Price Change Lg Cottage, Easy NYC Commute

Well built wood frame country home with clapboard siding and partial stone front on a naturalized lot, with woods in back and a county brook beyond the property line at rear. Comfortable, somewhat-quirky house, great for kids, not a typical suburban development house, responds well to some TLC

The original one-story house may have been built as early as the 1900s, with improvements in the 1930s and 1970s with all modern copper/PVC plumbing; almost completely #12 NM wiring, and includes:

• Large studio/living room (23x13), with cathedral ceiling, sleeping loft with skylight and wood-burning stove in front of fireplace
• Dining room (9x14) with mirrors and skylight
• Galley kitchen (18x7) with wide pine floors; Hunt country built-in cabinets; copper range hood, trap-door access to the attic
• Laundry and central hallway with attic stair access
• Lots of closets and hidey-holes
• 3 bedrooms on first floor include:
  

  Master suite with built-in king bed platform; built in dressing room, closets/cabinets/dresser; office/study, 2 bathrooms 

  Nursery/kids room with built-in platform over bunk style bed with drawers          

  Bedroom with sitting room, built in cabinets; bathroom

Two-story addition built in 1980 contains:

• First Floor: Tiled mudroom entry way and sun/garden room with bay window; French doors open onto casual terrace in rear
• 2nd floor: 1 bedroom, Spare room with bath which has a whirlpool tub

Overall house features:

• Oak floors in most of the original part; carpeted plywood in addition
• Most windows are energy efficient/vinyl replacement
• Gas hot water baseboard heat w/ 4 zones; gas water heater
• Large full height unfinished basement for workshop/storage
• Long attic with 5 ft height to ridge, fully floored for storage
• Gravel driveway with 2 car detached garage in rear

House is apx 2600 square feet living space, not including basement, attic or garage. Lot size +/- 1 acre, irregular, apx 160 frontage and apx 350 deep. Plenty of room for house expansion/remodel, or possible raze and rebuild; flood zone w/ wetlands a possible consideration to builders.

AAA zone on county road with municipal water, highly rated schools, Crestwood lake and athletic fields nearby. Taxes apx $14,000 include sewer,  garbage collection and biweekly recycle collection.

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