Location location location! Reduce your carbon footprint and your taxes with this efficient and compact home situated in a private and secluded residential village neighborhood. Easily expandable as your needs change, this is either a starter home or a down-sizer. This home offers natural gas, village sewer and water, high speed internet access, and cable accessibility. Enjoy the two minute drive to the village center and surrounding colleges. The home has been designed to allow easy expansion with sewer and water tie-ins already placed externally to the radiant slab, so adding a garage or additional space or hooking up an RV does not require modifications! The home features Radiant hydronic heat which is very efficient and feels great on your toes. The bathroom floor also offers radiant heat for that warm step out of the shower feeling and is fully programmable. Set the timer and only the hours you determine will be on! The windows are situated for passive solar heating and the roof is ideal for a solar panel assembly if desired to further reduce your footprint. With the high solar rating, if you wish to add panels you could eliminate your power bill all together or consider a heat pump for additional space without adding a boiler zone. A second story deck off the bedroom offers a optimal time for morning coffee or some afternoon reading time. This deck is tastefully screened for privacy with custom made fabric panels and higher than usual balusters and rails so you can disappear when seated, but can still enjoy the view. There are many craftsman details including all custom hemlock framing, with structural rating provided by the design engineer. The v-groove pine decking on the second floor deck is exposed to the first floor as the ceiling, but a Advantech sub-floor is above the pine to provide contemporary load support. The exposed hemlock 2 x 12 inch floor joists and pocketed 6 x 12 inch running beam are planed and crisp, aesthetically adding that craftsmans feature. The exterior details include a retained privacy barrier of mature woods, a yard with Shosugiban charred landscaping timbers providing a terrace for a first floor roofed patio. The yard space is established and includes plantings of hostas and lilacs. The off street parking includes space enough for a boat, several vehicles or a turnaround internal to the lot. The retained woods on the street side provide nearly absolute privacy. You won't know you are in the village as the house faces hundreds of acres of meadow with no neighbors visible from interior of the home. This is a core home with live in as it is space or room for easy expansion either to the rear or to the street with a full site plan already drawn with addition set backs defined. This home is ecologically smart offering excellent privacy, simplicity and comfort. The construction included custom milled North Country materials harvested and milled by the builder/owner. Move in as is and have a very comfortable home just how it sits or expand! The options are endless with this gem! Call today for your private showing!
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