Yurt For Sale!

The yurt is down the hill from my main house in Hammond Ranch outside of Weed.

Here's a link to more pictures I took around December 2006.

A yurt is a Mongolian tent. The previous owners built the yurt and really did a great job of it. They bought the yurt kit from these guys. Check out their web site for construction information.

It is with great reluctance that I'm putting it up for sale. Lately it's been impossible to find the right person to give it love as a massage or art studio, and I'm likely to spend most of 2011 traveling outside the US. So removing it simplifies life, one less thing to worry about. If real estate values ever stop their downward spiral, I may build a caretaker's cabin on the site, but for now, selling it is clearly my best course of action.

Between the yurt kit, the downstairs and various accoutrements, there's about $30,000 invested. If you dismantle and remove it, everything can be yours for only $15,000. It is possible for an efficent crew to do this in a few days, I'm told.

It's two stories, almost 1000 square feet. The top story is one big round room with woodstove and a couple of awesome skylights. It includes a comfortable L shaped couch and a bit of other furniture.

Downstairs is the kitchen and storage - there's propane for heating, stove and refrigerator, and a clawfoot baththub that looks out through French doors onto a private outside deck. Water is from a cistern.

Yurt. Has a special ring when you say it, doesn't it?

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