Waterfront Cottage on Stone Bridge Pond with 4 acres in Stephentown NY 40 Shore Way

This beautiful three season waterfront cottage on Stone Bridge Pond was built in 1930 and is located in Stephentown NY, Rensselaer County.

Overview: Private road access featuring 4 very private acres directly facing the water with a 400 ft. full view and deeded water access for swimming, fishing, and use of non-motorized watercraft with over 100 acres available for hiking access. The property is easily accessible to the greater New York Capital District, and other MA and NY suburban markets. The property offers very close access to areas such as Jiminy Peak, Tanglewood, Historic Lenox, Williamstown, Saratoga, Mt. Greylock, several wineries, and of course the Berkshire Mountains. The property has been fully renovated, Interior and Exterior, as well as newly furnished in cozy cottage decor. The property is being sold fully-furnished including all appliances and turn-key amenities if rented as a vacation property. In addition, included with the property is a John Deere lawn tractor, chain saw, blower, weed thatcher and other miscellaneous tools.

Description: The structure is wood frame with a metal roof and measures 756 sq. ft. with an additional 192 sq. ft. deck. There are two points of entry and exit. The interior includes a completely enclosed porch with above storage, an open gathering room, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, utility closet, and large storage closet. Heating includes a floor to ceiling wood burning fireplace, with 4 electric zone baseboard heaters with thermostats, an electric hot water heater, dedicated well water and septic system. A circular driveway provides plenty of parking and open expansion space for a garage, recreational equipment, etc. Taxes are $2386 including county and school. Annual homeowner insurance costs are $450.  There is no HOA, and the deed has no restricting provisions.

Renovations, Features, Updates 2020 – 2024: 

Fully enclosed Porch, insulated, 7 double hung new windows with casings, lower wainscoting, baseboards, storm-screen doors replaced, new fan-lighting installed.

All walls removed, replaced, new insulation installed with vapor barrier, and sheet rocked. All wiring within the walls was inspected and replaced.

New double hung windows with casings installed in all interior rooms.

New external access doors replaced in gathering room and kitchen.

External storm doors replaced in porch and kitchen.

Wainscoting installed in the gathering room, all doors and windows were trimmed out, baseboards and upper molding were installed. All walls and ceilings were freshly painted.

Baseboard and ceiling moldings installed in all rooms.

Engineered luxury vinyl, 7mm, flooring with plywood sub floor installed in all rooms including porch, gathering room, bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom.

New fan-lighting installed in gathering room, as well as all lighting, plugs, switches in all rooms.

Four baseboard replacement heating units installed with thermostats.

Kitchen has new stainless appliances, new upper and lower cabinets with hardware, custom open shelving, a new countertop with a stainless sink and faucet and a built-in wall storage cabinet.

Bathroom sink with vanity, flooring, window, door, toilet, replaced, trimmed out, and room painted.

Fieldstone Fireplace inspected, flue and damper replaced, fire box and hearth rebuilt, chimney resurfaced, roof sealed

The metal roof was inspected and sealed at the chimney.

All wiring inspected, wiring underneath the structure has been replaced and enclosed in coaxial tubing. The main panel has been inspected, rewired with a new panel and circuit breakers added.

The hot water heater has been replaced with new circuit breakers.

New 12 x 16, 192 sq. ft. back deck constructed, stained off kitchen overlooking sunsets on the water.

New front entrance steps with entrance deck and railings installed and stained.

Landscaping improvements included the removal of several large trees close to the structure, debris clearing and grading, adding stone to circular driveway and walking path to front steps. Several shrubbery added-replaced to front and side of structure.

External structure has been freshly stained and painted

All buyers need to be accompanied with their real estate agent.  PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT.

Priced to sell for $238,800.  Contact Scott VanRoy 518-369-0487 for more information and to schedule a private showing.

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