505 Albany Post Rd, New Paltz, NY 12561

Yes, this looks like a Barn and is architecturally designed with antique barn siding on the interior as well as antique hand-hewn beams throughout the house. Sliding barn doors open to triple french doors both in front and rear. Open floor plan on the first level adds to the Barn-like ambience and features a spacious Kitchen with Alderwood cabinets, and granite top island with barstools, Stainless steel appliances. The adjacent spacious dining room area and living room include a stone built gas-fireplace with remote control feature. Also on this level are a walk-in pantry, huge laundry room, and half bath. The warmth & comfort of the space is enhanced by design features incorporating materials one may find in a barn. Step in through the side entrance and sit on a thick wood beam bench and toss your coat on a steel pipe rack above (there's also a coat closet). Take your shoes off and no worry about cold floors in wintertime- there's radiant heat beneath the Hickory wood floors throughout the house. Walk up the custom built thick wood stairs to second level which greet you with the loftiness of 10 foot high ceilings and very spacious 3 bedrooms and two baths. Master bedroom bath is quite a treat with its uniquely rustic wood-framed mirror (protruding nails & all) over the granite countertop, huge doorless tiled shower, two closets and private throne. Wake up in your master bed to view the sun hitting the scenic Mohonk mountain and famous tower. The lower level of this 'barn' offers quite a surprise as you walk down along stone covered walls to 14x23 media room with a 12 ft screen for your private entertainment with a surround sound system, carpeted & radiant heated flooring, acoustic walls and exceptional quiet to enjoy it all. Adjacent to the media room is a 14x20 Play/Exercise room with carpeted radiant heated floors, & wall sized mirror. To end your day of hiking, biking, and skiing, hop into your private sauna or enjoy the fully tiled steam shower. This lower level also includes a half bath and an outside entry with stone lined walls. Outside features this unique home is enormous detail with three blue stone patios on three sides of the house lined with stone walls and flowering gardens as well as a 20x 40 gravel patio in the rear of the house making for a very intimate and enjoyable space overlooking meadows and eastern views. Announcing the driveway entry are large boulders and a row of evergreens s well as a privacy fence, with a large circular driveway nicely landscaped with boulders a white birch and evergreens. The two car garage includes a finished guest room above, accessed by an outside private entrance, with radiant floor heat, A/C, full bath, 2 walk in closets, a sink, countertop & under counter frig. Also included is a french door to a small balcony with views hidden from the outside by sliding barn doors and vaulted wood ceiling. A major feature of this home is the Energy Star rating which is 28% above the Energy code requirement and offers large savings in Heating and cooling.