Welcome to 50113 Matzene Dr

$50,000 PRICE REDUCTION: Price reduced from $359,000 to $279,000 and Now $229,000  Seller is motivated and requesting Bring your Offers. Bounded on three sides by either the Mojave Land Trust or the BLM, is unique in that it has views of both Morongo Valley and Covington Park to the north, but also has the only view to the east of the Big Morongo River as it winds down to the desert through the lower San Bernardino Mountains. It has parts of three seasonal creeks that run across its five acres, and it varies approx. 150 feet in elevation from low to high point. There 53 trees around the house and in the orchards, including dates, figs, olives, avocados, apricots, plums, pomegranates, pistachios, almonds, grapefruit, Meyer lemons, limes, guavas and kumquats. We have 60 varietal grapes, and make our own wine called ‘Eye of the Tortoise’. There is a private clay- trap range at the far end of the property above a stunningly beautiful miniature canyon on Tortoise Creek (there are several active endangered Desert Tortoise burrows on the property). A 12,000-gal. pond was created by building a concrete and stone dam, a water source for both wild animals (we get Bighorn Sheep, Mule Deer, coyotes, and all kinds of birds), and for fire-fighting. ‘Hard Aground’ is posted, and the six gardens, vineyards and orchards are chain-link fenced and rodent-proofed. The house was built in 1955 by Stan Barlow for his own get-away from his job as Fire Chief in Los Angeles; the Pringle Trust is only the second owner of the property. There is a public, but un-used easement bordering the north side, actually an ancient extension (1896) of Matzene Road. A 500 sq. ft. deck was added in 2008; the shingles were removed, the house re-wired, insulated, shear-paneled, wrapped, and faced with adobe brick in 2012, and a garden wall added in 2014; the shop/studio was built in 2010. ‘Hard Aground’ is truly a unique property

• 5 Acres Bounded on three sides by either the Mojave Land Trust or the BLM
• views of both Morongo Valley and Covington Park & Big Morongo River
• 53 trees around the house and in the orchards, including dates, figs, olives, avocados, apricots, plums, pomegranates, pistachios, almonds, grapefruit
• A unique property and truly one of kind property.
• Property gets Bighorn Sheep, Mule Deer, coyotes, and all kinds of birds
• The 670 SF 1Br 1Ba home has a 500 sq. ft. deck added in 2008;
• The house re-wired, insulated, shear-paneled, wrapped, and faced with adobe brick in 2012, and a garden wall added in 2014
• Private clay- trap range at the far end of the property above a stunningly beautiful miniature canyon on Tortoise Creek