The vacation season might be behind us, however that has carried out little to quell the need for picture-perfect snow-topped abodes that look as if Hallmark film queen Lacey Chabert may waltz proper out of the door at any second.
Which is precisely what home hunters will discover at one beautiful Vermont abode that lately got here available on the market for $5.95 million and appears very very like the backdrop of each hit vacation film seen on screens.
The aptly named “Eden” in Stowe, VT, might not have served as a movie set, but it boasts extra dramatic enchantment than another residence you would possibly discover available on the market.
The almost 12,000-square-foot property at 484 Edson Hill Highway is ready within the coronary heart of Stowe and completely positioned midway between the shop-lined streets of the village and the ski trails of Stowe Mountain Resort.
Newly listed for $5.95 million, the property gives one fortunate purchaser the prospect to get cozy in Vermont’s most storybook ski city—proving that Santa would possibly nonetheless have one final reward up his large crimson sleeve.
Inbuilt 1996 and designed by architect Bud Wilson for a neighborhood household, the house has modified fingers solely twice since its development.
In response to itemizing agent Alison Beckwith, with Vermont Actual Property Firm, the present sellers are the third house owners, who initially bought the residence as a main residence after shifting to Stowe with their kids.
Within the years since, nonetheless, the household has discovered additional use for the dwelling—as a really profitable rental.
“Since they spend extra time overseas now, they’ve provided the property as a trip residence and occasion venue, producing strong revenue of their absence,” Beckwith notes.
Set on greater than 21 personal acres, Eden delivers privateness that’s more and more arduous to return by in Stowe—particularly with its proximity to every little thing. The land straight abuts Wiessner Woods, a roughly 76-acre Stowe Land Belief protect, giving the property a storybook backdrop of protected forest and trails.
“You possibly can stroll out the door and luxuriate in Eden’s personal 21-plus acres but additionally entry these wooden trails, basically offering almost 100 acres to discover,” Beckwith explains. The path community additionally connects to the famed Catamount Path, superb for strolling, snowshoeing, and quiet winter outings.
The outside facilities of the property itself are equally interesting. Two spring-fed ponds supply year-round enjoyment for swimming, fishing, or ice skating, whereas a clay tennis court docket with an adjoining terrace units the scene for leisurely summer season afternoons.
A swimming pool anchors an expansive stone patio, surrounded by landscaped grounds that appear each intentional and pure.
“The indoor and outside facilities are geared to each sports activities and rest,” Beckwith says.
Architecturally, the house leans traditional. A stone-faced turret marks the entry, complemented by clapboard siding and shingle accents that nod to New England custom with what Beckwith describes as “a murmur of French-country.”
Inside, the turret’s curve repeats by way of the house, from the mudroom, which connects to a heated three-car storage, to the hallways that lead into the hovering nice room.
“The house is timeless in design, not bowing to the whims of fad structure or designs that appear to cycle each 5 to 10 years,” Beckwith says.
As an alternative, the interiors emphasize craftsmanship: elegant woodwork, marble finishes, stately stone fireplaces, and partitions of home windows framing views of Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak.
Designed for each entertaining and multigenerational dwelling, the house’s format features a sun-filled kitchen, breakfast room, screened porch with hearth, and lower-level recreation area with a fitness center, spa space, sauna, and entry to an outside sizzling tub.
A two-bedroom in-law suite gives privateness for company, whereas a separate visitor wing homes 4 extra bedrooms and three full baths. Upstairs, the first suite is a retreat of its personal, full with a sitting room, balcony, dressing room with cedar closet, and adjoining workplace.
However the location could be the most compelling chapter on this storybook property.
“The Edson Hill neighborhood is without doubt one of the most fascinating in Stowe because of its mid-Mountain Highway location, permitting easy accessibility to each the village and the ski resort,” Beckwith says.
From Eden, it’s minutes to Stowe’s outlets, eating places, breweries, golf programs, farmers market, and the recreation path—but the property nonetheless feels worlds away.
“There are only a few property properties in Stowe boasting a location like this,” Beckwith provides. With privateness, views, and enduring design, Eden lives as much as its identify and gives a life-style that guarantees to be simply as magical because it seems to be.
