When trying to adequately describe the $12.5 million home for sale in Deer Park in southwest Alabama, it’s hard to know where to start.
Start with the stunning 14,000-square-foot cottage-style home, complete with five bedrooms, 6 and a half bathrooms, movie theater, trophy room, gym and more. Or the 1,225 acres of pristine forests, with white-tailed deer, fallow deer, turkeys, doves, quail, ducks and other small game, as well as two 12-acre fishing lakes stocked with trophy bass?
Listed by Clinton Flowers of National Land Realty, the property offers paved frontage roads and over 30 miles of well-maintained road and trail systems.
The list notes that the deer population includes trophy deer, including more than 115 bucks with “monster Texas genetics.” For the past 10 years, the property has hosted a breeding program designed to improve the genetics of the deer population, with five breeding pens on the property.
In 2022, more than $400,000 worth of deer were released. Wildlife habitat is managed with a rotating burn control program and feeding program, with 7- and 20-ton silos on site, according to the listing.
There is more. There are over 15 food plots, including a 12+ acre farm field, 13 fiberglass hunting lodges, wood-built hunting lodges, and ladders throughout the property.
You like fishing? As mentioned, there are two 12-acre fishing lakes, stocked with trophy bass. There is also a 2.5 acre duck pond that is home to wood ducks, teal and other species.
Oh yes, there is also the house.
The house, built in 2011, was built from limestone brought to Alabama from a quarry in San Antonion, Texas. There is more than 20,000 square feet of living space, with 14,000 square feet heated and cooled, as well as a separate bunk and a building that houses equipment compartments.
In addition to the trophy room, gym and movie theater, other amenities include a craft room, storm shelter, gun safe, three-car garage and a great room with a massive fireplace and fireplace. built by hand. The kitchen has commercial quality appliances.
Behind the house is a large pool, with one of the fishing lakes as a backdrop for entertaining on the spacious back porch.
The property also has income potential, as the mineral rights are included in the sale. The property is located in the Citronelle oil field, according to the listing. Additionally, professionally managed timber includes hardwood and pine along with longleaf pine plantations, providing additional income possibilities.
Fun fact: With a $2.5 million down payment and a 30-year fixed mortgage at 6.95%, the monthly payment on this hunter’s paradise would be $72,160.
Deer Park is an unincorporated community in Washington County, with a population of approximately 225. Although small, the town offers convenience stores, parks, a community center and a handful of local restaurants, according to the Washington County website.
Not that anyone living in this natural wonderland would want to abandon it, but as noted in the listing, the property is about an hour’s drive from Mobile and a short drive from Pensacola, Florida, and the coast of Mississippi.
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