3642 Van Brocklin Rd, Lorraine, NY 13659 - Jefferson County

Enjoy complete privacy and seclusion with secure peace of mind. Relax and Regenerate on this little Piece of heaven or work from home comfortably with reliable telephone, fax, DSL and satellite internet. Located near the foothills of The Adirondack Mountains on Tug Hill NY this three Bedroom, loft office, two full bath, with drive-in 30 x 25 heated basement garage, also includes an open kitchen / dining Room, first floor laundry / mud room and a plus 12' x 19' bonus room/den. The perfect place to enjoy the beauty of nature and live OFF GRID in peace and serenity. Settled in the middle of 53.29+/- wooded acres, this home is set up to be independent and self-sufficient with abundant and redundant resources. The gated half mile gravel driveway has an 8 Inch sub-base with a 5-inch topcoat making the road sturdy and dependable. Built Durable, Tough and Warm, this house is built to Endure! A 25' x 30' Cape Cod, with two balconies, inviting covered front porch and drive around to a lower-level drive-in garage. With 10 inches thick, walls and footer foundation with double rebar poured concrete, surrounded by 24 tons of washed stone and perimeter drain for sturdiness and more than adequate drainage. The garage floor has a 15-inch footer with two floor drains and offers 10 feet of ceiling clearance. The house sits on an over-engineered 15 inch I-Beam. A two-inch thick insulated 12 x 9 foot hurricane strut supported, Clopay garage door, makes the basement secure. The two-inch heavy steel Pioneer, commercial fire rated man-door gives easy access to all utilities. The Off Grid Power System is a 240 Volt, Outback Flexmax 500 Inverter System. A Reinforced Concrete Generator Room with a second Frontier heavy steel CFR door, contains the two redundant generators. The 1000-gallon, double walled Highland Diesel Tank can sustain the house for three years. Roof solar and a windmill on site keep the 16 newly-replaced 1400 AMP hour deep cycle batteries charged indefinitely. This connects to a 200 Amp Breaker Box that energizes the 110 / 220 volt standard home electricity, throughout the house. The water system retrieves spring water from two dug wells, fed from two separate sources. Heavy Duty 220 Volt slow start Grundfos water pumps feed the house to a multiple filtration system. The water is supplied to a 22 Hot/Cold Pex/Copper manifold system that provides direct drinking from the tap (and even the garage hose) for fresh, great-tasting water year round. The house feeds all fixtures through a Pex Plumbed Water System. Duel 30-gallon propane hot water heaters are on standby as needed. The entire system can be winterized with air injection in 20 minutes, with little effort. House and Land provide many security features to help keep you Safe and Secure. A 55-foot communication and weather station tower is supported by (4) five foot cement support footers and (6) Pro guyed cables. Driveway lighting, motion sensors, video recording system, safe room, reinforced house doors and windows and trenched landline telephone with inside house secured Demarc, are a few to mention. Having Multi-Sources of Heat ensures a Reliably Warm Home. The main propane furnace heats the house comfortably. The secondary coal/wood stove can heat the home in -0- Degree weather to over 100' F. The propane fireplace (in the Den) and electric baseboard can all individually heat the house. Coal, Wood, Propane and Diesel storage is ready for two years self-sufficient independent living with expansion to three years. A true MUST see for homesteaders, "preppers" or anyone seeing extreme security or solitude. Listing agent must be present for all showings. No drive bys or drop ins. All showings must have at least 72 hours notice. Proof of Funds or Proof of Pre-Qualification is required to schedule a showing.