Helena Valley View Ranch | Fay Ranches

H E L E N A V ALLEY VI EW R ANC H Helena, Montana $800,000 | 54 ± Acres

INTRODUCTION This is a rare opportunity to purchase a piece of Helena’s history. The Helena Valley View Ranch is a highly sought-after Helena Valley property. It features fenced irrigated hay meadows, livestock facilities including a large barn, shop, livestock scale, and corrals and offered income from tenants in three separate apartments in the stately Victorian-style brick home. This unique opportunity provides the new owner with various options and opportunities in an ideal location for a primary residence or continued income potential into the future, all close to town.

Helena Valley View Ranch | Helena, Montana

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Helena, Montana’s state capital, is located just minutes from the ranch and combines an active beat of students, politics, and outdoor activities. Local events often occur and create an ambiance of community— theater and symphony, a jazz festival, concerts, rodeos, race in the Governor’s Cup, and enjoy the largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states. Helena was founded with the July 14, 1864 discovery of gold in Last Chance Gulch by four men, known as “The Four Georgians.” By 1888, about 50 millionaires lived in Helena, more per capita than any city in the world. The State Capital Building (with its distinctive gold rotunda), the Civic Center, and the Saint Helena Cathedral are among the many unique historic buildings in Helena. Today Helena serves as a robust home to over 31,000 full-time residents, features quality higher education opportunities at both Carroll College and Helena College, and is the county seat to Lewis and Clark County. The valley includes excellent medical facilities, a regional airport with flights to major hubs for connections to almost anywhere, Montana state offices, Fort Harrison and a Veterans Hospital, and various shopping, restaurants, performing arts, and other amenities. The Helena community features a vibrant and active business atmosphere. It offers a wonderful quality of life to the full-time and part-time residents located in the Helena Valley and region.

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GETTING THERE The Helena Valley View Ranch is located along York Road, just minutes from the airport and downtown.

From I-15, follow East Custer Avenue for just under one mile. Take a left on York Road and follow for 1 ½ mile to the property on the left.

AIRPORT INFORMATION

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Helena Regional Airport is located minutes from the ranch. The airport accommodates direct flights to Salt Lake, Seattle, Denver, and Minneapolis via Alaska, Delta, and United Airlines. Exec Air, located in Helena, caters to private aircraft.

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Helena Valley View Ranch | Helena, Montana

ACREAGE 54± deeded acres. The property includes fenced and cross-fenced pastures plus some irrigated hay meadows, making it an ideal hobby farm or small ranch.

SCENIC VISTAS The Helena Valley is a highly sought-after region for its abundance of water and popular lakes region, beautiful scenery, and mountains which all combine to create the backdrop enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. The valley sits at the base of Mount Helena, with the backdrop of the famed “Sleeping Giant” to the North and is surrounded by the continental Divide, Big Belt Mountains, Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, Canyon Ferry Lake, Holter Lake, Hauser Lake, and the Elkhorn Mountains. www.fayranches.com | (800) 238.8616 | info@fayranches.com

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CLIMATE Helena, Montana, is a relatively mild climate with July highs around 85 degrees and winter lows dipping to 14 degrees. The Helena Valley typically receives, on average, 12 inches of rain and 37 inches of snow per year. Close to the nationwide average, Helena typically receives 189 sunny days per year.

Data provided by: http://www.city-data.com/city/Helena-Montana.html

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Helena Valley View Ranch | Helena, Montana

CONSERVATION | STEWARDSHIP Each of us at Fay Ranches has a love of the land and a desire to see it remain as productive agricultural ground and quality fish and wildlife habitat. Through promoting the use of thoughtful land stewardship, Fay Ranches has guided owners toward a legacy of conserving wide open spaces, enhancing and creating fisheries and wildlife habitat, and implementing sustainable agricultural operations. Fay Ranches is proud to say that since our company began in 1992, the landscape on which we work has been significantly enhanced by our clients’ conservation ethic and land-use practices.

RECREATION F ishing The Helena Valley is known for its lakes region, including Canyon Ferry, Hauser, and Holter Lakes, along the Missouri River and Lake Helena, which graces the valley just minutes from the ranch. Canyon Ferry, Hauser, and Holter Lakes provide many fishing and recreational opportunities and are a favorite of residents and visitors alike. Plus, float fishing along the famed “Mighty Mo” Missouri River is a short drive from the Helena Valley. Those searching for additional fly fishing opportunities might enjoy the scenic drive to the Blackfoot, Dearborn, or Little Blackfoot Rivers, all an hour or less from the ranch. www.fayranches.com | (800) 238.8616 | info@fayranches.com

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WATER RIGHTS Deep-rooted in agriculture, the Helena Valley has long been valued for the productive soils and abundance of water. This property is a rare offering as it includes irrigated lands and a property and facilities ideal for a smaller hobby farm. Prickly Pear Creek provides irrigation water for the property.

Water rights associated with the property will be transferred to a new owner at the time of sale. In all their varied forms and locations, Montana waters belong to the State for the benefit of its people.

A water right is the right to use the water within state-established guidelines and not any ownership of the water itself. Since the prior appropriation doctrine guides water rights in Montana, a person’s right to use a specific quantity of water depends on when water began, establishing the relative priority date of use on the water source. The first person to use the water that was left, and so on.

Additionally, water users are limited to the amount of water that can be beneficially used. Beneficial use includes, but is not limited to, agricultural, recreational, fish and wildlife, and domestic purposes.

Montana is currently conducting a statewide adjudication of all water rights with priority dates before July 1, 1973. The statewide adjudication is a court process that prioritizes and quantifies all existing water rights in each Montana drainage basin. With eighty-five basins in Montana and over 219,000 water right claims, the statewide adjudication is a massive undertaking expected to stretch well into the future. Until the adjudication process is complete, any particular water rights claim’s status cannot be guaranteed.

Fay Ranches Inc., its brokers, and salespersons do not warrant or make any representation concerning the quantity or quality of any water rights, nor any legal entitlement to use of water rights, permits to appropriate water, existing exempt rights, determination of existing water rights, nor any ditches, ditch rights, or ditch easements appurtenant to or constituting a burden on the property. Water rights claim appurtenant to the property may or may not have been fully or finally adjudicated. Any Buyer is advised to make an offer to purchase contingent upon and subject to such independent inspections, evaluations, and advice concerning the water rights and adjudication process as a Buyer might deem prudent. All Buyers should be aware that Fay Ranches Inc., its brokers, and salespersons involved in this offering have not conducted an expert inspection or analysis of the water rights for this property.

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Helena Valley View Ranch | Helena, Montana

IMPROVEMENTS The stately brick Victorian ranch house, which remains a focal point of the Helena Valley Ranch property, was built by the Montana Children’s Home Society in the early 1920s to house and train Orphan Boys.

The boys who lived and worked on the farm and ranch were kept busy raising crops and food for all who lived at the orphanage at both the farm location and at the main cottage located on Fifth Avenue. In 1932 a bequest of $50,000 was received from Lewis W. Shodair. The facilities were renamed in his honor, creating a legacy that has become the current day Shodair Children’s Hospital of Montana. At some point in time, the facility was sold, and history continued to include a dairy cattle farm and headquarters for a family beef cattle ranch.

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IMPROVEMENTS Current Facilities Include: • Victorian Ranch House • Main Level includes 2,318± sq ft living space including 2bedrooms/1bathroom • Kitchen • Dining Room • Living Area • Family Room Upper Level includes 1,756± sq ft living space including: • • • •

two separate apartments 2bedrooms/1bathroom Kitchen Living Room

Additional Facilities Include: • • • • •

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Detached 5 Bay Garage 40x100 Shop 40x60 Barn Corrals Outbuildings

Helena Valley View Ranch | Helena, Montana

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INCOME | RETURN OPPORTUNITY The owners have recently enjoyed a steady stream of income from tenants in the three separate apartments in the stately Victorian brick home. Additional income has been provided from time to time from storage rental opportunities in both the shop and five-bay detached garage, pasture lease, and livestock facility usage, to name a few. A new owner may choose to continue to take advantage of the variety of income opportunities or create a new vision for using the property and facilities in place. The sky is the limit, and the location close to the capital city would likely support various opportunities.

MINERAL RIGHTS All mineral rights appurtenant to the property. Will convey to the Buyer at closing.

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS This ranch does not have a conservation easement associated with the property. Fay Ranches, Inc. works extensively with conservation easements, and this property may be an excellent candidate for one. We find them useful tools in keeping family farms and ranches intact and avoiding subdivisions, which compromise the beauty of our rivers and the value of the surrounding land. Conservation easements can also provide attractive tax benefits to the investor. A conservation easement fulfills different needs for different landowners. For one family, it may be the vehicle by which a farm or ranch is passed on to future generations. For another, it preserves the watershed of a prized trout stream or a wintering ground for elk. There is a story behind every conservation easement, but the underlying reason is the landowner’s desire to preserve a special piece of land forever.

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Helena Valley View Ranch | Helena, Montana

QUICK FACTS • • • • • •

Rare offering with highly coveted irrigated ground and Historic Victorian Style brick home 54± deeded acres, fenced and cross-fenced for livestock Home features three separate large apartments for income Facilities include stately barn, large shop, 5 bay garage, livestock scale and more Located in the scenic Helena Valley minutes from the State Capitol building Minutes to the Missouri River and the Lakes Region in the Helena Valley including Hauser, Holter, Canyon Ferry Lakes and Lake Helena • Close to the highly coveted Rocky Mountain Front, one of the most highlyconserved • areas in the west • 1 hour from the 1.5± million acre Bob Marshall Wilderness for endless hiking, horseback riding and hunting www.fayranches.com | (800) 238.8616 | info@fayranches.com

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Helena Valley View Ranch | Helena, Montana

SUMMARY The historic Helena Valley View Ranch offers varied income opportunities, convenient country living, multiple recreational opportunities, and established sources of income, all in the Helena Valley heart.

Its superb location is just minutes to the capital of Montana, regional airport, hospital, Veterans Administration facilities, and hospital, both Helena College and Carroll College, Great Divide Ski Area, lakes region, and the vast array of recreational amenities located nearby. The Helena Valley View Ranch offers a unique opportunity for a savvy buyer to enjoy an investment or full-time residence in a highly sought-after region in Montana in a location convenient to the many area events and the multiple and varied recreational opportunities that the Montana lifestyle embraces!

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PRICE $800,000 Can be sold as a whole, or potentially split into two parcels with acreage & price to be determined

TERMS Cash, Conventional Financing, 1031 Tax Exchange

CONTACT Please contact Kimberly Lowry at (406) 490-4323 | klowry@fayranches.com to schedule a showing.

This is an exclusive listing. An agent from Fay Ranches must be present at all showings, unless otherwise noted or other arrangements are made. To view other properties, fly fishing properties, and sporting ranches that we have listed, please visit our web page at www.fayranches.com.

NOTICE Offer is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice, and approval of purchase by owner. Information regarding land classification, carrying capacities, maps, etc., is intended only as a general guideline and has been provided by the owners and other sources deemed reliable, but the accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to research the information to their own satisfaction.

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RELATIONSHIPS IN REAL ESTATE As required by Montana law, a broker or salesperson shall disclose the existence and nature of relevant agency or other relationships to the parties to a real estate transaction. The various relationships and description of duties are as follows: 1. SELLER AGENT A “Seller Agent” is obligated to the Seller to: • Act solely in the best interests of the seller; • Obey promptly and efficiently all lawful instructions of the seller; • Disclose all relevant and material information that concerns the real estate transaction and that is known to the seller agent and not known or discoverable by the seller unless the information is subject to confidentiality arising from a prior or existing agency relationship on the part of the seller agent; • Safeguard the seller’s confidences; • Exercise reasonable care, skill, and diligence in pursuing the seller’s objectives and in complying with the terms established in the listing agreement; • Fully account to the seller for any funds or property of the seller that comes into the seller agent’s possession; and • Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

Montana law permits a real estate agent, after providing written disclosure to a seller and obtaining a seller’s written consent, to represent multiple sellers of property and to list properties for sale that may compete with the seller’s property, without breaching any obligation to the seller.

A “Seller Agent” is obligated to the Buyer to: • Disclose to a buyer or the buyer agent any adverse material facts that concern the property and that are known to the seller agent, except that the seller agent is not required to inspect the property or verify

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any statements made by the seller; • Disclose to a buyer or the buyer agent when the seller agent has no personal knowledge of the veracity of information regarding adverse material facts that concern the property; • Act in good faith with a buyer and a buyer agent; and • Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

2. BUYER AGENT A “Buyer Agent” is obligated to the Buyer to: • Act solely in the best interests of the buyer; • Obey promptly and efficiently all lawful instructions of the buyer; • Disclose all relevant and material information that concerns the real estate transaction and that is known to the buyer agent and not known or discoverable by the buyer, unless the information is subject to confidentiality arising from a prior or existing agency relationship on the part of the buyer agent; • Safeguard the buyer’s confidences; • Exercise reasonable care, skill, and diligence in pursuing the buyer’s objectives and in complying with the terms established in the listing agreement; • Fully account to the buyer for any funds or property of the buyer that comes into the buyer agent’s possession; and • Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations.

Montana law permits a real estate agent, after providing written disclosure to a buyer and obtaining a buyer’s written consent, to represent multiple buyers interested in buying the same property or similar properties to properties in which a buyer is interested and to show properties in which a buyer is interested to other prospective buyers, without breaching

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KIMBERLY LOWRY broker associate

Licensed in: MT c. 406-490-4323 klowry@fayranches.com

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