This beautiful 35.24 acre park-like property in Monroe Co. offers the rare opportunity to live a peaceful country life in southern Monroe County with easy access to Bloomington, Bedford, and NSWC Crane. Just minutes from Lake Monroe and less than 1 mile from the Stone Crest Golf Course. The property includes home, barn, garage, 40' x 86' deer fenced garden, garden shed, a year-round spring fed stream, waterfall, orchard with mature pear, apple, and cherry trees as well as blueberry bushes, open fields, monarch butterfly sanctuary and wooded hills with ravines and mature hardwood trees. The energy minded 2520 sq. ft. ranch home, over a walk out basement, is solidly built with 12” block foundation walls with 6” insulated framed walls on the upper level. The foundation is faced with Brown County Stone and the upper level has premium Crane insulated siding, aluminum faced fascia and Leaf Guard gutters. It has large, passive solar, south facing windows and a south facing sloped roof available for adding solar panels. The home offers an open floor plan with a large custom designed kitchen/walk in pantry (2018) and laundry/mudroom (2020) with Amish built cabinets with soft close drawers. A Dutch door connects the mudroom/laundry room to the spacious kitchen and dining room area. The kitchen has all new GE slate appliances, pantry barn door, Vicostone quartz countertops and 12" x 24" ceramic tile floor. Smithville fiber internet access allows you to work, play or surf the web with ease. The main bedroom, bath and walk in closet are at one end of the upper level with an additional bedroom with full bath on the opposite end for privacy. The fireplace and additional brick faced flue (for a possible wood stove or pizza oven) are centrally located around the open oak stairway. The lower level has one finished bedroom, one exercise room and another full bath. The remaining lower level has two finished storage closets, hallway coat cubby, furnace room, additional laundry area, large storage room and large family entertainment / workshop area with double walk-out doors. The wildlife on the property can be viewed from the large stained deck with built in benches and tables. A custom play structure with small climb wall, deck, swings, slide and ladder bars is nearby in the shade of the mature maple and oak trees. A campfire area along the path to the garden offers a quiet setting for S'more fun! The custom barn built in 2009 boasts an 8’ door with high lift track suitable for installing a lift for automotive work and ease of entrance for tall farm machinery or boat. The main area of the barn measures 24’ x 36’ and has a loft for extra storage. The barn has a 20’ x 16’ addition split between a porch area (built for swing and fan installation if desired) and implement storage area with garage door on backside. The garage near the home is 22’ x 24’. Past the open field, down the hill from the home and barn, lies a peaceful retreat where you can hike through acres of mature hardwood trees home to various wildlife and wildflowers and rest by the spring fed creek and waterfall. Young and old delight in hunting mushrooms in the spring and a cool walk down the creek on a hot summer day. Collecting fossils and plopping and skipping stones is enjoyed year round!
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