23434 Staunton Turnpike, Smithville, WV 26178 - Ritchie County

Prestige personified. This vintage 3,280 sq. ft. late 19th Century Swiss German style home - on 29 acres - The house is prominently placed on a 2 lane paved state road. The home features 7 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, centrally located living room, dining room with one wall a floor to ceiling built in bookcase, adjoining breakfast room, large entertainment room, & a study/home office. The kitchen features a beautiful ceramic tile counter top, double stainless steel sink, with disposal, NG stove, microwave oven, refrigerator, and adjacent pantry. The restored interior includes several rooms with original oak wainscoting, beautiful oak ceilings. Authentic 19th century box locks adorn almost every interior door. Another major property feature is the large 2 level detached multi-car garage, workshop, with harvest area & equipment storage in the lower level. Between the house & detached garage/workshop/storage bldg. there's a charming ornamental garden with many seasonal perennial flowers enclosing a small pond & pump driven circulating watercourse. A peaceful, refreshing mixture of sight & sound next to the east covered porch. The home is a strongly built wood frame with all wood siding & shutters. The entire exterior, including all trim was repainted, Summer 2024. Free Natural Gas is conveyed to the buyer as grandfathered in the property deed. Owners report annual savings of $2000 or more vs what they'd pay for commercial pipeline gas. In their 16 yrs in the property, current owners improved the rear foundation with steel reinforced poured concrete. Replaced room natural gas space heaters with central heat furnaces in the basement & attic and added whole house A/C system.with dual Goodman units. A Generac Backup electric generator protects the dwelling from grid outages. And, a water filtration system was put in to process property well water. The owners further contracted a new metal main roof 5 yrs ago and new metal roofs for the 3 porches last year. Within the 3 acre back lawn they built up the soil of a productive vegetable garden, blackberry, raspberry & blueberry bushes & 1/2 doz. apple, plum, & pear trees. At the rear of the 3 acre back lawn, across the small creek/run is 25 acres of forest to explore. All told, an excellent infrastructure to support the more self sufficient lifestyle of a serious preppers and those who are seeking a simpler way of life.

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