Low Carbon Footprint- Solar Panels & Geo- Thermal System! Perfect for family compound with over 5000 sq ft of living space, in law suite or rental and possible apartment over detached garage! Well built home in beautiful private setting just a few minutes to I-66! Watch the wildlife from just about every room, perfect country home w/ outdoor patios, covered areas for entertaining and stream. More from the seller.... Built using the most progressive theories on environmental conservation to create a warm and friendly place for your family. Concepts include south-facing walls with windows, north-facing walls with earth berms that hold heat in winter while staying cool in summer, and tromb~ walls (passive-solar heat collectors). Built by Upperville-based, Northern Counties Lumber Company, features a southern-facing glass wall enclosing a 2 1/2 ~story room warmed by the sun in winter, and which includes a massive brick and cinder block structure forming the center of the house. The chimney for the ~heatolator~ fireplace (a double-walled metal box with fresh air fed from outside) is part of this structure. At night, and during hot summer months, shades are drawn over the glass preserving the heat, or blocking the sun, depending on the season. The natural changes to the angle of the sun increases the wintertime exposure, while limits it during the summer. Dug into the basement wall of the north side is the root cellar, now converted to a wine cellar, providing a storage place for the wine made from grapes grown in the garden. The heat pump was converted to a geo-thermal water furnace, using the well water as the source of heat or cooling depending on the season. Adding the mother-in-law suite in 1992, enlarged the home to literally 2 houses, each supplied with garage, hot water heater, kitchen, washer/dryer, heat and A/C system. In 2014 solar panels. 48 photovoltaic ground 2014 free electricity. Everything in this home is powered by electricity. In the near future, the possibility exists for whole-house batteries to be situated in the basement. This would provide back-up power or even the possibility of going off-grid. Replacing the existing roof shingles of the east wing with newly developed photovoltaic shingles, would generate the additional electricity needed to fulfill the demands of the entire dwelling.This is the real story behind 3795 Ashville Road. There are no exotic bathrooms or granite counter tops here. Natural streams with native plants and wildlife are the treasures that have been preserved.