36 Chestnut Woods Rd #R, Redding, CT 06896

For rent, for sale at $2,495,000, or rent to own. This FURNISHED Rental includes full use of home, grounds, pool, and pool house but not caretaker cottage. Caretaker to remain on site. Spectacular country estate on 11.58 acres with scenic pond in prestigious West Redding location. This breathtaking compound includes the gracious main home with 5,562 square feet including 1,003 square feet in the dramatic lower level media/bar/billiard room; total 4 bedrooms, 5/2 fully remodeled baths; additional studio or guest quarters with private entry, bedroom, and full bath; plus state of the art pool house (additional 504 square feet). Highest attention to detail both inside and out with $400K in recent improvements by current owner including stunning kitchen and baths; new a/c; new lighting; full studio renovation; full pool house renovation; fit out of main garage as a catering kitchen; hardwood installation in lower level; sun porch with retractable screen; and so many other tasteful touches which have polished this home to exquisite perfection. Casual elegance abounds with 6 fireplaces including the living room with exposed beams; dining room; paneled library; master bedroom suite; 2nd ensuite bedroom; and lower level billiards room. Picturesque grounds include heated gunite pool; private pond; outbuildings including detached garage and barn/shed; plus potential to subdivide and permits in place to build a new large barn if desired. Bucolic privacy adjoining the 54 acre Connecticut Audubon Society's Edward Steichen Memorial Wildlife Preserve.