352 Barnhart Road , Remsen, NY 13438(Herkimer County)

NYS 5 bedroom home on wooded lot adjacent to NYS Forest Preserve:  The Cooley's built this house in '63 and raised 6 kids in this ranch style home.  With 5 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, generous sized living, family and game rooms and a huge basement, I would imagine everyone had plenty of space.  Just inside the Adirondack State Park, bounded on the south by the State of NY, and a stones throw from Hinckley Reservoir (the City of Utica's water supply), this comfortable country home provided their family with the type of private wilderness setting that many people seek out when they are looking for a place to connect with nature.  This is no log cabin however!  It is a suburban ranch with attached 2 stall garage and full basement in a rural setting.  It was built with solid wood framing upon a concrete block foundation.  Back to back granite fireplaces, one with a wood-stove insert, help out the fuel oil boiler on the coldest days of winter.  A new steel roof and Anderson thermal pane windows were installed in 2012 – 13, to help keep the weather out and the heat in.  A spacious modern kitchen with GE and Bosch products allows more than one cook to participate in preparing the meals.  All appliances stay and are in good working order.  Typical for that time period you will find a combination of tile, hardwood and carpet floor coverings and sheet-rock and ceiling tile for walls and ceilings.  Solid wood paneling however (believed to be cedar), is found in the living and game rooms respectively.  What did kids do in this type of neighborhood?  They went outdoors and explored their surroundings.  They built camps and tree-houses and dammed up small streams to catch frogs, fish and crawdads by hand.  Bikes, mini-bikes and three-wheelers were the major mode of travel for country kids and they were constantly modifying them to do things they were not meant to do.  The Hinckley Reservoir served as a major source of entertainment for this family, providing opportunities for swimming, boating, fishing, trapping and even fireworks on the fourth of July.  Many of the large plantation pines around the house were removed about two years ago to insure strong winds would not bring them down on the house.  The property is ~10 miles from Remsen and the local school, and 27 miles away from Utica the closest city.  A pre-listing inspection of the house was done by the owner and the resulting report is available upon request.  The town plows to the driveway, or to the door if there are school children.  The school bus picks up and drops off at the house as well.   And if there's not enough land to quench the thirst of the most avid outdoor enthusiast in your family, the owner is also selling the adjacent 122 acres of northern hardwood forest bounded on the east by the 121,000 acre Black River Wild Forest of the Adirondack Forest Preserve.  So, if you think it would be a good idea to raise your family in a rural setting surrounded by the gifts of nature, you have to check out this home in the woods...it may just be the right place for you.