76 Hancock Pond Rd, Denmark, ME 04022

Perched in the woods high on a hill this custom home was designed and built to be a healthy home, gentle to both the environment and the residents. Functionality is key to this custom designed built passive solar home. Constructed of post and beam interior framing and 2 x 6 exterior framing, double pane windows throughout and high quality insulation create an economical and comfortable year round interior environment. Convection heating and cooling are principal to the heartbeat of this home. The massive central fireplace chimney structure is not only a beautiful focal point of the home but functions as a solar heat storage system. Winter heating with the large Vermont Casting Defiant woodstove provides ambience as well as radiating heat that is captured within the central fireplace mass. During winter months, direct solar gain through spacious and abundant western facing windows provide additional collected heat as well as stunning mountain views. Additionally, an oil burning forced hot air furnace can be used if you choose not to use the woodstove, or go away for an extended period during the winter months. During the heating season the warm air rises through three-quarter partition walls in the home to the cathedral ceilings throughout and the cooler air settles back through the stairwell and repeats this continuous cycle. In the summer months the warmer air rises to the cathedral ceilings and with north and south windows open in the loft, convects the warm air out of the house, keeping it cooler in the summer without the use or expense of air conditioning. Ceiling fans assist in promoting continuous ventilation throughout the home. Stunning western mountain views are visible year-round while the seasonally forested canopy envelopes the home and creates a spectacularly natural and beautiful cooling system throughout the warmer seasons. Idyllic setting. Garage with horse stalls, close to skiing and lakes. One of kind.