5294 242 Road - Quarter Section on Scenic Beaton River Valley 10 Minutes from  Downtown Fort St John!

The Property

Acerages like this don't come around often! Come explore this beautiful family home on a full 160 acres with productive farm land (currently leased at $4,500 annually) on well kept, mostly paved roads from town, custom built home and detached shop with plenty of outbuildings and thoughtfully designed and built outdor areas including 2 tiered concrete patio and firepit area as well as hottub area with pristine views. Access on both sides of the house and the road access has had a large parking / storage area set up with fillcrete and gravel all level to store RV's, boats, toys, sheds - whatever you need. The professional grade playground and trampoline and will be a huge hit with the kids - all of their friends will want to come over to play! You can unwind and nurish your own family in the garden with lots of room for expansion and plenty of water with a custom cistern to collect rainwater to use all around the property. Lots of room here for a hobby farm - set up right now with a fenced area with a pavilion and 2 sheds for chickens, but ample room to bring goats, horses, some cows - whatever fits your lifestyle. There is a natural spring about halfway down the property producing water that has been ditched to the far end of the property and could be further dug out to provide more water for animals.

The property is serviced by a lagoon with mature trees facing the property with plenty of room around it for further expansion of the garden making this a potentially self sustaining homestead. Further at the wooded end of the property toward the Beaton River Valley, the owner has cut and maintained an extensive trail system perfect for quadding, sledding, hiking and snowshoeing - with access to a truly spectacular scenic area overlooking the river valley complete with a firepit and quad access. Amazing way to finish a day at work is to warm up by the firepit and watch the sunset over this area. 

The House

The original 2 story home has been transformed over the past few years as it was lifted and had a full ICF concrete foundation and finished basement placed underneath it. During this process, the home was raised approximately 6 feet from it's original height and the owners added onto the home's footprint with a large master bedroom complete with dual walk in closets, full ensuite bath with soaker tub and water closet. The entrance offers lots of storage space for coats / boots and more to keep outside all outside! Up the entrance landing is another storage area with access to the ample laundry room and access to the remodelled kitchen.

The kitchen offers redone cabinetry, stainless appliances and granite counters with tile backsplash - with great views of the entire property. It's open to the expanded dining room featuring panoramic views of the entire property including the Beaton Valley! Open to the dining area is a cozy family room with wood burning stove and access to the stairwell upstairs where you'll find 2 large bedrooms (one with it's own exterior door and balcony with amazing view) and a full bath. On the other end of the kitchen is a large walk in pantry with 2nd freezer and 2 piece bath.

Master bedroom offers it's own outside entry has room to spare with approx 800 sq ft, including 2 walk in closets and a full ensuite bath complete with soaker tub, double sinks and water closet.

The basement is completely finished and features 2 large flex rooms - one currently being used as a bedroom, and the other as a fully equipped home gym. You'll also find a massive family room with a feature wall painted white for future addition of an overhead projector for a mini-theatre! Full bathroom and office nook down here round out approx 3,500 sq ft of living space!

You'll love the central air system, 200 amp service into the house and a newly installed 17000 litre cistern.

The Shop

The double detached heated garage / shop is the perfect place to keep vehicles warm in the winter - or to store and work on all of your toys! Owner installed a steel beam spanning the ceiling, and set up a gantry crane for making many jobs a breeze! 2nd level of the shop offers a blank canvas 'flex room' that is heated and has power and windows - just waiting for your finishing touch and creativity to be transformed into a man cave, family hideout, games room - whatever you can think of.

Interested? Call / text Mitch Collins at (250) 262-9338 to schedule your private tour of this home!

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