East Rupert Beauty where calm seeps into the hungry soul

the data

5042 state route 315, east rupert, VT. 05761

Price: $210,000

07/08 taxes: $3,300.

visit our website: www.eastrupertbeauty.com

5 acres

5 BR, bath, 1600 sq. feet, partial basement unfinished, patio, deck, septic, well, fireplace, wood stove,

Located 2miles from Dorset village, 35/40 miles to Bromley/Stratton ski areas, convenient to Manchester, 70 miles from albany airport, 2 miles from the beautiful mettowee valley and mettowee River with the best trout fishing around; the Battenkill river is close by as well

low ceilings, efficient oil furnace, 7 yrs old, well insulated house

roof: asphalt shingle, 6 yrs old

excellent schools: Mettowee valley district school, K thru 8, Salem, NY HS or Burr and Burton HS in Manchester, VT.

THE AMBIENCE

well cared for, soulful, rustic, four season home is surrounded by natural beauty, birds, such as the red brested grosbeak, goldfinch, wild turkey, owls, hawks, abundant hummingbirds, a friendly almost trained chipmunk, deer, the rare but fascinating moose, and the red squirrel, a creature whose anxiety and fear is so extreme, that in comparison, he has a calming effect on ones, now seen in comparison, minor worries. country quiet surrounds here. the calm of the country night sky is not spoiled by overlit objects; here every night the eye is beckoned to a star filled show. we have a great neighbor in Merck Forest, www.merckforest.org Our 5 acres meets Merck Forest, Vermont's oldest nonprofit conservation organization, an expanse of 3,100 acres of fields, farm and forest in the heart of the Taconic Range.

the poet Yeats could have mistaken our home here for Innisfree.

Nine bean rows will I have there, a home for the honey bee and live alone in that bee loud glade.. there midnights all aglimmer and noon a purple thing and evening full of the linnets( the goldfinch) wing.

We love our home and you will too.