(Undisclosed Address), Hanover, MA 02339

HANOVER, MASSACHUSETTS A storybook apartment where simpler times still live 2 bedrooms Post & beam barn, circa 1850 $1,975/mo Somewhere between a Pottery Barn illustration and a page torn from a storybook, tucked at the quiet crossroads of Morgan's Corner in mid-Hanover, there is a place that feels like the world slowed down and forgot to keep up. This is that place. It is the kind of neighborhood where the ice cream truck still comes jingling down the lane on a summer afternoon, and where yes, truly the milkman still makes his rounds. You are not imagining it. You have simply found one of the last places where such things still happen. "The last time this apartment came available was nearly six years ago. People just love living here and once they settle in, they tend to stay." The apartment lives inside a great post-and-beam barn built in 1850, attached to an owner-occupied antique farmhouse that has been lovingly tended for over thirty years. Think wide pumpkin pine floors underfoot, original wood beams overhead, and walls painted in colors that belong to another, gentler era. The three bears, stumbling home through the wood, would find it entirely suitable. Winnie-the-Pooh himself would approve of the honey-warm light on an autumn morning. Inside, there are two bedrooms upstairs in townhouse style, a living room with a sun-filled bay window, a separate eat-in kitchen stocked with appliances, and a full bathroom with a tub. Closet space is plentiful. The charm has been kept intact because it was always worth keeping. Step outside and the world opens up beautifully. Directly across the street, horse, walking, and bike trails wind through the trees. A few of them lead to Ford Ludham Park a picnic haven perched beside a waterfall on the North River, with tables for lunches and seats for those who fish. The North River itself is only a quarter-mile away. A short walk brings you to Cervelli or Briggs stables, where horses wait patiently for riders of all experience. Minutes by car puts you on Route 3 close enough to everything, far enough from the noise. Ask for copy of lease at viewing.