A bucolic farm to table paradise, 90 minutes from New York City. Custom built NYSERDA, ENERGY STAR, geothermal home on 16 acres of meadows and woods with beautiful rural views from every window. The back opens to a field sloping down to a private, stocked lake for fishing and recreation. Architect's original renderings include the option of a swimming pool. A pool house with solar panels would complement the geothermal, passive solar house with enough energy for a near zero carbon footprint. Three porches and decks, hardscape patio at the lake and numerous groomed paths to walk through fields and woods. Two organic vegetable gardens and outbuildings with usable space, perfect for an artist/exercise studio, billiards, playroom, etc. Spacious master suite features two walk-in closets, clawfoot tub and study/office. The guest wing includes three bedrooms, two which share a full bath, the third with en suite full bath. Two glassed-in sitting rooms (one upstairs, one down) each have a two-sided fireplace. Main floor offers fabulous chef's kitchen-dining-great room, passive solar sunrooms, library, music room, two powder rooms and a shower. Green construction includes blown foam wall and ceiling insulation, rigid foam insulation under foundation, Series 400 Andersen windows and doors and reclaimed wood flooring. High ceilings on all levels and 78 windows and glass doors create an expansive, open, contemporary farmhouse. Wood, stone and tile flooring and 10' poured basement walls. Included in the acreage is a building site, perfect for guest house or income property. The surrounding countryside is made up of farms and small towns. Minutes from the house are golf courses, horseback riding and a park with children's playground, baseball field, horseshoes, basketball and more. Easy day trips include the internationally acclaimed art centers Storm King, DIA:Beacon and Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Also nearby are Woodstock, the Delaware Water Gap, Mohonk Mountain House, Appalachian Trail, Bear Mountain and Harriman State Parks, Woodbury Outlets, Lego Land, West Point, wineries, breweries, distilleries, orchards, farm stands and a 24-hour honor system farm store stocked with local beef, eggs, and dairy. Zoned agricultural/residential, the property allows for Bed & Breakfasts, expanded crops, farm animals and horses.
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