$499,000

Light-filled, charming 4 Bedroom/3.5 bath 1800s farmhouse with two ensuites -- including one on the first floor that can, alternatively, serve as a home office. Also on the first floor is a great room with high ceilings, a wood burning fireplace and French doors with access to the 24' x 24' deck. The home is set for entertaining with an easy flow from the eat-in kitchen, to the dining room, or out to the deck for al fresco dining. The formal dining room has a tin ceiling, which is probably a vestige from its history as a country store and bar before it was moved further from the road in the 1960s and put on a new foundation. Throughout the freshly-painted house there are skylights, warm pine floors and lots of storage. The first floor also boasts a half-bath off of a separate kitchen porch entry, a sizable reach-in kitchen pantry, an office nook or sitting room tucked between the formal living room and the great room, as well as a laundry room. The second floor has three bedrooms, and two baths. There is a separate hallway entrance to the second ensuite bedroom with cathedral ceilings, a full bath and his-and-her closets. The oversized, detached two car garage is steps away from the home's deck entrances and has attic storage. Other exterior features include two covered sitting porches, a creek-side covered bench where one can swing while listening to the babbling brook and birdsong. Near the kitchen entrance there's a wood shed to store fuel for indoor or outdoor fires. Other amenities include ample guest parking, convenient crescent driveway, central air, a back-up generator and invisible dog fencing running the perimeter of the property. Whether you're looking for full-time living in the Chatham School District or a weekend get-away, there is a lot packed into this centrally-located, easy-to-maintain 1/3 acre property. Only five minutes to the Villages of Valatie or Chatham, 25 minutes to Albany or Hudson, and 2.5 hours to New York or Boston.