Gorgeous cedar sided ranch style home in the Rafter J neighborhood enjoys great privacy and views of the La Platas. This home is just a few miles to downtown Durango on paved roads. It was built by custom homebuilder Lowell Shafer as his personal residence and has an ideal layout consisting of 3 BRs and an office office plus a 3 car garage with workshop space. Recently updated with granite countertops and new appliances including a wine fridge as well as new hickory hardwood flooring. The great room has a vaulted tongue and groove ceiling and a gas fireplace. Master suite has its own deck with hot tub, fireplace, windows facing the La Plata mountains and a sumptuous luxury bathroom with new granite tops and dual sinks. Huge walk-in closet with built-in shelving. The 2nd and 3rd bedrooms are conveniently located on the opposite side of the great room allowing plenty of space between you and your guests. A sweet office space with french doors is accessed off the great room and has big windows bringing in plenty of natural light. Enjoy the outdoors on the covered front and back decks with log accents. Cedar siding and composition roof with brand new Carrier furnace installed in '23. Whole house is wired for speakers. Two convenient sheds offer plenty of storage. A 3-car garage is set up a with a partition wall separating the 1 car garage from the 2 car garage. There is additional storage space in the rear of both garages and has 220 V for the hobbyist. Although this home is in Rafter J area it is not part of the HOA so there are no pesky HOA and no dues. Plenty of room for cars, boats, campers and toys. Roads are county maintained.