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OVERVIEW<br>
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<b>Who should consider buying this home?</b>  Best suited for single person or small family, preferably operating a home-office business or art studio.  The 350-sq. ft. luxury office extension is separate from rest of house.  Office includes its own entrance, utility/storage room, and is equipped with two telephone lines.  Large glass windows affording sylvan views in four directions are conducive to thinking and productivity.<br>
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<b>Why is this property for sale?</b>  Original owner/designer (twenty-year resident) is constructing new home to be completed in fall.<br>
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<b>Environment</b>  Located on mountain ridge, there is no development to either the front or rear of the house.  Furthermore, extensive foliage on both sides to afford privacy from homes on either side (hundreds of feet away).  Eight-foot tall Mountain Laurel abound, nestled among dogwood, pine, and oak trees.  An adjoining undeveloped wooded range to rear of property fosters frequent visits from wildlife.  This 500-acre parcel is owned by the Virginia Outdoor Federation for use as a wildlife and hunting preserve.<br>
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<b>View</b>  A 50-mile view (open in winter, also conspicuous through warm-weather foliage) toward east.  The view overlooks the Evergreen Country Club, another golf community, farmland, and some (yuk!) suburbs.   The view appears mostly pastoral in daylight, yet affords a spectacular nighttime scene of lighted urban communities on the horizon. <br>
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<b>Two building sites</b>  This home is situated on two building lots, both of which are offered in the asking price.  The second building lot (valued at $31,400) is approved for a septic-field permit, and a second dwelling can be constructed (sharing a common driveway) with minimal obstruction to the view from the existing house.  Additionally, natural foliage remains in place so that the second dwelling would be minimally visible from the current house.<br>
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<b>Amenities</b>  County-maintained road and water system; commercial trash pick-up; TV cable service available.  (Thank heavens for no central sewer system.. development would be too dense.)<br>
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<b>Roads</b>  Roads on Bull Run Mountain are maintained under contract to the county.  The snow plowing service has been quite good.  During twenty years of residence here, there have been fewer than ten nights when the road to my driveway was inaccessible; and the majority of those occurred during the Blizzard of 1996 (when the contractor's plow broke down)!  However, be advised that a four-wheel drive vehicle is a requirement during much of the winter.<br>
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