#1138 Schoharie County - We have a home with just over an acre (1.05 acres) in a beautiful country setting just outside the college town of Cobleskill, less than 5 minutes to shopping and the sought-after Cobleskill-Richmondville School District. You will love the long pastoral views. No fast traffic whatsoever - there are stop signs by the home. The lot has been landscaped with low stone-walled terraces, with a large variety of mature trees, each strategically placed: catalpa, maple sugar, willow, apple, locust, sycamore, spruce, red pine, and - walnut. Outstanding soils for gardening. It features a circular drive. If you like natural wood, you will love this home. It has been thoroughly remodeled with new siding, new exterior doors and windows, additional insulation, and updated electric and roofing. It has the cheapest heat out there, piped natural gas. Good water from a drilled well. The east side of the home features a front porch facing the views and also an unique overshot "porch". The west side, hidden from the road, has a wide cement patio. Inside the home are 10 closets, many of them quite large. There are 2256 square feet of living space and it has a 3/4 basement. Inside you find a large family room (14x24') with a new hardwood floor and a decorative and fully functional gas parlour stove. Beyond it is a country kitchen (12x20'). This has a new hardwood floor as well, recessed lighting, new tile countertops, gas stove, dishwasher and refrigerator. It features a huge original fireplace w/beehive oven and a pantry as well. There is room for a small table too. In the center of the home is the large formal dining room (14x15'). It has decorative wainscoting, refinished plank floors, and a gorgeous stamped tin ceiling. Off of the dining room is a refinished plank-floored bedroom (9x11'), a wainscoted-wall full bath, also with the tin ceiling, and the original living room (14x15'). This too has the beautifully refinished plank floors and also a mock fireplace. It could be used as a bedroom as well. There is a equipped laundry/half bath (8x11') which adjoins both it and the other downstairs bedroom. It has wainscoted walls. A mud room (10x11') with 2 outside entrance doors is the final room on the first floor. There are 2 stairways leading to the upstairs portions of the home. The main stairs leads to the master suite. This has a large bedroom (15x18') with a pine ceiling, new hardwood floors, and an oversized L-shaped bath (9.5x18') with a large ceramic tile shower, pine ceiling, tile floors, and huge closet space. The back stairs leads to 2 rooms (13x15' & 12x13') featuring new hardwood floors and a walk-in attic (16x24'). The home features 10 closets, some quite large. There is also a large old 2 story barn with space for 4 vehicles, a workshop, small animals, plus the vast storage space in the loft. L-shaped, it is ~45x85'. Three (2 of which will be new) overhead doors for ample indoor parking. Owned by Vinyard's Choice, we ask $249000. There's no country homes anywhere near that are equivalently nice for anywhere near this price - and not likely to be. Taxes are around $4700.
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