Built in 1870's this home, just two hours for Toronto's international airport, is situated in the Big Head River Valley. It has 48 rolling acres with water and great views. It was originally home to a settler family and their eleven children. Their historic first home, a log cabin, is still on the property. This home is reached through a dramatic, conifer and daffodil-lined lane and enjoys privacy, peace, quiet, water, scenic views, birds and wildlife. It is set back from a paved county road, amid mature trees.
Originally an eight bedroom, brick home, it now has, due to conversions, 4 bedrooms. Its master bedroom suite has a walk-in closet, an office and a private stairway to the main floor. Three additional bedrooms are ideal for children or weekend guests. The main floor, with 9 ft ceilings, has a large open kitchen with dining space for eight.
The living room has a high efficiency woodstove. A separate dining room will seat 16 or more and a large family room with fireplace and French windows that lead to a deck. This is a wonderful entertaining house as all main floor rooms flow into one another. It even has a ground floor laundry, mud room and a side porch for winter changing. Windows and doors on all four sides of the house, offer frequent wild life viewing opportunities. It has two bathrooms, one with shower the other with bath, one upstairs and one on the ground level.
There is an in-ground swimming pool with an entertaining patio which faces the front porch for sunset viewing across the Big Head River Valley. Both pool and sunsets are also viewable from the second floor balcony, which is ideal for sunning and reading.
Windows, doors and roof are upgraded to current standards and it has a recently installed, high efficiency oil furnace on the main floor and individually controllable electric heat upstairs, giving the advantage of selectively heating various rooms. Wi Fi and satellite TV are in place. The double roof and low-e windows keep it cool in summer. The property has mature trees, a lovely perennial garden with arbours and a pond.
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