DESCRIPTION
Nestled in the southern tip of the Adirondack Park, this four season camp is close enough to be your destination every weekend. The camp sits about a thousand feet down a well maintained side road. This gives you the quick access to the area without all the traffic. Situated on wooded 12.3 acres, the 975 feet of road frontage give this Adirondack style home its space and privacy. Just a three to four minute drive brings you to six of the area lakes. With thousands of acres of State Land nearby, the possibilities are endless.

I purchased this property late last summer. I'm a self employed carpenter, working with just one assistant. For several years, I have been taking one property at a time and doing a total renovation. I have a couple of good contacts with the local real estate agencies, but I do a lot of the searching for myself. It takes a lot of hours of driving, doing research, and writing letters, but the setting and location has to be right.

After seven months of working seven days a week, I'm nearing completion on the total renovation of this 1940 camp. Starting at the foundation, which has been reinforced, we jacked and leveled the structure. Here, a happy medium had to be reached to make things acceptable, but not to weaken anything. The complete roof and upper structure was removed, and the gable style roof built to allow room for the two spacious bedrooms. The interior was totally stripped and all the floors were reinforced with new framing. Then came new doors, windows, wiring, and insulation. The installation of the log cabin siding really started to bring a personality and atmosphere to life.

The interior of the front porch is stained wainscoting. The porch leads into the living room. With knotty pine walls and a cultured stone section of floor and wall for a woodstove or gas log setup, it's very cozy. All the interior pine has been fine sanded and had three coats of lacquer to leave the natural beauty of the wood. Lacquer preserves the wood, and leaves it smooth to the touch and completely washable. An open doorway leads to the kitchen/dining area. Here, a wall section of the original cabinets were saved to retain some of the original camps heart and soul. Cherry base and wall cabinets were added that blend good with the old, and give the kitchen it's needed work area and storage. The new full bath has a shower/tub unit, washer dryer hookup, and tile floor. The first floor is all quality DuPont laminated flooring in a antique hickory plank style. The porches are done in rug.

Off the dining area, what was originally a bedroom was used to house the new staircase. The stairs were custom built of knotty and yellow pine. The walls and ceiling of the staircase are of knotty pine. The two bedrooms are done completely in knotty pine, both having spacious closets. The side walls are recessed to leave part of the roof beams exposed. This, along with the Adirondack style ceiling fans, and spacious arch top windows, really gives the bedrooms a look and feel all their own. The upstairs is done in a neutral color Berber rug. Both the wall sconces in the living room and staircase, and the kitchen/dining area lights are trimmed with antiqued brass branches with leaves. 

A spacious rear porch overlooks the mature woods of the backyard, and with insulated walls and ceiling, could be left open to the cabin year round. The back third of the parcel is a grassy wetland that adjoins a large pond on the neighboring property. Besides being a natural draw to waterfowl and wildlife, this gives the property a natural rear boundary, and also ensures the future of the Adirondack wilderness of the neighboring property. There are two "islands" of land that jut out into the grassy wetlands that are accessible and make a really nice place just to sit and enjoy the wilderness setting in the privacy of your own backyard.

Winter set in before I got the new septic system in. A new drilled well and septic are included in the price and will be installed as soon as winter gives up its grip. Being brand new, that's $15,000 the new owner won't have to look forward to in the future. A Gibson propane furnace is the main heat source, while the chimney for the woodstove/gas log setup would be an aesthetic alternative or backup. As I'm still working on it, I'm open for ideas, changes, etc. I now live in a small nearby town. We've purchased a place about 20 minutes north of this property, so I'll be nearby in the future if anything arises such as repairs, or just to swing by and check on the place if your not up for a period of time. All this cabin needs is some furnishings and a personal touch of your own, and it's ready to enjoy for years to come.

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Owner's telephone number: 518-762-2317

Owner's email address: stealhead357@yahoo.com       

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