Property Description

 

This classic New England 1930’s home was gracefully amplified into an expansive home that maintains the feel of the forest.  Sitting twenty feet from Highland Lake on 200 feet of sandy waterfront, the four bedroom lake house features a large field-stone fireplace with glorious views of the water and hardwood floors, most from the original structure.  Complimenting the house is a two bedroom guest cottage above the generous garage which sits 100 feet back from the lake.  68  The open living room brags 240 feet of built-in book cases and interior boards from the original cottage and handsome open beams.  The dining room overlooks the lake beside the living room. The galley kitchen’s granite counters, lakeside picture window, and stainless steel appliances, create easy work space.  Beside the living room an enclosed porch is mostly glass on two sides;  the other two are covered with the half round boards which originally graced the original cottage. Through a dutch door off the front hall, the L-shaped Master Bedroom offers 13 feet of closet space and sliders to a private deck created for a hot tub. 143 A space-saving circular staircase leads to three bedrooms, a full bath, and an expansive cedar-lined closet.  A wide wood staircase leads from the ground to the end bedroom. Two of the bedrooms can hold multiple beds and all have views of the water.  The front entrance to the home (non-lakeside) opens to a view through a hall and kitchen to the lake, as well as a 2nd story height display platform on which sits an Indian Chief carved from a huge log.

 

The oversized garage with separate utility room boasts dual workbench surfaces with shelving and hanging space throughout.  Beside the garage a 9 by 13 room with 200 feet of built in shelves can be a study or a 7th bedroom (plumbing in the utility room permits the addition of running water).

 

Above the garage with stairs from and back the neat guest quarters, carpeted throughout;  it has a living room/dining with a kitchen behind, two sleeping rooms (designed for two beds each) with a large, full bath between including two linen closets.  An additional bath is off the living room.  On the lake side a party-sized screened porch offers lovely views.

 

The property’s broad waterfront with two private lots on either side and the lane behind make up just under an acre and almost square (actually trapeziodal) land is full of old growth trees and extensive privacy.  The L-shaped dock offers two ladders, a large flower box across one end, a build in bench, and mooring 30 feet out.

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