Talk about timing. A Hawaii property containing a working Christmas tree farm sold as the calendar counted down to the holiday.
Set high in the hillside community of Launiupoko on Maui’s west side, the nearly three-acre spread also contains a bungalow, a barn and an orchard with a variety of fruit trees. The site takes in sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean, sunsets and the neighboring islands of Lanai and Molokai.
The custom bungalow was designed to blend easily into the environment.
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Built in 2003, the eco-friendly custom home has two bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms within its 1,024 square feet. Plank floors continue throughout the open plan living area and adjoining light-filled kitchen. A wraparound lanai extends the living space outdoors.
The low-profile house is in the Plantation style, as evidenced by the vertical plank siding and the wide hipped roof set at a slight pitch. A photovoltaic system on the roof provides energy-saving power.
The Maui property has panoramic ocean and sunset views.
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The 980-square-foot barn includes a two-car garage with an upper level office/bedroom, a living room, a kitchen with an eat-at island and a bathroom. A deck sits off the living area. There’s also an outdoor shower.
Anna Severson of Hawaii Life was the listing agent for 60 E. Huapala Place #B, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. She also represented the buyers, a family who will make Maui their full-time home.
The main house has an open floor plan incorporating the living areas and the kitchen.
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“This is … symbolic, to purchase the property in time for the holiday,” Severson says. “We are seeing more families buying to live on Maui, rather than purchasing as a vacation home.”
The property, set between Lahaina to the north and Olowalu to the south, sold for US $2.7 million. It’s about two miles from downtown Lahaina.
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