For Sale By Owner
270 Robinson Road, Saltspring Island, B.C.

Type of siding: Cedar
Roof: metal with 5 skylights
Lot Size: 4.97 acres
Water: 6 gal/min well
Electrical: 200+ amps, some 220 V service from previous industrial use, wired for an exterior hot tub
Taxes: $2740.94 (2006)
Garage/Carport: 2 parking areas
Driveway: Separate from the upper level includes a parking lot and a separate driveway into the loading bay.
Close to: 1 mile from Ganges
Possession available: TBA

Grounds

Trails link forested land, surrounding organic pastures, fields, and gardens. With the consent of neighbours, these trails could be connected through arched cedar-bough gateways to other trails on adjacent land. A stone lined fire-pit includes bench seating for many.

Gardens (partial list) Domestic. Organic raised beds; herb gardens; crab apple, plum, lime, magnolia, rowan, and hemlock, trees; grapes, strawberries, raspberries, teaberries, rhubarb, cultivated wild berries. Native. Trilliums, salal, miners lettuce, mushrooms, huckleberries, salmonberries, black raspberries, elderberries, cedar trees, fir trees, hemlock, maple, alder. Native healing. Oregon grape, yellow dock, burdock, red and white clover, cleavers, plantain, turkey tails, foxglove.

Fences surround everything except the panhandle driveway. Rather than burn the slash left over from selective logging, the debris was hand stacked into berms surrounding 70% of the property. This has provided habitat for wildlife, and new forms of life continuously emerge and develop from this delightful fence. Arched gateways made from cedar boughs link neighborhood trail ways. Cedar bough fences have been woven through various areas, decoratively adding charm and privacy. Snake-rail fences, created from old growth logs salvaged from the land, wrap around the entrance to the home. Cedar posts, with their ends burned to protect them against rot without the use of chemicals, have been used to fence and cross-fence pastures and to support berry patches.

Outbuildings. Chicken coop, large dog house surrounded by a pen, 2 custom cedar outhouses strategically located for outdoor needs, pump house/workshop with a storage shed addition, large woodshed filled with seasoned firewood off the main entrance, small storage shed on the studio's grounds.

Covenants on this and four adjoining properties protect the northeast border of the property, preventing the cutting of trees and any building within a 25-to-75 foot band on either side of the property line. These covenants link five titles, resulting in acres of beautiful green space and native habitat. Trails weaving through the properties interconnect through cedar-bough arched gateways.

Easements The 66-foot-wide panhandle entrance - is shared by this and the adjoining 10-acre parcel. A reciprocal easement agreement, allows both property owners to widen and share this space. A hydro easement, located at the top-northwestern corner, permits the neighbouring property to use existing power poles on this property, thus ensuring an environmentally sensitive, low-impact use of the land.