129 +/- ACRES SUBDIVIDED INTO 9 SEPARATE PARCELS WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE PERMITS AND HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS WITH 1,310 FEET OF RIVERFRONT ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, 4,500 FEET OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER RIVERVIEW, A FENCED 12 ACRE ORCHARD, AND A COMPLETELY FENCED AND GATED TWO-STORY 5 BEDROOM HOME CONTAINING $188,000 IN RENOVATIONS PLUS A GARAGE, AND A 20,000 CUBIC FOOT +/- REINFORCED CONCRETE UNDERGROUND FRUIT CELLAR (THE "Property"). LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHWEST WYOMING COUNTY, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP NEAR THE TOWN OF VOSBURG ON VOSBURG ROAD ON THE FAMED "VOSBURG NECK" BELOW THE BRIDGE, ON A PENINSULA OF LAND SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER WAS RATED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST SMALLMOUTH BASS FISHING RIVERS IN THE U.S. BY BASSMASTER MAGAZINE THE HOME PROPERTY HAS $188,000 IN RENOVATIONS.
The home is completely fenced and gated with burgl...
The home is completely fenced and gated with burglar bars and is a two-story, five bedroom home all near 948 acres of protected nature preserves. Property is located on the Vosburg Neck, the Vosburg Neck is a unique geographical feature in Wyoming County that is surrounded by the Susquehanna River (the River) on three sides: south, east and west. The home is not in the flood zone and only approximately 7.5% of the property is in the flood zone.
The water supply for the home is fed by a well. The house septic system is on-site.
Home Interior (first floor is renovated, second floor only partially renovated)
The first floor interior of the house features all new (2009) appliances including oven, dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave and washer (except dryer, which is not new), all new drywall, wiring, paint, carpet, laminated flooring, electrical fixtures, plumbing, electric service, a water filtration system, a timered basement ventilation system, hard-wired fire protection and smoke alarms, a new (2009) Jotul Oslo 5000 side-loading wood stove with new chimney, all new electric baseboard heat, extensive closet space, full bath with all new fixtures and cabinets and marble bath floor, new kitchen, laminated flooring in kitchen and main living area, a built-in writing desk, burglar bars on all windows, high security entrance locks, painted doors and solid core stained wood interior doors, screened-in and outdoor carpeted rear porch, and natural facing stone on rear exterior porch wall, kitchen and main living area walls. Family room has a fireplace that previously had a gas insert. All first floor walls and ceilings are insulated. New beams and columns were installed as needed on first floor. First floor windows are new with new screens. Much of the interior first floor framing received a fire-retardant paint before installation of new walls. House is wired for cable and telecommunications. First floor is approximately 1,418 square feet of living area with full bath, kitchen, laundry room, hallway, open living/dining/kitchen area and one bedroom. Second floor is approximately 1,366 square feet and has four bedrooms, one of which has been completely renovated plus a renovated half bath, front sun room and a storage room. Unfinished heated basement is approximately 517 square feet. Basement is heated with has an automatic timered ventilation system with double fan motors and exterior and interior entrances. There are two stairwells leading to the second floor, one off first floor hallway and one in main living area. The second floor consists of one completely renovated bedroom with new drywall, insulation, windows, window and door casing, base molding, and fixtures, including new electric heat; a front storage or sun room; half bath; hallway and four other bedrooms. Electric heat on second floor is all new. Floors on the second floor are painted wood. Floors on the first floor are laminated flooring, marble (in full bathroom), carpet in hallway and bedrooms, and vinyl in the laundry room. Basement floor is concrete and has all new steel support columns. Rear screened-in porch is carpeted. Primary heat can be electric or wood stove or a combination. All first floor rooms have new electric heat; all rooms on second level have new electric heat. The wood stove can heat the entire first and second floors with the installation of vents to the second floor living area. All first floor windows are protected with burglar bars which can be removed if desired by buyer. Entire interior of second floor has been repainted.
Exterior of Home.
The exterior is landscaped. Roof and vinyl siding are in good condition. The rear patio is Pennsylvania bluestone, the knee walls around the rear patio are Pennsylvania bluestone. The front of the Home Property (facing east) features several hundred feet of native bluestone retaining wall.
Annual Hunting Lease on Property: Property is presently leased for hunting on a year-to-year basis which can be cancelled prior to sale.
Susquehanna River ("River") Frontage. The Property has River frontage on the East and Riverview on the West of the Property.
Timber Rights are Included.
Wind, Solar, and Natural Gas : The Property has not been leased for wind, solar, or natural gas. Wind and Solar rights are included.
Hunting: The heavily wooded forest, with excellent habitats and varieties of habitats (mature forest, new growth, mixed forest, field, river, etc.) provide for an excellent hunting experience. The land is fully leased each year by large hunting clubs. The site is loaded with deer, bear, turkey, grouse (and multiple grouse coverts), geese, ducks (on the river), and squirrels abound attracted by a huge supply of nut trees (oak, walnut, hickory), plus coyote, doves, rabbit and other small game are available.
Boat Launch Area is On Property.
Fishing: The Susquehanna River is well known in the northeast for its Small Mouth Bass, Walleye, and Muskie fisheries and considered one of the top smallmouth bass fisheries in the U.S.
Taxes: $4,640 (2019); property is enrolled in Wyoming County Clean & Green, a preferential tax assessment program that bases property taxes on use values rather than fair market values. This ordinarily results in a tax savings for landowners.
Pennsylvania Realty Transfer Taxes to be paid by Buyer.
Seller to retain subsurface mineral, oil, and gas rights, but a recorded deed restriction will prohibit any aboveground natural gas related appurtenances on the Property.
IMPORTANT PROPERTY INFORMATION,
TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DISCLAIMERS (REV. 12/5/14)
Negotiation and Purchase and Sale Agreement. Any sale of the property described herein (the Property) is subject to a mutually agreeable purchase and sale agreement drafted by Seller which shall not be legally binding upon Seller unless and until it is fully executed and accepted in writing by both Buyer and Seller (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Parties). Until a fully executed purchase and sale agreement is exchanged, Seller is under no obligation to continue any negotiations with a prospective Buyer, and Seller reserves the right to discontinue all negotiations at any time up to the point an agreement is fully executed and exchanged. Buyer may do likewise at any time up to the point an agreement containing the original signatures of the Parties is exchanged. In such an event, Seller and Buyer shall bear its respective costs, including but not limited to due diligence and attorneys fees, incurred during the negotiation process and under no circumstances may Seller be held liable as a consequence of its termination of negotiations prior to the execution and exchange of a mutually acceptable purchase and sale agreement.
Transfer Tax. Buyer shall be responsible to pay all Pennsylvania real estate transfer taxes due at the time of closing.
Sales Price. The sales price for the Property shall be payable in United States dollars in certified bank funds or via a wire transfer before or at the closing of any transaction and no other currencies or virtual currencies will be accepted. The Seller shall not accept any portion of the Sales Price in the form of seller financing.
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The arbitrators shall follow judicial formalities or the rules of evidence required by governing law. The law of Pennsylvania shall govern this arbitration to the fullest extent permitted by law, and all proceedings conducted by the arbitrators shall be held in Wyoming or Luzerne counties of Pennsylvania in the Sellers sole and absolute discretion.
The decision rendered by a majority of the arbitrators shall be final and binding on all parties involved in the arbitration. Such decision shall be a condition precedent to any right of legal action arising out of the arbitrated dispute which either party may have against the other. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Each party involved in the arbitration shall pay its own costs and attorneys fees, the fee and expenses of its own arbitrator, and one-half of the fee and expenses of the third arbitrator. All other expenses of the arbitration shall be equally divided between the said parties. Any action filed in order to enforce this Agreement, including an arbitration award will be filed solely in the courts located in Wyoming or Luzerne counties of Pennsylvania in the Sellers sole and absolute discretion.
The parties to any such arbitration agree, and the appointed arbitrators shall agree, as part of acceptance of nomination, to keep confidential and not disclose to persons not connected with the arbitration the details of the arbitration proceeding and all information received by them as may be required by process of law.
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