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"Never Say Dark!"
Secluded Hillside Home

6700 MacBeth
$325,000
(Past Listing, for illustrative purposes only)

"Never Say Dark" is the theme of this sun-catching home on the Anchorage Hillside. A unique architectural design to exploit the 1.3 acre site, this home has three sides, eliminating the dark northern exposure. There are 56 windows, triple glazed for energy-efficiency and five sliding double glass doors.

This is the Martin residence, the home of a retired Alaska Airlines lead mechanic and his wife, who built the home with care and attention to detail and energy efficiency in every respect. It is located at the end of a dead-end road that is only a half-mile of level access from the state-maintained road to downtown Anchorage, a 20 minute commute.

An open floor plan, the entire upper level of this three-level home is the main living area, a great room concept that ensures the most light to enter from every angle. The bright pine floors are finished with durable epoxy. The floor-to-ceiling fireplace is the centerpiece of the room, dividing living and family rooms with different finishes on each side of it.

The charming pond and natural stream beside the paved driveway houses native whitefin trout. Moose, birds and other wild creatures abound: a moose calved in the yard last year. Because of the excellent and varied tree cover and the owners' maintenance of feeders, the property supports an unusually large avian population and variety of species. Gardening has been a hobby at this home for many years; the yard sports an abundance of flowers and landscaped trees, shrubs and lawn.