Property Details

This property is offered for sale directly by the owner. For Sale By Owner homes, also known as FSBOs, can be a good buying opportunity, because the owner will save up to 6% when there are no brokers involved in the transaction. This leaves more room for price negotiation and potential buyer savings.

At the most basic level, Thirty Wells Road is a two thousand square foot tall posted cape. There are three good size bedrooms, a kitchen and dining area, a living room, partially finished basement, screened porch, an office, a wine/root cellar, and two modest outside decks. What sets this property apart is the details of the design and construction and its parklike setting. The essence of the design is a super insulated shell which takes very little effort (or expense) to heat or cool. R-40 walls, R-70 roof, and triple glazed doors and windows create an amazing barrier between the outdoor and indoor environments. The two foot overhanging roof allows passive solar heat energy to shine through in the winter months when the sun is low and blocks it in the summer when the sun is high. Of course this is greatly aided by the fact that the majority of the windows are on the south side (only one window, over the kitchen sink, faces north) and the house sits on an exact north-south axis. South also happens to be the direction of the nature preserve while north is toward the road. Electricity is provided by a grid tied photovoltaic system. 27 PV panels on the south facing roof consistently produce more energy than consumed, the excess is sold back to Eversource. The current fee to be tied to the grid is $9.40 per month. For more details please visit our website www.somersgreenhome.net.