Victorian near Steamboat wins my heart

Traipsing  around on the weekly Realtor MLS tour every Tuesday morning, I regularly stumble upon the good, the bad and the ugly. And being that we live in a gorgeous, and typically not very shabby, world-class ski resort town, I often stumble upon the very good, the exceptional, and the knock-your-socks-off WOW homes. 

The latter typically come with finishes worthy of an Architectural Digest entry, and outdoor living spaces that make me want to stay a long, long while – hammocks alongside waterfalls dropping into pools with coi fish and lily pads, outdoor covered fireplaces, plumbed in grills, pathways through aspens and wildflowers. You get the picture. They are beautiful and they are also expensive to buy, to run and to maintain. And at 5000 square feet in size, I persoanlly would feel like I was rambling about in a showcase.

There are other homes I come upon which I personally want to buy on the spot.

Take this Victorian in Yampa. At 1906 square feet, it’s just right. And although it was built in the era of very drafty houses (1899), the present owners took it down to the studs and made it very enery efficient. And what beautiful finishes inside while keeping the antique Victorian charm!

I would add a garage and an extra bathroom upstairs, but both would be easy to do. I’d have a huge garden and my husband would build a shop. It sits on half an acre after all; plenty of room to do my own pond and water feature. And I like the price: $259,000.

Yes it’s about a 45 minute drive from Steamboat (and the 1-70 corridor in the other direction), but it’s only a few minutes to the Flat Top Mountains, and it’s quiet.

I take a video while I’m there. It’s the closest I’ll come to owning it I’m afraid. My heart bounces. I want to run up the staircase again and hear it creak, and rush outside and start digging.

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