1259 Dubuque Dr, Otley, IA 50214

Welcome home to this beautiful house on the prairie! Linger on the open front porch for a cup of coffee at sunrise. Once inside you’ll find an open floor plan with hardwood floors, skylights/huge windows, custom light fixtures and a pallet/barn wall. Open kitchen is full of updated appliances with a nice pantry and darling nook overlooking the stunning backyard. Master on main is light and airy with a tray ceiling, adjoining bath with double sinks, tile shower, huge tub, and nice walk-in closet. Two more bedrooms with large windows and a bathroom with tub/shower on the main floor. From the hallway there’s easy access to a huge conditioned bonus room space above the garage (we use it as a bedroom for two!) - lots of possibilities! Through the laundry/mud room you go down to the fully-finished walk-out basement. Nice open space with kitchenette, full bathroom, extra large bedroom and bonus office/bedroom/craft space. Entire home has been repainted in the last two years in modern, fresh but still neutral colors. Back upstairs, off the living room/kitchen is a huge new wood deck perfect for grilling with friends, evenings around the fire, sunset watching or star gazing. Property is 10+ acres of gorgeous, private land just waiting to be enjoyed and explored by your family. A unusually clean and clear 2-acre natural/low maintenance pond with new fishing/swimming dock ready for great fishing, SUP-boards/kayaks, ice skating/fishing, bird watching- one of our favorite places ever! Army Corps land to the West (so private - nothing will ever block those sunset views!), old oak timber to the North, pasture to the East (happy calf-spotting in the summer) and a lovely rolling field/valley to the South...the views in every direction are truly special. Huge space for a garden (you may get lots of strawberries and volunteer tomatoes!), peach, pear and apple trees, several acres of native prairie tall grasses with walking/four wheel/dirt bike trails...giant old oaks to climb and wild raspberries, plums and morels to hunt. Pheasants, turkeys, bald eagles, tons of birds, deer...a nature lover’s dream! A wood-burning furnace heats the whole house with timber from your woods or Amazon boxes. ;) Attached 2-car garage along with a large pole barn/shop (45x48) with partial concrete floor and built in shelving. Could use for storage, RV/tractor parking, animals, indoor skateboard park, AirBnb, hobby woodworking space...the options are endless! Quick drive to Monroe (Jersey Freeze!), 4 min to Cordova Park, 12 min to Knoxville, 15 min to Pella, 23 min to Newton, 24 min to Altoona- perfectly in the middle of everywhere and nowhere at the same time. If you’ve been on the hunt for a dream acreage, give us a call and come take a stroll around this one-of-a-kind property. Buyers agents welcome and a lot of the furniture/lawn equipment is negotiable. Moving out of state so we’re traveling light. Call or text 641-780-7846 or 641-230-1188 to set up a time to take a look before it’s gone.