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" UnderValued Gem in Farm Country " ~ ~ " No Comparable Value " ~ ~ " Unbeliveable find in near perfect setting "
FOR SALE - - Estate - Home in Cambridge, New York, 12816
$350,000 - - 6.5acre, On hill with Million Dollar View ( Mountains, farms and pond). Cambridge is in Farm Land designation area.
With death of Parents, and children spread accross country and not willing to move, it was decided to sell.
House is free and clear: no mortages, leins, debts, problems. Some repairs may be necessary
See list of improvements over past 12 years, with sizes and dimentio ns below.
Contact : Marker's Octagon Realty, Kendal F. Baker - 518-686-4200 ( kendalbaker@octagon-realty.com )
Fully Air Conditioned 4BR w/ closets & MBR with 2 walk-in closets, 2 full bath + pool room bath, LR w/ fireplace, DR, Kitchen.
Full partially finished basement with a Bilco door exit, a bar, laundry room with work tables, closets & shelving, AND
a large utility room with:
oil tank, A/C system air handler, new heating unit and hot water tank, water filtration/softening system, well tank and controls, electric and storage shelving.
Attached large fire rated steel "I" beam
Pool room with lighting, full sized inground pool, circulating fans, exhaust fan, full bath,
Full Glass - 6' sliding glass doors on 3 sides w/screens with outdoor stairs to large fenced in yard and chicken coops on north side.
Large 2 car garage with utility/storage room in back with outdoor exit to the attached Garden equipment storage room and outdoor garden shed.
Natural hill side landscaped spring to fish pond with underground electric for filter and lighting. New asphalt paved driveway and parking area


Arial views - Full house & Pool House view with shed and pond just above shed This view shows lower cleared area with septic tank and leach field below


Ground view from Front Garden area and Well Pump Head This view shows roof of Pool House area






Looking to hill behind house to mountains and fram land Overlooking front lawn to farms and mountains



Natural Spring to pond


Mountain Stream and Fish Pond Area served with underground electric for pond filter and lighting


Large New Frenced-in Yard for planting, Chickens and Barbeque


New Electric Panel with Generator switch New Water Tank and plumbing


New Oil Burner and Hot Water Tank New Propane Pool Room Baseboard Heater






Far Pool Room area with Wall Exhaust Fan, Kitchen Counter and Wall Cabinets Pool Room Shower, new Bowl and Sink cabinet
List of Improvements in past 12 years
- New large Electric service panel in basement with integral Generator Power switch.
- New Electric Main disconnect switch at remote meter location at curb-side pole.
- Rebuilt 5.5kw desil emergency power generator ( Purchased new and rebuilt after lightening strike). Includes power connection wiring to house system.
- New Propane heating unit for pool room heat.
- New Electric Hot water heater for pool room bath room.
- New House heating system boiler.
- New propane house hot water tank with ion control tank corrosion rod.
- New propane pool heating unit
- Pool Liner and filter system
- New Indoor Pool room wood stove
- New snow shield on pool room roof wood stove pipe.
- New Siding and Vinyl clad tilt in windows on first floor
- New pool room roof.
- New garage door
- New Blacktop Driveway to garage and shed behind garage with outdoor parking for three vehicles.
- New Porch Posts and railings
- Underground Drainage system around home.
- Installed two new automatic 3/4hp sump pumps in basement to keep basement dry during extended heavy rain storms when underground water table raises. Installed in pits in basement with float switches. Pumps remove water to 4" waste drain pipe to leach field.
- New deep well, 1 ½ hp pump , 1” feed to house, Filter and water softener system
- New Custom Kitchen Cabinets, electric and appliances.
- Most water piping has been replaced with new ¼ turn lever shut off valves and most ½ in lines replaced with ¾ copper water lines.
- Installed new ¼ turn shut-off valves with frost drains for the four outdoor water lines .
- All heating and water lines in pool room equipment area replaced with ¾ copper and lever shut-off valves
- New remote electric sub-panel panel in equipment area room behind main garage area, and new and additional power outlets. lighting and wiring.
- Electric power at pond on hill behind house for pond pump and filter.
- Replaced undersized plastic waste water lines in basement with 4" PVC to septic system.
- New 1st and second floor bathrooms.
- New air-conditioning system unit outside.
- New Pool heating system roof mounted solar panels still in boxes.
- Large Fenced in area for livestock with hen house, located off pool room.
Features :
- Working built in brick fireplace in Living room, with indoor brick Vernier wall and heat-a-lator.
- Entire home has finished hard wood flooring, upstairs and down stairs.
- Frist floor – Master bed room, study, new bath, new kitchen, dining room, living room
- Second floor – New bathroom, large bed room with separate office/storage area with windows, and 2 childrens rooms. Roof access in 2nd floor hall for attic vent fan.
- Stairway to 2nd floor is finished hard wood stairs and rails.
- Indoor Pool: Propane Heated Pool and pool room itself has a separate Propane heating system with full bathroom, 3 large interior roof mounted circulating fans, pendant type lighting and large exhaust fan.
- Pool room features – full wall, floor to ceiling sliding glass window/doors on 2 sides with screens. Abuts House and garage on other sides. A sliding full height double glass door to an outdoor finished sitting area fills the space between garage and front of house. Structure is exposed steel I beam construction for slanted roof and window wall support.
- Large Outdoor shed for lawn equipment with electric power service and lights.
- Low Voltage lighting system controls in house.
- Well Water softening system
- Radon gas venting system
- Sump pumps for heavy rain/flooding in basement.
- Mature Landscaping with pond on hill behind house with eklectric power for pond pumps, filters and lighting.
- Full basement with access from house and outside with Bilco Door, partitioned for Utility/Boiler room and washroom. Has a bar area with water and electric. Basement has full lighting and electric ( renovations not complete)
- Garage - attached to pool room with exterior style house door to pool room for access to house , a full size 2 car garage with electric and new garage door and opener. Garage is finished with insulation and sheet rock walls, lighting , electric etc. A door in back of garage leads to a utility room behind garage with: Exterior door to area behind garage leading to pond and property in back, an attached storage room for misc gradening equipment, and access to Propane tank. This Utility area is for new propane pool heater and filter, the pool room water heater and pool room baseboard heat. Area is finished with sheetrock and storage shelving and insulated with lighting and electrical outlets. Also includes the Pool room/garage/shed/pond electric sub-panel and connection for generator.
- Outdoor – large oval garden area in view from outside porch deck entry/sitting area , and location of new deep well. Back area of house has a new LARGE fenced in area for garden boxes and the chicken coop. Access from outside gates front and rear and from pool room sliding door windows. Septic tanks are located here, which drain to a LARGE leach field to the north in a lower grass area field . Our new 7yr old Weeping Willow does like the area, doing very well.
- Front of house features a covered setting area deck with new railings, faceing the mountain view and a large planting area 15 foot out, which houses the well head, flagpole and electric for flag pole lighting and boarder lights, controled from inside house at front door.
- Electric power is an underground service from a property line pole.
Dimensions and Sizes :
- House foot print - 24x52 - 1250sq. ft. - living area, both floors, 2187sq.ft.
- Front Covered Porch - 252 sq ft
- Built in Attached Pool House - 42x60 - ~2500 sq ft , with sseparate baseboard heating system, with full size heated inground pool
- Pool House Bathroom; stall shower, sink & bowl off pool room ~85sqft
- Attached Garage, ~672sq ft, access to pool room and house : ~24x21 ( 500 sq ft ) with Back Store room (170sq ft ) ~24x7 for Pool Heat/hot water equipment.
- New Pool water Propane heater , New Propane Furnace for Pool Room baseboard heating system, and new electric HW heater for pool bath.
- Garden Equipment room behind garage off pool room, ~85sq ft.
- Outdoor shed for Lawn equipment - 8X20 off new paved driveway.
- Total Finished living space = 5779 sq ft