This is the family compound/retreat/dream-home build site that you have been looking for. Grab a picnic in Aptos Village and come be transformed by the beauty & potential that awaits. The sunny 2bd/1ba main house, charming 1br/1ba guest cottage, and two elegant yurts accommodate large groups with ease. Leave it as-is or keep building? There are an abundance of flat sunny sites ready for you to fulfill any architectural visions that you have. Gentle slopes allow access to almost all of the 8.4 acres. A child-like wonder takes over as you traverse whimsical pathways through redwood and madrone forests, meadows, gardens, fields, orchards, and more. Abutting Nisene Marks State Park, with access to 100's of acres of hiking & biking trails with the Five Fingers waterfalls just a short hike away, you may feel a world apart, but this is not off-grid living. You are fully connected with public electricity, and the only high-speed internet in the area. Welcome home. Property has an active red tag, and none of the structures are permitted.
Single-familyProperty Type
2000Year Built
8.4 acresLot Size
$923Est. Price/Sq.Ft.
50 spacesParking
Listed by Gretchen Bach•DRE #01888811• Coastwoods Real Estate
Contact: 831-234-1233
Bought with Stephanie McCormick•DRE #01912549• Intero Real Estate Services
Imagine owning your personal forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Just up from the newly renovated Aptos Village is a property unlike any the market has seen in recent years. 8.4 breathtaking acres spread across a redwood forest, through meadows & up to a ridge with a one bedroom home, views of the surrounding mountains & down into Nisene Marks State Park. Two additional cabins. Electricity & well water with multiple locations ideal for building a charming mountain home, guest cottages or other facilities you wish. Are you ready to create the retreat of your dreams? The possibilities are endless. * * * W O W * * * One of the nation's top redwood scientists recently visited the property & the forest behind it in Nisene Marks State Park to study the trees. The tallest tree they measured is 287 feet tall, which is astounding considering the age of the forest (logged in the 1890s). As far as they know this is the tallest second-growth forest around! * * * DON'T MISS THE VIDEO TOUR
SDMLS #301840650
Jan 8, 2019
Listing Removed
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May 11, 2018
Listed
$895,000
$806/sq ft
Public Records
Nov 9, 1990
Sold
$152,500
$137/sq ft
Public Records
Dec 7, 1977
Sold
$27,000
$24/sq ft
Public Records
Oct 13, 1976
Sold
$24,500
$22/sq ft
Public Records
Jun 22, 1972
Sold
$17,500
$16/sq ft
Public Records
Dec 17, 1971
Sold
$11,500
$10/sq ft
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$8,851 (+7.8%)
$568,276 + $135,304
$703,580
2024
$8,207 (+1.7%)
$557,134 + $132,652
$689,786
2023
$8,070 (+2.0%)
$557,134 + $132,652
$689,786
2022
$7,913 (+37.4%)
$546,210 + $130,050
$676,260
2021
$5,758 (+1.5%)
$535,500 + $127,500
$663,000
2020
$5,674 (+5.2%)
$279,778 + $196,380
$476,158
2019
$5,393 (−15.0%)
$276,910 + $194,366
$471,276
2018
$6,346 (+0.8%)
$271,480 + $190,556
$462,036
2017
$6,298 (+2.7%)
$260,936 + $281,782
$542,718
2016
$6,134 (+1.1%)
$260,936 + $281,782
$542,718
2015
$6,070 (+2.2%)
$255,820 + $276,256
$532,076
2014
$5,941 (+0.2%)
$247,042 + $266,776
$513,818
2013
$5,930 (+140.9%)
$247,042 + $266,776
$513,818
2012
$2,462 (+2.3%)
$245,926 + $265,570
$511,496
2011
$2,407 (+1.3%)
$215,408 + $3,590
$218,998
2010
$2,377 (−0.2%)
$211,184 + $3,520
$214,704
2009
$2,382 (+2.5%)
$209,606 + $3,494
$213,100
2008
$2,323
$210,104 + $3,502
$213,606
Tax history for 6121 Fern Flat Rd
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$8,851 (+7.8%)
$568,276 + $135,304
$703,580
2024
$8,207 (+1.7%)
$557,134 + $132,652
$689,786
2023
$8,070 (+2.0%)
$557,134 + $132,652
$689,786
2022
$7,913 (+37.4%)
$546,210 + $130,050
$676,260
2021
$5,758 (+1.5%)
$535,500 + $127,500
$663,000
2020
$5,674 (+5.2%)
$279,778 + $196,380
$476,158
2019
$5,393 (−15.0%)
$276,910 + $194,366
$471,276
2018
$6,346 (+0.8%)
$271,480 + $190,556
$462,036
2017
$6,298 (+2.7%)
$260,936 + $281,782
$542,718
2016
$6,134 (+1.1%)
$260,936 + $281,782
$542,718
2015
$6,070 (+2.2%)
$255,820 + $276,256
$532,076
2014
$5,941 (+0.2%)
$247,042 + $266,776
$513,818
2013
$5,930 (+140.9%)
$247,042 + $266,776
$513,818
2012
$2,462 (+2.3%)
$245,926 + $265,570
$511,496
2011
$2,407 (+1.3%)
$215,408 + $3,590
$218,998
2010
$2,377 (−0.2%)
$211,184 + $3,520
$214,704
2009
$2,382 (+2.5%)
$209,606 + $3,494
$213,100
2008
$2,323
$210,104 + $3,502
$213,606
*Taxable value of land and structures on it ("additions") is determined regularly by local assessors and does not affect market price.