Custom designed for casual living using natural materials to add to winter warmth and summer cooling, interior highlights include slate, tile and wood flooring in all but one room, a 3-flue stone chimney with the living rooms fireplace and two woodstove hookups should you care to supplement the radiant heating systems with free firewood from your own land. Solid wood doors and trim accent the newly painted interior.

On the main level you will find a spacious, open-concept floor plan designed around the stone chimney with an updated chefs envy kitchen as the areas centerpiece. The kitchen has sleek granite and butcher block countertops, gas cooking, a prep sink and a well-designed island giving the cook lots of elbow room with ample space to pull up a stool for meals on the run. The pantry is awesome with an extra sink and oodles of storage. The entire design of the living area allows for a variety of furniture options use your imagination. Dine under the windows with a view or near the warmth of the woodstove. Lounge on the sofa in front of a roaring fire or looking out at the skyline. Cathedral ceilings and exposed beams add great appeal to the living space. The first floor also has a home office, large laundry, new powder room and spacious side entry that leads to a screen porch and the three car garage beyond. Upstairs are three bedrooms, including a quiet master bedroom with updated bath w/walk-in shower and patio doors to a small deck to take in the view. A freshened hall bath is shared by two other bedrooms.

The walkout basement is wonderful as although you are below the main living area you are at ground level, allowing the sun to shine in and giving you walkout access through the sunroom to the nicely landscaped grounds. Here you will find the family room with slate floor, the perfect place for a home theater. A sunny guest room/2nd office/exercise room, a full bath and a delightful four-season sun room complete this levels living area! Start seedlings, grow flowering house plants, or use it strictly as another furnished room. It has hot & cold water, skylights, drains and a hot tub.

The mechanical systems are tucked into two utility rooms and include a TWO hot water heating systems. You can use as little fossil fuel as you want. If you use the EKO boiler and hot water storage system, your heat and hot water can be fueled entirely with wood. The home's central propane boiler can be kept on standby and will be drawn on only as needed. Or, if you prefer, you can use the conventional heating system alone. Your choice.