2442 645th Avenue, Lot#WP001, Albia, IA 52531 - Monroe County

This 77-acre acreage in Monroe County is truly an outdoorsman’s and homesteader’s paradise. Sitting on a hard-surface road, it features a gorgeous home and multiple outbuildings and is uniquely set up for hunting, fishing, livestock, and gardening.It’s located only 4 miles south of Albia and 4 miles north of Moravia on Old Highway 5, with just over an hour’s drive to Des Moines.This beautiful acreage truly has everything you would want in a southern Iowa homestead: a spacious house with a pond close by for entertaining family and friends, multiple buildings to store your belongings and equipment, space to raise your own food and livestock, and hunting and fishing right out your back door. What else could you ask for?The ranch-style house has a very open and spacious feel inside. It features five bedrooms and two bathrooms, including a main suite and a bedroom up in the loft area, with around 2,800 finished square feet of living space. The house is plumbed with propane to fuel the appliances and provide a lighting source. The main heat source for the home is a Kitchen Queen wood-burning stove with a cooktop. The home also has a covered porch and an attached garage with tons of storage space.As you step outside to the concrete patio area, you will notice all the landscaping and enjoy the views of the pond. There is plenty of space to relax and grill while the kids play on the swing set, in the covered sandbox, or pick fruit from one of the established fruit trees or grapevines.A short walk from the house, you will notice a large greenhouse and established garden areas. The greenhouse is currently planted and irrigated to produce strawberries. You could enjoy a little extra income by selling some of the strawberries and getting an early jump on your garden vegetables, which will produce a very rewarding food source for you and your family.The property currently has four ponds, of which three are stocked. They include several species of fish, including walleye, crappie, catfish, bass, and multiple species of bluegill. The pond closest to the house provides a good place to fish, and an all-around perfect place to gather and have fun at all times of the year. It has its own island in the middle, and multiple bridges lead to it. On the island, you will enjoy a picnic shelter, covered boat ramp, diving board, and a fire pit to gather around as the sun goes down. There is also a section around the edge of the pond where sand has been added for a more pleasant swimming experience.The property has five large steel-sided outbuildings, currently serving multiple purposes. They include a hay shed on the edge of the pasture, a large barn with horse stalls, a tack room, and a hayloft; an insulated riding arena, which has additional stalls, a tack room, a hayloft, and a wash bay with hot water; next to that is a smaller shed with a concrete floor, currently used for raising dogs, that is insulated and heated; and a large shop near the house equipped with more horse stalls, a garage area, and plenty of room to work on and store all of your toys and equipment.Beyond the yard, the property comprises approximately 12 acres of fenced-in pasture for grazing, multiple alfalfa fields currently being cut for hay, and three more ponds. The back 53 acres have been constantly improved for deer hunting over the last decade. The current owner has spent countless hours improving the habitat and huntability of this property. He’s established food plots, done some TSI work, put in concrete creek crossings and wooden walk bridges, and maintained a great trail system that allows you to access all parts of the property to hunt and maintain the food plots. There are multiple food plot locations with a variety of food sources planted to feed the deer all season long, including soybeans, alfalfa, brassicas, and apple trees. There are also some great bedding areas with established switchgrass plantings on the south slopes, along with some thick draws and bottoms in the timber. Switchgrass and pampas grass screenings have also been established along the field edges, allowing you to access your stands undetected and providing privacy from neighboring properties as well. The result of all the habitat improvement has been a true success, with the landowner having harvested multiple trophy deer on the property, including a giant 189" buck.Are you looking for more space where you can raise your kids outdoors and maybe give them a more meaningful way of life than you might otherwise be able to where you’re currently at? Or maybe you want to experience a more self-sufficient way of life and live off the land while providing for your family? If this sounds like a property you can imagine yourself living on, please give me a call. I’d be happy to show it to you. My name is Hersh Smith with the Southeast Iowa Land Team, proudly representing Whitetail Properties Real Estate.Items excluded from the sale: Portable solar charging building and garden shed near the house, small livestock shed east of the riding arena, and indoor and outdoor dog panels in the building northeast of the house.