ONE OF A KIND! Behind an unassuming horizontal profile is one of the most unique homes in the Valley! This earth-sheltered subterranean home was designed/built by an engineer/owner to create highly efficient living. Well published, this home incorporated several innovative concepts.Center courtyard provides abundant natural light to nearly every room. A 4ft corridor along the home's perimeter creates storage space. 10ft ceilings couple with abundant natural light that makes this home especially expansive. Approximately 2.2 acre desert lot offers room to roam! Features include: oversized garage/shop. ground mount solar enclosed pen/garden. The home is being offered ''as-is, where-is'', subject to buyer due diligence. This unique property is priced for immediate sale. WOW! See MORE .... Behind an unassuming horizontal profile is one of the most unique homes in the Valley! This earth-sheltered subterranean home was designed and built by the engineer owner to create a highly efficient desert home. Initially created as a response to high costs and the energy crises during the 1970's, the home has stood the test of time.

Gaining considerable attention and having been highly published, what started as a vision became a proven ongoing experiment that has successfully explored energy efficient living in our harsh desert environment. Earth-sheltered homes are nothing new, but thanks to the benefit of having an arts and engineering family as its benefactor, this home incorporated several unique, innovative and successful design concepts.

A glorious center courtyard, open to the sky, provides abundant natural light and open air access to nearly every room in the home. A perfect setting for casual living and generous entertaining, this courtyard offers cool plantings and a connection to sun and stars.
Open to the sky, this courtyard was engineered to accept a variety of green house enclosure options, which would allow this space to become completely sheltered: imagine greenhouse courtyard living all year long!

A four foot corridor runs the entire length of the home's perimeter, effectively creating what could be the largest walk-in closet in Arizona! This area is effective for closet and storage space, but also doubles for storage, pantry and easy access to all utilities and HVAC distribution.

10ft ceilings throughout couple with the abundant natural light makes this home especially expansive. As currently configured, the home offers five bedrooms and four baths, including the guest suite with full kitchen. With such a versatile floorpan the home easily configures to meet the taste and use of any owner.
The approximately 2.5 acre desert lot offers room to roam with a separate, oversized, double bay garage/shop. Active ground mount solar array and enclosed pen/garden areas add to the savings and versatility. There are a number of unique specimen trees on site as well. In addition to the solar array, the home has been fitted with HVAC and is ready for a high efficiency evaporative cooler.

The home is being offered "as-is, where-is", subject to buyer due diligence. This unique property is priced for immediate sale.

Innovative Earth Shelter Home
Well Published and Documented
Highly Efficient
Center Open Air Courtyard
Versatile Floorplan including Guest Suite
Abundant Storage
Oversized Garage Shop
Ground Mounted Solar Array
Approximate 2.5 Acre Lot
Superb Location
Mountain Views
Offered "As-is, Where-is"