From the moment you pull onto the paved driveway, you can sense this is a special property. Sitting majestically off the road with mature trees guiding your eye toward the front of the home, this 1853 house has been lovingly restored/updated keeping much of the original historical charm and tasteful updates have been done to make the home more modern and livable. All of the windows have been replaced except one. Downstairs, which is heated by a hybrid gas pack that utilizes a large wood furnace or propane, consists of a large utility room, kitchen, dining room, living room and 1 bathroom.The kitchen has custom solid maple cabinetry with slide outs and a custom center island with a nearly new convection gas stove. From the dining room, which has pine floors and a fireplace with a wood insert, the displayed china is visible through the glass front doors of the kitchen cabinets. The carpeted living room has a wood floors underneath, a fireplace with gas logs and window trim that is believed to be original to the home.Upstairs is where you will find the bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, all climate controlled by a heat pump. The stairway has a beautiful hand carved walnut hand rail. The landing is floored in heart pine. The hand rail and the heart pine floors are both believed to be original to the home. There are 4 carpeted bedrooms with pine floors underneath or you could use the master bedroom and the adjacent one as a master suite. The master bedroom is also accessible from an outside stairway with a small deck at the top and has itââ,¬â„¢s own new bathroom. Outside you will find an added carport, a garden space, a greenhouse, grapevines, fruit trees and several outbuildings. Those buildings include a cinder block building currently being used as a garden shed, a 40x48 metal building, a stable with second floor hay loft and a wooden building that originally stood in the front yard of the property and was reportedly the post office for the community, then known as Agate, NC. Inside this building there are several names and dates written in the 1800s.The home itself sits on 13.10 Acres +/-. There is a second adjacent parcel consisting of 16.83 Acres +/- that is currently used as a fenced pasture for the cattle and horses. On this second parcel there is a stocked fish pond that has been cleaned out and is also used for swimming. There is a diving board, a tree house platform from which you can use either a swing or a zip line to propel yourself out over the water! This is sure to be a gathering place for your family and friends on hot summer afternoons. Whether you want to raise kids, cattle or horses; this is a wonderful property offering you quiet peaceful surroundings. Call us today to see how this could not only be a new home for you, but also a new way of life. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL BENNETT WHITE (C) 252-395-3023 (O) 252-332-2867 OR EMAIL BWHITE@JOEMURRAYREALTY.COM
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