1231 Hillcrest Rd Rugby Hall, Arnold, MD | 4BR / 2.5BA | 3,020 sq ft | 1.65 acres | Pool | Severn River community marina & beach | $3,995/mo Fifteen minutes to downtown Annapolis by car. Or take the community boat ramp and go down the Severn you'll pass Navy Yard on the way to City Dock. This house is unlike any other, not a cookie-cutter model from a builder's stock floor plan. Sitting on 1.65 private acres of the coveted Rugby Hall neighborhood, this wood-and-glass house was designed and constructed by the architect of many of the neighborhood's houses. It warm natural wood throughout, walls of windows, and a powerful Vermont soapstone woodstove that makes January nights cozy instead of dreary. Every room looks out at trees, including a weeping cherry that rains light pink blossoms out front in the spring, making it feel like you're living in a cloud. There are 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, sunny sitting room that extends the length of the house, 3,020 square feet, plus two bonus rooms one with a pellet stove that go wherever your life needs them: home office, second home office, gym, playroom, or a dark quiet room for sleeping off a watch rotation. Full appliance package dishwasher, oven, stove, microwave, refrigerator, freezer with washer and dryer and a flex room that can serve as a multi-gen kitchenette. There are two separate private decks as well as a large one by the front door. A large in-ground, vinyl-lined pool is in the back with a diving board, new fence, and a louvered pergola. Climate control is a brand new multi-zone ductless mini-split system. The community: Rugby Hall, the neighborhood, is about a hundred custom homes tucked off Old County Road on the Severn, on wooded lots of an acre or more. Locals drive past it without knowing it's there. The community has a private beach on the Severn, marina with deep-water slips, pier, boat ramp, small-boat and kayak storage, covered pavilion, fire pit, and a playground. The entrance to Rugby Hall is right by an access point to the B&A bike trail that extends from Annapolis to Baltimore. Schools: Jones Elementary, rated 10/10. Severna Park High, rated 9/10, with reigning state champs in multiple sports. Please note that there is a guest cottage on the property in which the owner's family member occupies on an intermittent basis, with no fixed schedule; the unit may sit vacant for long extended periods during the lease term. When present, the guest house resident primarily uses the garden area near her unit. Both parties share access to the grounds, but the main house and guest house are separately accessed with substantial physical privacy between them. Renter is responsible for utilities, including water and electric.
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