Open and Wooded with spring fed, gentle flowing, seasonal stream with abundant wildlife, turkeys, deers, beavers and much more.
LOCATION: 64 Hawthorne Hill Rd, County Rt-13, New York. Near Village of Brainard, on the border between Columbia and Rensselaer County. Officially tax mapped to Columbia County.
Thirty minute drive to downtown Albany Capital District, NY or Berkshires State Park and Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
All pictures on this page are expandable to full screen size. Please click on the map for a good over view of our property location highlighteed in small red circle. Village of Brainard is highlighted with a pinned "A". Note that Albany, NY is about 30 minutes from property and the Berkshires State Park including Pittsfield, Masschusetts less than 30 mins drive. Property is within range, via well maintained county/state highways, of two major cities for professional activities as well as wide variety of outdoor recreational activities. Modern elementary school within 15 mins and the High School under 30 mins drive.
For the outdoor country enthusiast this property is the perfect opportunity to consolidate your second country home property with your primary suburban residence. There's no need to wait until retirement to make your vacation home a reality. Over here you can have it both ways, work and play, with just one property to maintain and one property bill to pay.
With the current property improvement in place, for 8.25 acres, we are paying only, low, $600 for School Tax. Property tax is $0.00; there's no property tax because property is located on a privately maintained road. Annual road bill for the private road is $550.00 Cost of living and taxes are one of the lowest in NYS.
The horse shoe shaped private access road services 12 other privately owned lots with no less than 5 acres each and offers two entry/exits from the state maintained county RT 13. This translates to a very secluded life style, neighbors out of sight, without isolation. From the pictures you may observe this property sits well above the road yet the driveway offers a gentle, accessible slope for ease of entry/exit in all weather. What the picture cannot indicate that our lot, formally known as Lot#5, sits at the highest peak level available from Hawthorne Hill's 13 lots.
Why Should this matter to you?
Take for example the advantage of any property located above the road. All run-off water coursing through the side roads (from rain and snow and the resulting waste wash-off from nearby septic tanks or toxic chemicals) are drained off to the path of least resistance - from the property to the road then carried away anywhere down slope. I learned this lesson the hard way from a previously owned property that not even properly engineered ditches and drainages can protect a downslope property (from access road) of unwanted drainage invasion because of improperly engineered drains, floods and "seepage". However, the more valuable advantage this property offers against unwanted drainage from neighboring waste run-off is the fact that it sits at the highest possible elevation: There's no higher situated property from which to be concerned with unwanted waste wash-off. Once you experience a strong whiff of septic tank odor, coursing between your leg, from rain water rushing through from neighboring land you'll know exactly what I am talking about.
You may have noticed the absence of overhead utility wires, anywhere on Hawthorne Hill Rd. and property lots, because everything is buried and routed underground. As the title of this ad stated this is a premium grade lot. This factor enables the area's pleasant forest preserve envelope. As you can see the utility box with meter is installed in place ready for residential service. Moreoever, the foundation is already connected with the necessary electrical and phone lines, underground feed, ready for hook up.
The concrete foundation's physical parameter is 25ft by 40ft. Originally we were going to build a large garage with a working studio shop. Later, we revised the plan to include a second level living quarters above the garage/studio shop. This required that we abandon the rafters pictured on top of the foundation. However along the many changes we put a halt on this project for reasons which will be mentioned further down this page. So we left these rafters here in case the new owners might want to use them. Obviously, these rafters do not offer a second level living quarters if you choose to save by using these.
Enrance way to thickly wooded forest property offering plenty of shade and cover for wild life.
Gentle flowing, seasonal stream with potential to develop a spring fed pond. To best of my knowledge and visual examination our stream is literally filtered through deep rocks trickling out, from our property line, to feed the stream. Most of our heavily wooded trees would benefit from thinning which would offer a generous source of firewood for your cozy fireplaced home and help reduce your heating bill.
The back side of the property border (opposite of the access road) is bordered by 50+ acres of undeveloped heavily wooded land sheltering abundant wild life while affording more privacy and seclusion.
While most of the lot is wooded, the land offers plenty of open space for additional building construction, recreational area and for a large self sustaining vegetable garden.
The reason for the sale, we are relocating out of state.
Asking Price Is $105K Or Best Offer (No Real Estate Commission)
You may examine the property anytime according to your schedule and convenience without appointment - Please Note: You must request permission for access and provide your first and last name with vehicle license plate number - - before you visit Hawthorne Hill Road because it is off-limit to the public. Hawthorne Hill Road is a privately maintained, community owned no trespassing zone.
For additional questions or information you're welcomed to email me.
Contact: landypeter@yahoo.com