- Enjoy a balanced, relaxed lifestyle while making valuable income all from your home
- Host your Family in a compound with four dwellings
- Create a small retreat center
- Develop a Cooperative community circumstance
All these possibilities are yours on this 1.15 acre parcel south of Middletown and just over the mountain from Calistoga in the Napa Valley.
A three bedroom, two bath home of 1440 square foot, single garage, three studio cabins of 350 square foot each, total living space of 2490 square foot, plus 625 square foot rear deck, year round stream frontage, landscaped grounds.
Is it time to take a break and get away from the busy city life, even though you still need some income?
Well, this could be the perfect opportunity for the next chapter in your life.
Just so, the current owner of this beautiful home and income property, named the Backyard Garden Oasis, has enjoyed these benefits, but now has to move on into the next chapter of her life.
Purpose built for short term rentals, this compelling property has a tidy, well-maintained home, and three cabins that she has successfully operated as a home business for over 25 years, now fully established with many repeat, as well as ongoing new customers, that you can step right into and continue. Her legacy is your opportunity.
Middletown is the southern gateway village to Lake County on the northern edge of the Bay Area, and next to the Napa Valley, and with many of its own boutique wineries, including Clear Lake, the state's largest natural lake within its boundaries, a casino less than five minutes away, and famous Harbin Hot Springs less than fifteen.
The setting is very special. Oasis is a fit description for the natural, but cultivated environment that has been created, so it is a destination in and of itself.
The property is 1.15 acres of level landscaped land that runs down to the banks of St Helena Creek, which flows down from St Helena Mountain into Lake County, and runs, full and refreshing, all year long. The gardens are well set out with a pond and a waterfall feature, such that, to wander here, is a delight. No wonder guests that have stayed here, return again and again.
Each of the cabins is a well-appointed studio with a tile bathroom, tea and coffee station, small refrigerator, microwave, and a small private outdoor deck with outdoor table and chairs to take in your lovely surroundings. It's a place where you can breathe easy before you embark on what else might have drawn you to Lake County.
The home is at the front of the property, hiding the cabins, so you wouldn't even know, other than the sign on the road, what lies beyond. It is a roomy 1980 manufactured home in well maintained condition with a detached garage in front. There is a large living area, with room for a desk area, with a wood stove, as well as a dining area, where you can place a large table, for formal entertaining.
From here, through French doors, the home opens and expands onto a covered deck, looking out on the grounds, with a closed in porch to the side creating an atrium, and then a space for a large hot tub, where you can soak away any troubles and which you can make available to the B&B guests if you desire.
The home has three decently-sized bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bathroom has twin sinks, and a separate shower, and garden tub. The brand new central heat and air conditioning system was fully upgraded in the last year. Other than upgrades you might choose to do, there is no obvious deferred maintenance.
It has a laundry room with ample storage for the guest room supplies.
The cabins were built by the current owner in 1997 for the specific purpose of building short-term rental income and that goal has been completely fulfilled to the present. Her annual income exceeds $50,000, and had been as high as approaching $75,000, which is excess of 10% gross return, without counting the home you get as well. She is able to operate it fully herself, making use of the online marketing services available. She also brings in a housekeeper for the cabins as she chooses. With the nature of the property as a business, this may enable you to claim the home expenses as a tax deduction, a significant financial advantage.
There are two septic systems, one for the house, and the other for the cabins.
Should the power go out, no worries, you have a 20K BTU Generac generator.
The grounds are irrigated by an onsite well that is 32 feet deep, along with two storage tanks totaling 3700 gallon capacity, so there is no additional utility cost to keep everything green and idyllic during the long summers.
Feel like stretching your legs? Take a stroll down the paths, through the beautiful sheltering oak groves, by the fruit trees, to the back of the property beneath the lovely overhanging trees that seem to protect the place, and set it apart from intrusion, down to the pond, with the waterfall, and to the creek. You notice you are breathing it all in, both the natural smells, and the sound of rushing water. It's a refreshing experience that feels like another world. And it is completely available to your guests. This is the Backyard Garden Oasis.
Video of St Helena Creek at Middletown Backyard Garden Oasis
Perhaps you have an extended family, whom you would like to able to accommodate close to you. This property could serve that possibility?
Or some sort of small retreat center where you would like to be able to host participants, or clients in a special setting?
Or you would like to create a circumstance where you might live with others who need their own space, but where you can also live cooperatively in community? This could work for that?
Floor Plans
The property has possibilities that can't easily be found anywhere else.
