10778 E Calle Linda Vista Tucson AZ 85748 Home For Sale

Stories: One

Construction: Frame - Stucco

Style: Contemporary

Roof: Tile

Living Areas: Family Room; Great Room

Dining Areas: Formal Dining Room

Kitchen Features: Dishwasher; Garbage Disposal

Laundry: Laundry Room

Extra Room: Den; Exercise Room

Guest Facilities: None

Interior Features: Low Emissivity Windows

Fireplace Location: Family Room

Floor Covering: Carpet; Ceramic Tile

Window Covering: Stay

Technology: Cable TV

Main Cooling: Zoned

Main Heating: Natural Gas; Zoned

Electric: Solar PV System

Sewer: Connected

Security: Alarm Installed

Green Features: Bath Exhaust Out; Rainwater Harvesting; Solar Hot Water Sys

Patio/Deck: Covered

Pool: None

Spa: None

Landscape - Front: Low Care

Landscape - Rear: Low Care

View: Mountains

Road Type: Paved

RV Parking: Not Allowed

Lot Features: Subdivided

Neighborhood Feature: None

Terms: Cash; Conventional; VA

Property Disclosures: Unknown

Dual HVAC system with owned (not leased) solar electric system SPECIAL FEATURES 10778 E CALLE LINDA VISTA, TUCSON, AZ (Upgrades Highlighted) VIEW FROM THE STREET: Beautiful mature tall Desert Willow dominates and provides privacy, complemented by a Vitex tree with lilac-purple flowers, barrel and prickly pear cactus, yucca, lantana, Mexican bird-of-paradise and Arizona Yellow Bells, in season. Fragrant gardenias line the walkway to the front door. VIEWS FROM THE HOUSE: From the windows in the home and from the back patio, all four mountain ranges are visible: Catalina, Rincon, Santa Rita and Tucson mountains. You can even see the city's sparkling lights in the distance! Every window in the house frames a stunning view of the garden or natural Sonoran desert. From the back patio, you look out on 40 acres of natural Sonoran desert, protected by a permanent easement. Just outside the see-through fence and garden walls you can watch a parade of bunnies, doves and quail, and an occasional javelina herd or coyote, moving among lush desert trees, shrubs, and flowering cactus, including Saguaros. ENTRANCE: Red Saltillo tile highlights the entrance porch to a front door surrounded by colorful Mexican tile. You walk into the living room onto a tiled entry. To the left is the den, which leads into a larger room that can serve as a fourth bedroom or home office. FLOORING: Flooring is thick, high-quality carpet in living room, bedrooms and master bath. There are 12"-tile floors in the large family room/kitchen and hallways. TWO SIDE YARDS: There are beautifully landscaped, securely fenced and walled-in yards on both east and west sides of the house. Two large mesquite trees, along with 12 mature fruit trees and other vegetation make this property a gardener's paradise. There are three, waist-high masonry raised beds for growing vegetables and beautiful roses. Along the back patio, the owners built a 40- foot-long, custom flagstone terrace looking out over a peaceful desert view just a few feet away. In the west yard there are nine rose bushes,. The flagstone pavers extend from the patio through both side yards, each including a smaller patio for seating and enjoying the garden. In the west yard, a 20-foot-tall golden jubilee towers with orange flowers, butterflies and hummingbirds from spring through fall. A similar 20-foot-tall weeping acacia provides shade and privacy for the living room. Two jasmine plants in the east yard bring fragrance in through the east-facing bedroom windows during the spring. All vegetation is on an easily controlled drip irrigation system, with two lines, one for trees and one for shrubs and the raised beds. MASTER BEDROOM: The spacious master bedroom has a ceiling fan and plenty of room for furniture and an entertainment center. Wake up to views of nature through the wall of windows! The walk-in closet opens off the master bath, with its charming desert and garden views and separate dual-flush toilet. The master bath has new granite countertop and cabinets (built in 2015) with two sinks, a large mirror and built-in vanity! The highlight of this room is the tall windows that frame the tub on two sides, providing stunning views of the garden and desert. SUNSCREENS Sunscreens in the Master Bedroom and Master Bath provide both privacy and shading from the eastern and southern sun exposure. There are wired remote controls in the bathroom and a wireless remote control in the master bedroom. SECOND AND THIRD BEDROOMS: Both bedrooms have large closets, ceiling fans, plant shelves, and views to the garden in the east yard. They open onto the hallway, just a few steps away from the second bathroom. SECOND BATHROOM: The second bathroom has a new (2013) granite countertop and sink, along with a dual-flush toilet for water conservation. PERGOLA: There is a beautiful redwood pergola surrounded by climbing jasmine and pink Bower vines and a delightful fountain, with two stone benches on which you can sit in the shade and just admire the garden. The pergola is framed and shaded by a very productive semi-dwarf grapefruit tree. FOUNTAINS: Two stone fountains provide a soothing sound year-round, one on the back patio and the other under the pergola against the west garden wall. PATIO: You enter the back patio from the family room and can eat a meal or just relax while looking out into nature, protected by roll-down screens on two sides that you can raise and lower to keep sun out or let it in. There is a gas outlet to attach to your barbeque grill for easy cooking and entertaining. FAMILY ROOM: The family room is spacious, light and airy with a large, energy-efficient sliding door and easy-pull vertical blinds. The gas fireplace helps keep the chill out during winter, while the overhead fan provides cooling in summer. Large plant shelves above the vaulted ceiling provide plenty of room to store your beautiful objects d'art. An entertainment center can fit into the inset next to the fireplace. KITCHEN: Plenty of cabinet space above and below the new (2013) granite counter top makes cooking a pleasure. Cabinets below have roll out shelves to give easy access to pots and kitchen equipment. Top-of-the-line granite counter tops and the flat kitchen island with a large, stainless-steel single sink make it an aesthetic pleasure to prepare food, and the roll out pantry shelves provide even more storage room. A small window at eye level makes it easy to see what's happening in the west yard. There is a very quiet stainless steel Bosch dishwasher, and a stainless steel Frigidaire Gallery gas stove, oven and microwave. The well-lit kitchen features eight recessed overhead lighting fixtures as well as under-counter lights. A top-of-the-line reverse osmosis water filter was installed in 2015 under the sink with a fresh-water tap by the sink. HEALTHY HOME: Because one of the owners has multiple chemical sensitivities, they operate the home hygienically. No shoes are worn in the house, and the owners only use natural cleaning products with no chemicals or fragrances. They don't use any dryer sheets or personal products with fragrances. The A/C and heating units use thick 5" air filters that help keep the inside air clean. WATER PURIFICATION/TREATMENT SYSTEMS: The home has a new (2015) under-the-sink reverse osmosis system that is regularly serviced. There is a whole-house water softener, so that showers and sinks get soft water. The ion-exchange element (the resin in the water softener) was replaced in 2013, so it should be good for five more years. SECURITY: There is a wireless (cellular) ADT security system tied to all entrances into the home, along with six smoke detectors. A steel front door protects the entrance and a vertical window lets you see anyone at the door. The front porch is well lit with an overhead recessed light, and there are security lights with motion detectors all around the property. GARAGE: New (2016) Liftmaster Garage Door Opener! The 50-gallon solar/electric water heater provides plenty of hot water, and you can use 100% solar for most of the year. There is a water softener with new resin easily serviced with solar salt. Custom-designed storage Cabinets high up the back wall provide a place household and garden items. Same cabinetry is in the laundry room. DUAL-ZONE HVAC: The home has two A/C and heating zones, with two new American Standard Acculink fully programmable thermostats added in 2012. If the family only uses one zone at a time, the other half of the house can be set hotter or colder as desired. Electrical surge protectors protect both A/C units from damage. SOLAR: The home features a 3-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic system that provides about 3000-5000 kilowatt-hours per year of free electricity to the home, valued at about $300-$500 per year. The solar electric system has a 3-kilowatt inverter in the garage; as a totally passive system it needs no maintenance. The 40-sq.ft. rooftop solar water heater provides most of the family's hot water needs during the year with the backup electric turned off. The solar water heater's controller and pump were replaced in 2015, so it should provide trouble-free operation well into the future. It is a "drain back" system design, so never can freeze, as the water drains from the collector when the pump is off. ENERGY EFFICIENCY: All of the original large windows have been replaced with double-pane, low-e vinyl windows, so that the home is comfortable in summer and winter, with no "cold spots" from aluminum-frame windows. The two SEER-16 A/C systems were installed in 2011 and have been inspected twice a year by the original installer. Mature vegetation shades windows on the east, west and north from direct sunlight. Manual shades on the patio protect the living room and kitchen. The home had a formal energy audit in 2010 with tests for air infiltration, infrared heat loss, and duct pressurization. All systems tested within the normal range. The audit provided a HERS rating of 83 (scale of 1-100) for overall energy performance. The HERS rating compares this home's energy performance with that of a standard new home built to the 2009 Arizona energy code, signifying it was 17 percent more efficient than a typical home built in 2009. WATER CONSERVATION: In addition to the drip irrigation system, the home features dual-flush toilets, and a water-efficient dishwasher. Two, 200-gallon cisterns collect rainwater from half of the roof area for later use in the garden. Rain gutters in the east and west yards provide direct runoff into the yard for trees and shrubs. GREEN CERTIFICATION: The owners operated a home-based consulting business for six years. During that time, in 2010 the business became the first home-based business officially certified by the City of Tucson as a green business, because of its solar and energy-efficiency features, water conservation, waste recycling, and purchasing practices.