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This beautiful home sits on a high bluff on the Eastern side of Carson Valley, with unsurpassed panoramic mountain views. Set in 5 acres and very private, it has attractive landscaping all around the house.
The home itself has a delightful Western and Spanish flair, encompassing approximately 3,000 square feet, that includes a 'great room' concept with an enclosed patio, and separate sun porch.
Warm ceramic tile and hardwood floors complement a stunning pavilion-style, open beam ceiling in the great room, which has a large fireplace and opens up to the spacious kitchen. Designed by a gourmet cook, it boasts both gas stove and electric stove and grill.
French doors lead out onto an enclosed glass patio to the west, perfect for watching the sun set over the Sierra Nevada mountains.
To the east is a lovely sunroom with privacy and stillness and views over the hills towards the Pinenut mountains, where you can enjoy breakfast or lunch to catch the sun.
This is a place where wild horses come to play, occasionally grazing only 100 yards from the property; where hawks hover on the updraft from the valley; and where rabbits and quails are at home. If you are lucky you may hear the distant howl of the coyotes at night.
To the East of the house you can pick up trails to enjoy long walks over the hills towards the Pine Nut Mountains, and on a winter night you can see the lights from the Heavenly Ski Resort in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the entire valley with its glittering lights in the villages below.
Down in the valley you may also visit David Walley's fabulous Hot Spring Resort, get a massage, enjoy the wonderful restaurant, swim or sit in the hot pools and meet locals and other vistors where you can swap stories and make new friends.
For more strenuous exercise, Minden has a magnificent public swimming facility with an Olympic-sized pool and water slides.
Within 30 minutes, there are beautiful golf courses, ballooning, horseback riding and wonderful hiking trails in the mountains and around Lake Tahoe. The nearby village - only 3.5 miles away - has many excellent restaurants, quaint small shops as well as three expansive supermarkets and is only half an hour's drive from Carson City, the Capital of Nevada.
For the winter sports enthusiasts, there is a multitude of choices of Ski Resorts all the way around Lake Tahoe - one of the most beautiful Lakes in the world - at 6000 feet; blue and ice free all year round.
Your host will welcome you into this private residence - remaining in the self-contained south end of the house - and make you feel very much at home, and is happy to advise you of local attractions, as well as those further afield.
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