Are you looking for a home that makes every day feel like a getaway? This custom cedar and stone home, built and lived in by well-known stone mason Kenny Baker, combines the best of rustic and modern, creating a calm, comfortable atmosphere. The home is an oasis tucked away on a forested acre, just a 7-minute drive to shopping, 10 minutes to campus/downtown, and a little over a mile to the Lake Monroe Pine Grove ramp, adjacent to a protected wilderness area and rated the #1 spot in Indiana for launching kayaks. The versatile three-level home opens with a spacious living room featuring hardwood floors and windows on three sides framing nature?s beauty. Opposite the living area is an updated eat-in kitchen that stuns with cherry custom cabinets and maple countertops crafted by Nancy Hiller, a deep kitchen double sink, blue tile floors, and black appliances. A screened porch spans the back of the house, offering a relaxing outdoor living space overlooking a forest where songbirds, a wide variety of woodpeckers, and cheeky squirrels provide color and entertainment. Upstairs are two bedrooms with ample closet space and a full bath. On the lower level, which opens onto a walkout patio, a family room with painted concrete floors and wood burning stove adds to the coziness and character of the property. A potential third bedroom (currently set up as a study with custom-built bookshelves), a commodious closet, and an updated full bath round out the lower level. Sellers have installed a new heat pump HVAC system and new refrigerator in the past few months and have maintained their property with loving care. The front yard is low-maintenance, with lovely perennial blooms that will surprise and delight you in spring, summer, and fall. Now more than ever, it feels good to be able to escape from the crowds and recharge in a natural setting, whether it?s every day or for well-deserved breaks. Welcome home.
Single-familyProperty Type
1981Year Built
1 acresLot Size
$227Est. Price/Sq.Ft.
Listed by Jeff Warden• Realty Professionals
Bought with Gigi Larmour-Goldin• RE/MAX Acclaimed Properties
*Taxable value of land and structures on it ("additions") is determined regularly by local assessors and does not affect market price.
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
3
Baths
2
Stories
1.8
Lot width
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Lot depth
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Lot size
1 Acre
Year renovated
1999
Sq. Ft.
1,508
Year built
1981
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Monroe County
APN
530721300017000014
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
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Garage
—
Features
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Last updated by owner on Oct 13, 2026.
CR
AREA 3
Conservation Residential District
The character of the Conservation Residential (CR) District is defined as that which is primarily intended to provide a residential option (planned unit or cluster development) at environmentally sound locations while protecting the environmentally sensitive watersheds of Lake Griffey and Monroe Reservoir. Its purposes are to protect the environmentally sensitive watershed, especially the floodplain and steep slopes, to permit limited single family residential development on very large lots or in subdivisions (planned unit or cluster development) at environmentally sound locations, to discourage the development of nonresidential uses, to discourage the development of sanitary sewer systems except for existing development and to maintain the character of the surrounding neighborhood. Development in the CR District is hindered by concern over the watershed environment, and, in some cases, extreme topography, poor access and the availability of few or no public services. Therefore, the number of uses permitted in the CR District is limited. Some uses are conditionally permitted. The conditions placed on these uses are to insure their compatibility with the watershed environment and lowdensity residential uses. The development of new residential activities proximate to known mineral resource deposits or extraction operations may be buffered by increased setback distance.