41562 Lodge Rd - Columbiana County - Ohio : only 45 minutes to Pittsburgh Airport

Only the second time ever on the market, this well-known and prestigious home offers one of the best vistas in Columbiana County where it sits perched upon a hilltop overlooking breathtaking views of the surrounding valley which includes a large swath of land held by a perpetual land-preserve trust (donated to trust by previous owner of this house).

The most prominent feature of the home is its 1024 square foot (36’ diameter) circular room featuring walls of windows that bring the spectacular scenery of the surrounding countryside into you year-round through a nearly 270-degree panoramic view.  You have to experience the scene in person to fully appreciate the scale of the vista, as you can see for miles in multiple directions.  Other rooms offer additional spectacular views of the property and countryside through all seasons with abundant windows throughout the home

Priced to sell quickly thanks to a corporate-relocation package, now is your chance to own this home at an unbelievably low price - under $64/sqft for this magnificent and unique modern home that includes 18.1 acres of land that is roughly 6 acres planted in grass, 6 acres of trees, and 6 acres of farmland (leased to a local Mennonite farmer currently -- no obligation to continue leasing or farming it unless you choose to). There is ample room, both indoors and outdoors, for most any activity you can imagine.

• Large and Open: this cedar-sided modern contemporary custom home for sale has an incredibly open floor-plan covering nearly 5600 square feet of finished living space. The views are unrivaled thanks to a sweeping and nearly 270-degree panoramic view from the 1000+ square-foot round room of windows situated looking over the valley! Walls of windows face the surrounding valley, while the "front" profile of the house (as seen from the driveway) suggests a much more modest Ranch home. The first level is 3454-square-feet, and the fully-finished lower-level adds another 2100+ square-feet that gives you walk-out access to the East lawn in just 6 short steps to a patio door. The lower-level rooms all face the valley and have large windows starting just above the outside ground-level, which is waist-high — it is very open and well lit with natural light year-round.
• Built Solid: the foundation is poured-concrete-filled-block with re-bar; there is extensive use of structural steel (i.e., "I-Beams" and steel-tubing columns) throughout the main living portion of the home. This home was built to last! Multiple insurance-companies have placed the replacement-cost (to build new) at between $550,000 and $630,000 dollars, just for the main house, due to the high-grade construction used throughout! The round-room can be rotated 360-degrees to reposition the kitchen, dining, and living-area to your liking if you choose, as it is built upon an I-Beam-framed turntable-type design; this is one of only a handful of rotating-room homes in the World (a design typically seen in "sky needle" type revolving room restaurants and similar).
• High-Quality Amenities: there is widespread use of hardwoods throughout the house, including Walnut woodworking and solid-cherry kitchen cabinets. With added amenities like a SwimEx (aka, "swim-spa") for year-round swim-training, whirlpool hot-tub, large steam-room, and large red-cedar sauna, this home offers all sorts of entertaining and recreation possibilities. An external finished cedar-sided hangar (or 3-car garage) and small airstrip/runway complement the property -- ideal for a small helicopter and/or large-scale model-airplane enthusiasts!
• Private and Quiet: there is very little traffic anywhere nearby, and you can spend hours without hearing a car pass by. Nighttime defines the term "quiet" - there is rarely a noise to be heard. The night-sky is as awesome as the daytime views of the area... you will be hard pressed to find a better stargazing or amateur astronomy site so free of ambient light at night. The runway is a great place to enjoy unobstructed views and set up a telescope in the evening or to fly kites in the daytime.
• Crestview Schools District: this school district ranks very high on the GreatSchools.org site and consistently performs well above State averages by all measures.
• Income Taxes: there is only a local School-District-Tax of 1%, to help maintain the high-quality education offered by the local Crestview Schools.
• Property Taxes: exceptionally reasonable and low tax rates! The annual property taxes are approximately 1% of the sale-price of the home. This compares quite favorably to nearly anywhere in the United States!
• County Services: having previously lived in a larger suburb of Cleveland, we were absolutely amazed at the wonderful job the Columbiana County road and maintenance crew does at keeping the roads plowed and repaired. They even mow the edges of the property by the street!
• Great Home-Office Location: the "Spa" wing currently doubles as a home-office, as it has a completely separate entrance way from the driveway and plenty of space for desks and the like. Internet connectivity supports remote office work via affordable high-speed Internet (both Sprint and Verizon); Internet is easily shared throughout the house with wireless networking. Whether you are a musician, author, artist, photographer, real-estate agent, insurance agent, financial planner, lawyer, accountant, software developer / programmer, or any other variety of professional with the freedom to work from your home, there is plenty of space and beautiful views awaiting you at your home-office.
• ...and much more! Continue looking over the pictures and descriptions on this site for more detail. If you are interested in seeing the home for potential purchase, refer to the contact information herein.

• Central Security and Fire-Alarm System: the ADT Central Security System covers the entire house and external garages. Security System employs multi-level motion-sensor and intrusion-detection measures, and also integrates whole-house fire/smoke detection to put you at ease in the security of your home.
• FREE Walker-brand Mower: purchase this home by October, 2010 and the owner will leave, at no charge, a low-hours Kubota-powered zero-turn Walker riding mower for maintaining the grounds (cost over $10K new)!
• Central Intercom/Music: NuTone whole-house intercom and music system.
• Owned Water-Purification System: no need to lease any water filtration system; an owned Kinetico multi-stage whole-house water purification system is included.
• Full Original Blue-Prints: the original architectural prints, as well as photos showing the construction, will remain with the house.
• Tilt-able Radio/TV Tower: a tall hinged tilt-down hobby-radio / TV antenna monopole mast tower makes for easy servicing of any shortwave or other antenna you may choose to mount, with wires run via underground conduit to the home.
• Ample Power: the home has its own on-property electric transformer that provides peak power of 350-Amps (2-phase); this should accommodate most any hobbies and home-shop equipment.
• ...and more!

• Dinner parties and entertaining in an open setting that allows you to showcase your cooking while being fully immersed in the activities of the moment — the open floor plan and spectacular views make for unrivaled get-togethers!
• Movies, games, music and more in the media room — a phenomenal place to demonstrate your latest audio-visual equipment and watch your favorite movies or TV shows and listen to your music.
• Running / Walking — the perimeter of the portion of the property planted in grass makes for a nearly ½ mile running or walking route!
• Golfing — plenty of room to practice your golf game and drive balls for hundreds of yards; a half-dozen+ nearby Golf Courses are within a 5 to 10 mile radius.
• Airplanes / Helicopters / Kites — there is plenty of room to land a helicopter here, and the small runway will accommodate even the largest model airplanes. The open grass hilltop is also perfect for unobstructed kite-flying.
• Biking — there are some great bike routes nearby with varying degrees of difficult.
• Cross-Country Skiing — plenty of room on the grounds and adjoining fields for this Winter sport.
• Astronomy and Stargazing — incredibly dark night-sky that is perfect for viewing faint objects in the sky with the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope.
• Gardening — use some or all of the currently farmed 6 acres for your own garden. You can grow ample food for your entire family and many more.
• Target Shooting — use the small hill to the North of the house as a large earthen backstop for safety, if target-shooting is your thing.
• Art and Photography — whether for a hobby or a business, the inspiring year-round views would provide a perfect backdrop for photos and inspiration for your artwork.
• Relaxation — it is most often incredibly quiet here! Nighttime brings nearly absolute silence. Wonderful and refreshing!

• Columbiana, Ohio : merely 5 miles due North via Lower-Elkton Rd., this town of over 6,000 offers most common goods and services in less than a 10-minute drive.
• Boardman, Ohio : a 20-25 minute drive places you in the local shopping super-center of the area, with all the major stores/brands you would expect of any major Metro region. This Southern suburb of Youngstown - of 40,0000 citizens and many more employees and consumers - is bustling every day and evening of the week, offering plenty of national-brand and local restaurants, grocery stores (including the regional favorite Rulli Brothers), and nearly every type of goods and services imaginable for you, your home, and your property.
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : the Pittsburgh, PA International Airport is a short 40-45 minute drive; a few minutes further and you reach the Robinson Town Center shopping region and Mall in the near-West suburb of Pittsburgh at I-79/I-376 - featuring Ikea, CostCo, and a huge assortment of other major stores. World-class medical facilities at UPMC are nearby too.
• Cleveland, Ohio : the Eastern suburbs of Cleveland are easily within an hour drive (Hudson, Streetsboro, Twinsburg, Macedonia, Solon, etc) as is the greater Akron and Canton area); the Cleveland International Airport is roughly a 90 minute drive as are the world-renowned Cleveland-Clinic Foundation and University Hospitals medical facilities.
• Salem, Ohio : within a 15 minute drive, this town of 12,000+ offers many stores and services in addition to having some very charming, fancy older homes throughout the town.
• Lisbon, Ohio : just a few miles away is the Columbiana County-Seat which also is home to Ohio's Governor Ted Strickland.
• Other nearby villages and attractions : Beaver Creek State Park and State Forest - featuring operating grist-mill, hiking, biking, kayaking and rafting possibilities; Rogers Ohio - home to the largest Flea-Market in the tri-State region - a great place to buy produce cheap; And, within walking distance, Trickling Springs Country Store - a Mennonite-owned store featuring all the kitchen baking essentials of meats, cheeses, eggs, flours, and other bulk-goods at reasonable prices. Other nearby towns and villages include: Leetonia, East Palestine, New Waterford, East Fairfield, Middleton, Hanoverton, and more.