Dream house, dream location –

This 10-acre, 7-year-old home is in rolling hills, just north of Sioux City, Iowa, a middle-sized town of about 85,000 with a metropolitan population of just over 100,000 friendly people. Schools are great, a nice, safe town to raise children. Sioux City supports its own symphony, has a casino, nice parks, nature center. Colleges and universities include Briar Cliff College, Morningside College, Saint Lukes College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Historic sites and museums include Mid America Air Museum, Sergeant Floyd Monument, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City Public Museum, Siouxland Historical Railroad Museum, Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum, Milwaukee Railroad Roundhouse Historic Site.
Our home is located just 10 minutes from the second largest HyVee grocery store in a newly remodeled shopping area with Minerva’s Restaurant for great dining.

This is a 7 year-old LiteForm home. Liteform is an all concrete and insulation building system – very sturdy, very warm, low utility costs. The house has a white stucco exterior and windows and doors, and soffets are aluminium, which means no maintenance. No maintenance decking outside too. Shingles carry an 80-year warranty. Lots of fruit trees and ornamental shrubbery and a great garden area – beautiful flower beds! Horse Lake can be seen from our home. It is a clean, spring and rain fed lake with bass, blue gill and sunfish. Paddleboat comes with the house. We live in Plymouth county and taxes are very low, only a little over $3,000 a year.

Inside, the home has a contemporary feel, lots of large windows, fantastic views from all sides, 9 feet ceiling height. Clean lines and open areas make this 3,500 sq feet home feel open and airy. High-grade, light maple laminate flooring never requires any stripping or refinishing and take a beating with ease. Light wood kitchen cabinets and lots of built-ins make this too good to be true. The large kitchen is a dream, with lots of storage, 16 drawers and then cabinets in addition. High-end appliances, FisherPaekel dishwasher, Dacor electric oven, Dacor six-burner gas stove, warming drawer, GE Monogram matches cabinetry. Great kitchen flow with little extras to make the cook’s life easier. Partially covered deck right outside the kitchen and living room for outdoor dining all warm-weather long.

There is a guest bedroom upstairs, right off the entry, with a full bathroom – great for inlaws, which is what we built it for. Completely finished large two-car garage. Downstairs there are two bedrooms with 9 feet ceilings and large windows; an office, laundry, utility room, master bedroom (with bath) and another full bathroom. Outside, under the deck, in front of master bedroom is a hottub, somewhat secluded by currant bushes.

This is a great house, now I’m wondering how crazy we are to sell it. But… we have grown kids and would like to build again, something smaller, just for the two of us.

Click on the thumbnails to the left to see our beautiful home.