House with soul in the heart of Bialowieza Forest — Werstok

There are places that have something special in them. Where silence sings its own melody, and nature envelops homes and people with peace. Such a place is Werstok — a picturesque Podlaskie village located in the buffer zone of Bialowieza Forest, in the municipality of Dubicze Cerkiewne, Hajnowski County. Here, time flows differently, and the residents create an integrated, friendly community where life goes on in harmony with nature.

Werstok is a place that soothes the senses, delights with its landscape, and provides a breath of fresh air from the daily hustle and bustle. Ideal for a year-round home, family residence, or agritourism base.

If you dream of a place with character, space, old trees, and the proximity of Bialowieza Forest — this offer is for you.

Plot and its parameters

The property includes two adjacent land plots with a total area of 2894 m²:

• no. 96 — 1110 m² with residential and economic buildings (with access to two access roads - asphalt and dirt)
• no. 97 — 1784 m² undeveloped, (with access to two access roads asphalt and dirt)

The average width of the entire property - 2 plots is 56 meters, length approx. 54 meters.

The area is fully fenced with a mesh. Two independent entrances:

• from the front: municipal asphalt road
• from the back: dirt road (gravel)

Soils class V (RV and Br-RV) — permeable, light substrate, great for a home sewage treatment plant, vegetable garden, or decorative plantings.

Old trees:

• three oaks (about 70 years old)
• bird cherry
• 8 pines and spruces
• old apple trees (including Kostela)
• plums and cherries

Residential house — solid, atmospheric, and comfortable

Single-story house with usable attic with a building area of 97 m² (+ terrace shelter and porch - 18 m²).

Usable area of the house about 115–120 m².

Construction technology:

• walls: (from the outside) - 10 cm styrofoam, hollow block, air gap (8–10 cm), red hollow brick, internal plaster
• attic insulation: 20 cm wool
• two-pitched roof covered with sheet metal (renovation in 2005)
• insulated foundations

Ground floor:

• vestibule
• corridor
• living room with dining area, fireplace with water jacket and exit to the covered terrace (shelter 18 m²)
• kitchen with solid oak furniture (Blum system), equipped with a dishwasher, stove, refrigerator, washing machine, and three cargo
• bedroom with a four-door wardrobe across the entire wall
• large bathroom with a bathtub
• separate WC
• staircase with hand-forged stairs (a handmade masterpiece of the owner)

Under the kitchen, there is a cellar-pantry of 6 m² (constant temperature 10–12°C)

Usable attic:

• three rooms
• corridor
• dressing room where there is a new boiler with a water jacket and heater (2024)

Heating: fireplace with water jacket + radiators in every room except the WC and living room. Wood consumption per season: 8–10 m³ - is very low and indicates good thermal insulation of the house.

Utilities:

• municipal water supply (spring water - drinking without any additives - is a treasure of our region)
• electricity
• home sewage treatment plant (two-chamber, 2 x 2000 l)
• satellite internet

Utility building: workshop-forge and garage

Area about 40-45 m², built of 25 cm suporex block, the roof of the utility building insulated with wool, covered with sheet metal.

Equipped with electrical installation, PVC windows, Wiśniowski garage door.

Can serve as a workshop, garage, studio, or additional recreational building.

Unique details

• Hand-forged, decorated entrance gate and wicket and railing in the house, made by the owner in 2014.
• driveway – paving stones with cement-sand bedding (25–30 cm)
• beautiful tree plantings – several dozen-year-old oaks and other trees on the plot

Neighborhood and infrastructure

• 500 m to the Green Velo bike trail
• 6 km to Dubicze Cerkiewne: school, kindergarten, shops, Bachmaty reservoir with clean water (in 2023 crayfish were seen)
• 20 km to Hajnówka: swimming pool, sauna, market, shops, PKP station

Summary

This is not just a property — it is a place that offers peace, privacy, and contact with nature.

Werstok is a place that soothes the senses, delights with its landscape, and provides a breath of fresh air from the daily hustle and bustle. Ideal for a year-round home, family residence, or agritourism base. This place is for those who value:

• peace
• the proximity of the Bialowieza Forest
• a friendly, cohesive community
• the small-town atmosphere, where people know each other by name, and small-town life means sincerity and kindness.

Werstok is not just a house. It is a space where you can find balance, silence, and the true value of simple, peaceful living close to nature.

Close to the city of Hajnówka. Hajnówka can be loved for the openness of its residents, a calmer pace of life, the comfort of living, low maintenance costs, and a large green space. We have many bike paths to Bialowieza Forest. An indoor pool, sauna, and a great market – a place where we buy real organic products (vitamins and minerals) for our health. Hajnówka is a place where we find silence, peace, a small hint of exoticism in the form of local dialect, and what we do not find in other regions of the country – familiarity. We often have the impression that time stands still, mocking the rush that can no longer be stopped in other regions of the country. Here we experience small-town life, which means closeness and kindness. So little is needed to regain the joy of life, lost in the daily rush. People live here focused on family homesteads, where they live in harmony with nature and sustain themselves with their own hands and what the land produces. This is what they offer at the local market. Here we can experience a transfer to another world, find peace, a sense of stopping, and closeness to nature.

If you dream of a place with character, space, old trees, and the proximity of Bialowieza Forest — this offer is for you.

I would add that the municipality of Dubicze Cerkiewne - is the friendliest and most positive municipality I know in Hajnowski County. And we really have an experienced, human mayor - in a word, amazing. I have lived in this municipality for 7 years.

with respect, Piotr Gierasimiuk.

Specifications:
Area: 120.0 m²
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 1
Floor: ground
Built: 1975

Additional Features:
Attic: True
Kitchen Type: separate

Seller: Piotr Gierasimiuk

Data source: https://www.otodom.pl/pl/oferta/werstok-spokojna-wies-w-puszczy-bialowieskiej-120-m2-pow-domu-ID4vmfu