Quiet, contemporary, rural house 20 min. from Hudson and Great Barrington

Description

Our beautiful house, which sits on five acres, is off a shared, private road 20 minutes from Hudson, and it is available for rent to the right person or small group from July to mid-September 2023 while Corinna and I are in Europe. It’s 20 minutes to Hudson, and 22 minutes to Great Barrington, MA, and 25 minutes to West Stockbridge; it’s 20 minutes to Chatham Village and 20 to Valatie and Kinderhook. We’re 40 minutes from Albany Airport; 25 minutes from Catamount. There’s hourly Amtrak service on weekdays from NYC to Hudson, or Metro North service to Wasaic or Poughkeepsie. It’s almost exactly two hours to drive from New York City (on the Taconic) or from Boston. See the full listing with more photos at https://nickselby.com/house The area is incredibly peaceful and bucolic; it abuts 300-acres of state land to the north and west, and farmland to the east. There are miles and miles of peaceful country walks, gravel and dirt biking trails, and you’ll be pleasant country walk from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Store - the world’s best organic convenience store. Of a morning you’ll see rabbits, deer, opossum; there’re beautiful cardinals and you’ll hear woodpeckers busy at work. There’s every now and then, when the wind is wrong, the sound of a car or three on the Taconic Parkway, but other than that you’re immersed in nature. The combined kitchen and dining room is large and wonderfully conducive to group conversations. The kitchen island has a granite countertop and dual sinks. The kitchen has new appliances including a Bosch silent dishwasher, and a new GE gas stove. The convection oven accommodates 3/4-sheetpans; the stovetop has four burners and a griddle. There is a large and very quiet LG French-door fridge. And of course, La Pavoni espresso/cappuccino maker, Niche conical burr espresso grinder, as well as a nine-cup Oxo drip coffee maker and Kitchen Aid burr grinder. There’s a second kitchen in the garage that is used by Corinna, who is a professional pastry chef - it has an electric, true convection Frigidaire range; one full-size freezer, one full-sized refrigerator with freezer, a three-bay commercial sink, a Kitchen Aid mixer with all the attachments, and tons of mixing bowls, sheetpans, baking equipment, a stainless steel work table, and a wood worktable. The main bedroom has a north-west facing picture window. The rear door is a private entrance to the room, which has a main bathroom attached - with an enormous bathtub and separate shower (both rainshower head and handheld). There is a large, walk-in closet, and the sauna is in this room as well. There is a private bath attached. The second bedroom has ample closet space, and a north-east facing window overlooking forest and blueberry bushes. It has a door leading to the attached full bathroom (that can also be accessed from off a shared hallway). This bathroom has a shower with both rainshower head and handheld head; a toilet, and a sink, and lighted vanity mirror The third bedroom faces due north into the forest and overlooks the blueberry bush. It is just across the hall from the half-bath, which has a toilet, small sink, and small mirror. There’s a full-size heavy duty washer dryer in the utility room, which is also where the continuous hot water heater (and cat food room) are located. It contains new (2022), full-sized, top-loading washer, and dryer. There’s a stone patio on the south side of the house. The stone patio has a southern exposure and looks west to the flower and berry garden and, beyond that, the little pond. There is a Big Green Egg smoker and barbecue grill on the patio. The little pond is home to frogs (which help to reduce mosquitos) and is a frequent watering hole for a large family of deer which come by daily. It’s a fun place to hang out.

Private Space Offered