains.
The bathroom sinks have been replaced with modern vessels in black granite, white stone, and green glass. The master shower is now porcelain, and all bathroom cabinets and fronts have been replaced with updated Alderwood hardwood cabinets treated only lightly with Tung seed oil. The new bathroom cabinets are topped with sea green granite. The walls in the master closet were replaced with cedar, and a skylight installed in the front bedroom for extra light. A full kitchen sink with garbage disposal and reverse osmosis water filtration have been installed downstairs, with a new Alderwood cabinet in light ebony stain. The outdated first floor railing and stair rail, along with all wall bases were replaced with Poplar wood, and the paint grade doors were discarded for doors of solid core pine. The highly functional cabinet knobs installed by the owner in the kitchen and bathrooms come from the earth’s stones and were prepared by a Michigan artist in colors of forest green and mountain midnight. The top kitchen cabinets now have modern fronts, and all cabinets were repainted a rich dark brown.
The owner has converted the front yard from a stone yard, permeated with weeds, to an enchanted native garden with a berm which holds several large perennials and grasses, and Arkansas native annuals and perennials stretching across the front of the garden and connecting with the undeveloped lot next door with its own thriving native garden. To accomplish this, several truckloads of mulch mixed with compost were spread over the front yard resulting in a rich dirt which now accommodates scores of natives including goldenrod, aster, sage, hazelnut, and holly. The first native pear tree is now giving fruit and there is plenty of room for the new owner to expand the orchard.
Do not miss this opportunity to own this exclusive house and property, with its serene lakeview and rare native garden, so thoughtfully designed and elegantly decorated and ready for its next thoughtful owner.
Contact Lisa, 707.479.7874
AN OASIS, INDOORS AND OUT
​27 Stucky Lane, Bella Vista, AR 72715