Recreational Land with Home for Sale in Howe, Texas

Rancho Santa Maria offers one of the highest elevations from the Red River to the Gulf of America. This impressive 79.46-acre estate delivers exceptional privacy, abundant wildlife & remarkable enhanced natural settings. Entrance features a private mile-long drive, solar security gates, & a second secured gated entry with intercom. Highlights include a professional maintained 10-acre, 40' deep stocked bass freshwater lake, beautiful 100' TREX lighted dock w covered gazebo overlook beautiful lake with lighted fountain. Enjoy the 1-acre stocked pond in a beautiful park-like recreation area. Swim or float in recent rebuilt salt swimming pool & spa, drive golf balls on driving range, & jog or walk the one-mile private road through hardwood forest, native Texas grasslands with wildflowers. The one-story well maintained brick residence features 10' & 12' ceilings, natural brightness with 60 Pella windows & doors, marble fireplace, lovely wood stoves, renovated kitchen with Italian tumbled marble walls, 3 lg Sub-Zero refrigeration, recent Jenn-Air appliances, & durable boreal honed creme marble floors. High rated Mueller GalvAluminum flat roofing of home & garage with lightning rod system. Excellent 1000' deep freshwater well, professional tested & maintained, chemical free & delicious provides all water needs for drink, cook, sprinklers for organic gardens, orchards, & swim pool refills. A huge 100Kw Generac diesel generator professional maintained quarterly assures tremendous peace of mind, in addition to the newly buried fiber optic services to all estate communications needs provides support for off-grid living for many months. Improvements include roomy two 4-car brick garages & two 1,545 sq ft guest houses never lived in, each with 3-bedroom, 2 bath, porches, & Lopi wood stoves. Texas Wildlife Exemption granted to current owner who enjoy very low carrying costs, $3500 year prop taxes, $8000 Allstate prop Ins. No HOA, PID, PUD, MUD, TIF fees. Welcome to Paradiso.