For Sale By Owner

    This is a one-of-a-kind property.  The original structure ws a barn raised in the 30's, and was lovingly made into a home in the late 70's.  Each of the main floor 4 bedrooms has its own bathroom.  The master bedroom has a large walk-in closet. In the bedroom hallway, there is a tremendouws linen/storage closet.

    The main floor, which is down 1 level from the entrance, has a grouping of 3 rooms which houses a laundry room, bathroom, and craft/sewing area.

    The rest of this floor has an almost completly open foor plan with a large dining room, sitting area, fireplace and another section which is like a family room/computer area. In this section there is a large door leading to a covered sitting area, and staircase to the street level. The eat-in kitchen is here as well, but is enclosed, with a door on either end, and one wall with sliding windows which opens to the dining area.  There is a walk-in pantry , as well.

    Up at street level there is a nice wood deck/porch for sitting and even BBQing.

    As you enter the house, you come in to a living room with another bathroom, and 2 steps down to another bedroom which is off the balcony that overlooks the dinig area below. As you start down the interior steps to the area below, there is a small stairway up to a library area overlooking the dining room as well.  Off the living room, is the "wing".  This area is large enough for a dining room,family room, or the 4 bedrooms and 4 baths intended by owner to be built there.

    There is a great deal of land out back reaching back to a creek. The creek is not part of the property. There is plenty of area for a pool to be intalled, or a grage erected.  There is an entrance ot the basement level here.  The basement,(which is also accessible from the upstairs family room), has tool room, boiler room, and is partially finished with an open rec room area, a small room being used for workout epuipment, and 3 finished bedrooms.  At the end of this area, with windows to the back and side of house, tucked partially under the fron hill, is a sun room.  There is no bathroom on this level, but plenty of room to build the 7th bathroom the home could have.

    This is a perfect home for a large family, a perfet retreat center, a hunting lodge, a bed and breakfast or mini hotel, or a restaurant. How about 3 or 4 married sister and brothers or cousins, sharing it as a reunion, or vactaion get-a-way?  You are on SH 23, 2 miles from an Italian resstaurant, 18 miles from Oneonta and major shopping(BJ's wholesale included) and eating,  3 miles from P.O., and 5 miles from a village with hardware store, restaurants, Grand Union grocery, free village pool, tennis courts, video store, 'fab thrift store, bars, school, physical therapy, fruit store, Stewarts, gas staions and more. Ski Wyndam, Plattekill and Hunter are a comfortable and afordable car-ride away.  Cooperstown and Howe Caverns are a 40 minute un-congested, beautiful car-ride away, as well.  Our State  capital, Alabany is 1 hour, and Saratoga Raceway 1 hr and 20 minutes in one direction, and large concer venues are in Binghamton (1 1/4   hr), Syracuse and Albany.  Binghamton and Albany have many many malls and restaurants.

    8 miles form the house is Tyco helathcare/Covidien, a huge pharmaceutical company, employing many different professions.  There is also a physical therapy facilty, SECO, in Stamford village, and a nursing/rehab facility, Robinson Terrace.  Stamford Schools district is excellent and boasts small classes and good individual attention with 500 in the entire K-12 school.  There is a BOCES 11 miles from the house.

    Call to see.  Anne Marie  607-267-3215   Email: TheRefugeNY@verizon.com