OWNER BUILT AND BEAUTIFUL

GREATER WORLD EARTHSHIP $178,900

This off the grid, fully self sustainable earthship sits on 2.57 acres of beautiful sagebrush 12 miles from Taos, New Mexico in the Greater World Earthship community. The west side borders BLM land and the Taos Gorge is one mile away. It runs solely on solar power, catches rainwater and snowmelt, uses earthship systems of grey and black water treatment and is heated and cooled by thermal mass. This is a great home for 1 or 2 people who want to live environmentally responsible, who have a working knowledge of earthships and who enjoy the peace, nature and serenity of the mesa. The Greater World community sits on 660 acrea of rolling mesa, is the home of Earthship Biotecture, and the headquarters of Mike Reynolds, the inventor of Earthships....

STATS:
1 bedroom, 1 bath
1,160 sq.feet
2.75 acres of land
owner built, completed in 2003
property tax $311.12 annual
GW landusers tax $125.00
solid waste $100.00

RECENT TESTING DONE FOR RADON, SEPTIC PUMPED AND INSPECTED
EXCLUSIONS: Coal burning wood stove

CREATIVE OWNER FINANCING AVAILABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONTACT:
ANNA COSENTINE
iindy23@yahoo.com


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Here is a view of the kitchen, with the greywater planter. Propane stove and refrigerator. Painted mud walls and can constructed planter with travertine.. Countertop is black concrete with a resin top. Viga ceiling. Floors are brick. DC lights







This view shows the structolite arches in the kitchen. The arches consist of a continuous concrete pour, and are the bond beam support for the can dome above. The fireplace room underneath the dome stays cool and comfortable all year round.



Fireplace room underneath dome. Tire wall and earthcliff construction. Oiled mud walls and mud floor




outdoor blackwater garden

Mexican sink with bottle wall, view of shower in bathroom

example of bottle walls

Dome bedroom with glass bottle windows Dome after a storm

HOUSE DESCRIPTION: EARTHSHIP INSPECTION REPORT
6/22/2009
Prepared by RIO GRANDE SOLAR
Ted Elsasser
General Contractor/GB 98
License# 87299

ELECTRIC SOLAR SYSTEM/ GENERAL ELECTRICAL
a) Power Organizing Module (P.O.M.)
Trace DR 1512 inverter (120v) AC
Trace Disconnect/ Overcurrent module

b) Batteries
6 new Deka promaster deep cycle lead acid batteried

c) Photovoltaic panels
3 33 watt photowatt panels
1 100 watt kyocera
1 120 watt kyocera- new
TOTAL: 325 watts

General Electric notes
charge controller- xantrex c-40/ analog voltmeter
** HIGH QUALITY COMPONENTS COMPRISE SYSTEM**

WATER SYSTEM
a) Water Organizing Module (W.O.M.)
12 volt Shurflo pump 3.5 gpm
1 Rusco prefilter- cleanable
1 Rusco fine sediment filter- cleanable
40 gallon pressure tank

b) Hot water heater
Paloma small tankless on demand model PH-6DP propane

c) Water tanks/ cisterns
3000 gallon galvanized metal / good condition

FOUNDATION
a) Tires and footings
Pounded tire wall on reinforced earthcliff
Finished plastered walls with adobe finishes
STRUCTURALLY SOUND

VENTILATION SYSTEM
a) Vent windows
1 small operable wood window in bathroom
1 Hurd casement in living room
1 small hopper window built into solar greenhouse in dining/ kitchen area

b) Operaable skylights--gravity operated plastic bubble skylights
1 on dome (4ftx4ft)
1 on living room (2ft x 5ft)

SOLAR GREENHOUSE
a) Glass 8 1" insulated glass units

b) Flashing and Seals
good condition

c) wood frame
good condition
2"x6" cedar struts and sill plates, no evidence of moinsture damage

ROOF
a) concrete double caned dome with spray on urethane foam 2"-3"
painted for UV protection

b) solar greenhouse roof of EPDM rubber
newly re sealed and painted with UV water potable paint

GREY WATER SYSTEM
a) overall condition
planter has mature plants
12 volt Shorflo pump/ 1 year old with 2 filters used to pump toilet

PLUMBING
a) Bathroom
Bronze sink faucet, mexican sink
Porcelain tub built in with shower
toilet, white with wood lid

b) ceramic sink 1 chamber
stainless faucet
ALL PLUMBING WITH HIGH QUALITY PEX PIPE

c) general condition
plumbing is all in good condition

PLASTER
a) exterior
cement plaster done out to scratch coat. Buyer can choose finish color


INTERIOR FINISHES
a) Floors
brick in kitchen
mexican saltillo tile in living room and bathroom
oiled adobe in fireplace room
carpeted decking on floor of dome

b) Walls
adobe plaster finishes, oiled mud and faux
cement plaster in critical areas/ bathroom and planter walls

c) Ceiling
vigas in kitchen with decking
trusses in living room cloth finish, salvaged wood trim
trusses in bathroom/ colored salvaged wood

d) Cabinets/ Built-ins
custom wood cabinets in kitchen
artist crafted resin countertop

SEPTIC SYSTEM
a) Tank
concrete septic tank/ accessible/ 1,100 gallons

b) Leach field or lined leach bed
approx 10'x30'
evapotransprtation bed/ EPDM rubber lined gravel filled

c) vegetation
ET bed is planted with Locust tree, gooseberry, lilac, forsythia, cherry and apple tree

GENERAL NOTES
This house is a passively heated and cooled earthship.
The earthship is a type of house developed by the architect Michael Reynolds.
Its building materials are primarily rammed earth tire walls and
can and bottle walls

The house has a kiva fireplace and a spot for a woodstove
The dome is built on reinforced concrete columns. A continuous bond
beam is at the base of the dome

The exterior will need to be finish plastered with the color of choice by the new owner
There is an exterior shade palapa located in the front of the house near the blackwater gardens

The house is on 2.75 acres and adjoins a land grant with amazing views of Taos Mountain