Do you love wine? Lake Erie? Privacy? City amenities with privacy and a large yard? How about a home with a story and unique structure? This stone house is located within the city limits of Geneva, Ohio, one of the top ten US towns for wine. More than 20 wineries are within a 20-minute drive of the home, which is just two miles from Interstate 90, the main connector to Cleveland. It is just four miles from Geneva State Park & Marina, GOTL resort town and Lake Erie Shopping, banking, the middle school, library and restaurants are all within walking distance of this property located in a residential neighborhood that was formerly an apple orchard. The manager of the orchard saved the boulders from the fields as they were developed and built for his family this unusual rock house. A researcher determined it was the only house like it in Ohio, with the first floor and three-car garage and connecting wall built of huge rocks. The first floor features a newly remodeled kitchen that pays homage to the house's humble farmhouse provenance. Solid red oak countertops and red oak trim create a warm atmosphere. The living room features hardwood flooring, red oak trim and massive window sills the depth of the stone, at least 12 inches. A new wood-burning stove, the centerpiece of the living room, heats this level of the house, with supplemental heat provided by a gas forced-air furnace. The first floor also includes a laundry room/pantry that could be converted to a bedroom by moving the laundry area to the basement (hookups in place). There is a den/office paneled in knotty pine. A full bath with stone floor and a foyer with historic tile complete the first floor. The second floor was added in 1980 and includes a bath with jet tub/shower and a guest bedroom adjoining the bath. The master bedroom is huge and has room for family, or use the entire property as a vacation home rental, very popular in this area. Laminate flooring is in the bedrooms and office; tile in the bath. The basement has a 22x22-foot home theater or family room with small storage area off the side. The stone fireplace is framed by thick timbers cut from trees on the property and used in the original 1950 construction. They were salvaged from the rehab and are used throughout the house to support the barn doors, a mix of solid oak and original barn doors. Electric baseboard heat is available in all the upstairs rooms. The house has a metal roof (2015) and is well insulated. New windows upstairs. New plumbing throughout; underground utilities. The garage is of stone and has two bays plus a walk-up attic for storage. A third bay for equipment is used as a woodshed; at the rear of the shed is the former cold storage room, heavily insulated and recently remodeled into a workshop/storage room, 20x12 feet. A wood stove heats this room. The house is on 1.9 acres with the Cowles Creek valley behind it and mature red oak, maple and magnolia trees shading it. A side yard is planted in apple trees to pay homage to the property's heritage; the front yard is gently sloping and the entire property is hemmed in by trees and large rhododendron that create privacy. Final price reduction before withdrawing property from the market!
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