This little house offers twice the space of that glorified garden shed and has historical creed to boot. An 1890s former one-room schoolhouse, architect-renovated in the 1980s, this smart little home is a perfect retreat for first-time buyers, single or coupled creatives, empty nesters or anyone looking for their own tiny slice of the Catskills.
Set on an easy-to-maintain .5 acres, set back off of a dead-end town road, the home has an open layout with a cozy lofted bedroom, a spacious living area with a Jotul woodstove, well-designed kitchen including Gaggenau 4-burner cook top and concealed Ariston front-load washer, bath with shower and mudroom.
Fiberglass windows and sliding door lead to a deck overlooking lush greenery and a sparkling pond. New skylights ensure exceptional light at all hours of the day. The lot is surrounded by three large properties with land directly adjacent declared "forever wild" via an NYC watershed conservation program.
A proven rental property, this house will pay for itself if you share it with other weekenders (Air-B&B) or keep it to yourself for a blissful nearly off-the-grid getaway (with high-speed wifi, of course).
The area's hiking, swimming, leaf peeping and skiing are all true attractions but this charmer with its babbling brook and nighttime frog choir, is about getting away from it all to relax in a big, big way.