18 Heron Pond Road, Essex, CT 06426

One of a kind custom built 10 Room, 4.1 bath cape with high end extras throughout to make your lifestyle easy and carefree. Starting right from the front entrance where you will walk on to the side to side covered deck to the front doors. Enter into the 2 story foyer and the home opens to lots of natural light from all of the windows surrounding the home. To the left there is an office with recently finished custom cabinetry and and an elegant desk; an atrium door can close off the room for privacy. To the right is the formal dining room where you can easily move into the expansive chef's kitchen with its own butlers pantry, prep island with gas cook top, oversized breakfast bar and top of the line appliances and plenty of room for multiple cooks. There is a sun room off to the side for additional dining and an eat in area in the kitchen open to the family room that has a built in gas fireplace surrounded by a custom built in entertainment center. The primary bedroom is behind the family room. You enter into the quiet space seeing a wall of cabinetry, sliders overlooking the magnificent private back yard with views enjoyed from your custom raised built in king size bed. Behind these walls lies 2 areas for bathing along with 2 huge walk in closets. There is a steam/sauna shower on one side and a jetted tub in the middle. The 2nd flr has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and a media room. The lower walk out level has a family rm (w/pool table); full bath; exercise rm; more.... The walkout lower level could be an in law suite. It has windows along one side and sliders open to a patio for lots of natural light. There are 3 finished rooms in this area with walls of builtin cabinets. There is a huge walk in cedar closet in one area of the basement. The unfinished area gives you plenty of extra space for storage. This home was the 2012 Winner of the HOBI Award -BEST GREEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY CUSTOM HOME! Geothermal Propane Heating & Cooling. The attached garage , heated, was built for 3 cars each with their own door and plenty of room in between each to walk around and a staircase to an unfinished room above. There is a 2nd garage built over sized and large enough for a boat, etc. This home is not to be missed. Why build? The location is 5 minutes from Essex Village and 5 minutes to access highways and other areas. You also have access to Heron Pond.