Porter Corners, NY 12859
This unique home has been lovingly maintained by its sellers over the past 6 years after being thoughtfully designed and custom built by its original owners just 11 years ago. They'd worked with an architect to craft an energy-efficient plan, selected the 5+ acre lot to support the lower walk-out level, faced the home "Solar South", and chose an award-winning builder, Waldron Builders, known for their custom-craftsmanship in the Saratoga area, and purchased (not leased) and installed solar panels on the rear roof.
The result is a smart, stylish home that generates more than enough of its power the majority of the year with a full-house backup generator, and offers a private setting with 5 acres of wooded trails in the Town of Greenfield and within the Saratoga School District. These sellers are a military family with orders taking them overseas, so the opportunity has arisen for the next stewards of this energy-conscious, meticulous home.
UNIQUE FLOORPLAN: The home was designed for its owners to enjoy convenient first-floor living with upgrades and space including an open great room, mudroom, laundry room, primary suite, a second bedroom/office, and a full bathroom. The entire floor faces out onto the rear yard and woods of the property with a screened porch overlooking it all. The lower level was beautiful finished with a central family room with trey ceiling, two spacious bedrooms, a full bathroom, gym/rec room and a door leading out to the yard.
FIRST LEVEL: The front door opens to the vaulted great room with hardwood floors leading in each direction, ample windows that bring the outdoors in, a gas fireplace with broad custom mantel, stone surround & built-in cabinets. There's space for plenty of seating and its open to the generous, but comfortable dining room. The kitchen, always the gathering place, is both spacious and well-appointed. Plentiful cabinets feature crown molding, under cabinet lighting with light-rail, pantry cabinet, double lazy-susans, and an appliance garage. There's a stainless steel appliance package, tile floor and backsplash, and sprawling granite countertops provides endless workspace and a casual dining area at the breakfast bar with overhead pendant lighting and four stools. Opposite the front door you'll find a walk-in pantry with cabinetry for all your dry goods and storage. Off the dining area a sliding-glass door leads to the beautiful screened-porch for outdoor living that walks out to the trex deck for grilling.
Following the hardwood floors down the hall you’ll find the main bathroom with tile flooring, a solar tube for endless natural light, a custom-painted porcelain sink and vanity, and stall shower. Next is the smartly-planned laundry room with built-in cabinets, drying rack and space to fold!
At the end of the hall is the first bedroom with a gorgeous tray ceiling, large closet, and windows on two walls for multi-dimensional light. It makes a terrific home office as its currently used with a built-in murphy bed, but can certainly be a full-time bedroom.
Turn right and you’ll enter the perfectly tucked primary suite with a stunning tray ceiling featuring up-lighting with dimmer switch. A sliding glass door opens to the deck and brings in plenty of natural light. The ensuite bathroom is luxurious in space and details from top to bottom with its tray ceiling, tiled flooring, ample cabinetry for linens and toiletries, double-sinks, solid-surface countertop, a corner soaking tub with tile surround and an enormous walk-in custom-tiled shower room. A roomy walk-in closet was upgraded by the sellers with custom built-in shelving.
Back through the first floor and off the kitchen you’ll find the mudroom featuring cubbies and hooks for all to keep things tidy coming in from the spacious two-car garage. Another solar tube and transom window brighten the space. This easy entrance makes grocery unloading a breeze!
LOWER LEVEL: Here you’ll also find the open staircase to the lower level with wood treads and balusters. Downstairs, the rear of the home sits perfectly at grade so you’ll love the full-size windows in each of the two equially well-sized bedrooms with spacious closets. A light and bright family room anchors the two spaces and features yet another dramatic tray ceiling with ambient lighting and comfortable carpeting underfoot. Off this room you’ll appreciate yet another full bathroom with exceptional finishings including a tiled stall shower with mosaic detail and rainfall showerhead.
A tiled entry offers a door outside to the backyard offering the perfect setup for a future hot tub or pool to be added! At the hall's end you'll find a spacious workout/rec room the sellers recently finished, with another full-egress windows and a walk-out door. A large, unfinished room holds all the well-laid out mechanicals and offers storage space.
MECHANICALS: You'll find energy-conscious and low-maintenance features throughout. The prior sellers purchased outright (not leased) and installed a Hudson solar panel system that generates a monthly surplus in electric 8-9+/- months of the year as owners need only pay $17/month to stay connected to the grid. In a few darker months power can be drawn form the grid, when needed. There is a propane-fired, high-efficiency furnace and heat pump w/ 5 zones to ensure comfort and a fully-automatic back-up generator. The 500-gallon propane tank is owned and buried. The home is lined with thermopane, double-hung, insulated low-E argon gas filled, tilt-in windows. When built, the home received a 5-star plus energy rating (highest possible) on the NY Home Energy Rating Scale.
While the stretch from the road is gravel, there is a blacktop driveway as you approach the home, a concrete walkway with tasteful, low-maintenance landscaping. The home is connected to a 1500 gallon septic tank and leech field in the front yard a drilled well that produced 30+ gallons per minute when installed. A radon-reduction system was installed in 2018 and the fan was just replaced.
LOCATION: Set hundreds of feet off the road, the property stretches beyond the home with wooded trails providing great opportunity to roam. It's rare to find such seclusion just 8 miles from Broadway in Saratoga Springs. This home is in the Town of Greenfield, popular for its privacy, farming, and recreation opportunities and within the Saratoga Springs City School District, with its Blue Ribbon Award-Winning Greenfield Elementary School.
The home is convenient to Lake Desolation, Tinney’s Tavern, with access to snowmobiling and four-wheeling trails only 25 minutes to Great Sacandaga Lake. The town offers a weekly farmers market all summer long as well as several youth recreation programs, the town-owned Brookhaven Golf Course with year-round dining, and many community activities throughout each year.
See for yourself how wonderfully efficient and lovely this low-maintenance home is!
