55 White Rd, New Ashford, MA 01237

85 acre eco-paradise, wildlife sanctuary, sustainable homestead. Close, yet secluded. Private, yet accessible. $2,248,000 Unique property for sale. Located in the northwest corner of Massachusetts, 10 minutes from both the Vermont and New York borders, in the heart of the Berkshires. 10 minutes to Williams College, Williamstown Theater Festival, the Clark Art Institute and Jiminy Peak ski area. 20 minutes to Mass MOCA in North Adams. 30 minutes to Tanglewood. 1 hour to Albany NY. 3 hours to Boston and 3.5 to NYC. Massachusetts is rated #1 in education and #1 in healthcare. You can’t find a better quality of life. Lovely 4 bedroom 3 bath home on 85 pristine acres of land (approximately 20 acres open, 65 wooded) that has been in the same family for 40 years. Multiple barns and outbuildings including an off grid cabin. Live your dreams, whatever they are. Everything you need is here: abundant pure mountain water, ability to be self sufficient in food, raising livestock or crops, with a renewable heat source for home. These things are rare in today's world, provide an unparalleled level of security, and are truly priceless. Are you a prepper? A farmer? An artist? Concerned about climate change? Secure a future for your family here. Arable land, suitable for livestock and crops. Forest land: sustainable fuel source for Tarm wood gasification boiler. House also has propane furnace. Well water, as well as a gravity fed spring water system with micro hydro set up. Septic. Includes 2 generators. Solar power with battery bank. John Deere tractor with plow, numerous attachments. John Deere commercial zero turn mower. Polaris Ranger with tracks. Includes many other tools and equipment. 3500 sq. ft. foot home with timber frame addition. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, living room, dining room, 2 home offices, den, 2 kitchens (granny unit at ground level.) Purchased in 1978 as a one story brick ranch house with a steel frame and attached 2 car garage. From 2007 - 2010 I did a million+ dollar renovation, adding a timber-frame great room, and a second story including a master suite with 2 home offices and upper deck. Quality materials throughout: oak, cherry, mahogany, ipe, granite, marble, copper. Over the years I have paved the road and installed a new road, built barns and an off-grid cabin. Buried the phone and power lines. One barn is large enough to park an RV, a pick up and an ATV. The other has a steel frame and a hoist. Drilled well in addition to gravity-fed spring water system. Dead end, gated, town maintained road. Surrounded by thousands of acres of woodlands. No manufacturing or agricultural chemicals ever nearby. Solar power with battery bank and a micro hydro system currently offline but easily started again. Open pasture land and woodland with private, pristine watershed feeding year round Thompson Brook with brook trout, crayfish, salamanders in a healthy ecosystem. Pond and off grid cabin with out-house. Root Cellar. Greenhouse. 3 barns, woodshed, fenced organic, permaculture garden with garden shed. Black walnut plantation. Mature landscape with a Spring parade of ornamentals and perennials, and many fruit trees as well as raspberries and blueberries. Wildlife abounds: deer, turkey, bear, coyote, rabbit, fox and many more. A turn key entry into any kind of life you want to make, and a solid investment in your family's future. Walk into what my husband and I have spent decades building. An explanation why the asking price is different from the "zestimate." No algorithim can correctly determine the value of this unique property. There is nothing comparable. This asking price reflects the quality of materials and construction of the home, including unique built-ins. It also reflects the numerous outbuildings, as well as the farm and other equipment and the alternative energy infrastructure.