BETSI CAREY

Description

Located just minutes from the Turnpike and Blue Route, this private enclave offers exclusive verdant landscape views and fully updated modern amenities. Circa 1840 stucco over Stone Victorian Manor House set on 2.3 tranquil acres including 907 Florence Lane. Expansive Southern-facing porch featuring restored gingerbread details. Deep-set window sills, random width, old-growth hardwood flooring, and wonderfully preserved period millwork throughout. The modern kitchen addition features an artfully exposed stone wall, an exposed-beam vaulted ceiling with skylights, and Cherry WoodMode custom cabinetry featuring granite counters, a center island, a Breakfast nook, and abundant storage. Just off the amazing kitchen is a flagstone patio perfect for outdoor dining or relaxing while admiring the beautiful landscape featuring specimen plantings, mature trees, and spectacular wildlife. The living room features a wood-burning fireplace and fabulous built-ins. The dining room features a double-sided gas fireplace, perfect for hosting your next dinner party or Thanksgiving feast. The spectacular family room with vaulted, beamed ceiling shares the double-sided fireplace with the dining room and has Palladium windows & doors to a mahogany deck. This house BEGS to entertain! Superbowl party, anyone? The updated main bedroom has an ensuite marble floor bathroom with a double vanity, claw-foot tub, and an oversized frameless glass stall shower. Two additional bedrooms on the second floor have a shared hall bath featuring a whirlpool tub and shower. Period correct high efficiency wood core custom windows let in the light and keep in the heat or A/C. The third floor boasts a shed dormer addition completed in 2005 by renowned historic contractors Hanson Fine Building and Restoration. Offering two large bedrooms with custom reproduction millwork period correct to complement the original details, energy efficient windows yielding abundant natural light, and a shared full bath with frameless glass stall shower. Improvements and renovations on this home were made with exceptional care and attention to detail rather than cost. Retaining the original charm and blending modern materials and innovations, such as the 6-zone Buderus hot water natural gas condensing boiler feeding radiant floor and baseboard radiators. Also, three-zone central A/C and a Generac 22 kW natural gas generator. Don’t miss the large heated inground pool!

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