High Country Berries

HOUSE:

• 2 story Cape Cod
• Built 2004
• 10 x 40’ covered veranda with vinyl railings
• New roof, shutters, and siding repairs fall of 2023
• Main floor:
  • 1083 sq ft
  • 2 bedroom / 1 bath
  • Main floor laundry
  • Maple hardwood throughout except bath, laundry and entry those are laminate tile
• Upstairs:
  • 858 sq ft
  • Semi-finished open concept floor plan
• Basement:
  • 1083 sq foot, unfinished
  • Walls insulated and ready for drywall
  • Cement floor, includes tubing for in-floor heat system
  • Plumbed for future bathroom
• Furnace – Natural gas 2 stage high efficiency new November 2023
• HWT – Natural gas, 40 gal. High efficiency new March 2021
• Rust Buster water filter system

OUT BUILDINGS:

• 14’ x 18’ shop/storage (new shingles 2023)
• 5’ x 14.5’ metal insulated shed
• 10’ x 16’ shed (new shingles 2021) with 12’ x 16’ lean to
• 8’ x 12’ garden shed

PROPERTY:

• 5-acre parcel c/w producing u-pick berry farm
  • Personal areas:
    • 135 sq ft raised garden bed (30” high)
    • Tilled garden spots
    • Established asparagus bed
    • 5 varieties of producing prairie cherries trees
    • 3 varieties of producing apple trees (have used in u-pick operation)
    • Back yard, private area with small firepit

ESTABLISHED BERRY FARM:

• Berries offered: saskatoon, haskaps and raspberries (black, yellow & red)
• 2 acres of saskatoons planted in the year 2000. (v. Smokey & Northline)
• Raspberries:
  • 120 row feet Wyoming Black
  • 240 row feet Yellow Honey Queen
  • 240 row feet of Saskatchewan Red Mammoth
  • 120 row feet of various red varieties
• Haskaps: 1180 row feet. 6 varieties (yr. planted):
  • Arora (2011)
  • Borealis (2011)
  • Tundra (2011)
  • Boreal Blizzard (2017)
  • Boreal Beauty (2017)
  • Boreal Beast (2018)
• Equipment & supplies:
  • Netting and netting infrastructure
  • Fencing
  • Chemicals, and applicators
  • Customer picking supplies

• Business includes:
  • Website
  • Signage
  • Logo/labels
  • Name and goodwill
  • Tested recipes (had operated commercial kitchen for farm products, now shut down)

LOCATION:

• Central Alberta, SE corner of the County of Clearwater
• On a well maintained no exit gravel road
• Property backs onto bush/pasture quarter
• 5 km off highway 54 between Village of Spruceview and the Village of Caroline
• 45 min drive to Red Deer, 2 – 2.5-hour drive to Edmonton or Calgary
• ½ hour drive North of  Sundre
• Less than a mile off the best trout fishing stream in North America
• Access to bow and rifle hunting, Moose, elk, deer etc.
• Short drive to the Rocky Mountains

UTILITIES:

• Water: 180 ft well, output approx. 30 gal./per minute, new pump 2022
• Sewer: Septic tank with 150 ft field system, new pump 2022
• Natural Gas (house only)
• All out buildings except small garden shed wired with 210-amp power. 5 ground fault plugins throughout yard.
• Telephone, land line provided through Telus. Good cell phone coverage.
• Internet, access to 5G internet

TAXES:

• 2023 Property taxes = $2,263.77

Other farm equipment (i.e. tractor) can be sold with property at their own FMV

OLDER COMPLETE SELF-CONTAINED KITCHEN TRAILER:

• Was used as commercial kitchen. In operation 2017 – 2022
• 5’ X 45’ trailer on wheels, 2 entries
• 8’ x 8’ walk-in cooler
• 400 gal. water tank and pressure system
• Set up for propane
• Forced air furnace, new 2017
• 40 gal hot tank, new 2017
• 260 gal. grey water holding tank with submersible pump and heater
• Air conditioning
• Large double sink, shelves, cupboards, large table, separate baking centre c/w butcherblock countertop.
• Appliances:
  • Dishwasher
  • Up right freezer
  • 6 burner, 2 oven stove c/w Grill
  • Overhead exhaust fan unit c/w fire suppression
  • Large commercial mixer c/w dough hooks
  • Small bar fridge
• Wooden deck and loading dock
• Additional freezers