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4 Plains Road

Walden, NY 12586

$439,900 $1,854/Mo

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Bed

Bath

2,048

Sqft

1.30

Acres(Lot)

Description

Some people walk into a house built in 1790 and see only what they would want to change. You are not one of those people. You look up and find hand-hewn beams running the length of the ceiling, the axe marks still visible in the wood, and you understand immediately that no budget on earth can manufacture that. You look down at wide plank floors, boards far wider than anything milled today, worn to a soft glow by more than two centuries of footsteps. Something in you settles. You have been holding out for a house that was actually made by hand, and they almost never come up for sale. This is a home that rewards people who notice things. The deep window casings that hold the afternoon light. The painted wainscoting and the papered walls that someone chose with real care. The fireplaces you gather around when the weather turns, every one of them working, and down in the stone cellar, the original walk-in cooking hearth where every meal in this house was once made, still standing exactly as it was built. You do not restore a detail like that. You inherit it, and you become the person lucky enough to live alongside it. At the end of the day you retreat to a primary suite that feels like its own quiet corner of the house, beams overhead, wide boards underfoot, and a fireplace of its own for the nights you want to read until the fire dies down. Waking up here does not feel like waking up anywhere else. Here is the part that lets you exhale. Loving an old house usually means bracing for the big-ticket surprises, but the important things here are already handled. The windows were replaced about 8 years ago, the cesspool was updated in the same stretch, and the home runs on natural gas heat. So you get all the soul of 1790 with far less of the worry, free to spend your attention on the details you fell for rather than the systems behind the walls. Step outside and the land does the rest. There is a pond on your own 1.30 acres, willows leaning over the water, the kind of view that makes a Sunday disappear. A great old shade tree spreads over the lawn, wide enough to sit under all afternoon, with room to plant a garden, build a fire pit by the water, and spread out in a way you cannot in town. Come evening you can take the porch, listen to the quiet, and feel a good distance from everything you needed a break from. The location quietly works in your favor. This sits in the Valley Central school district, one of the most sought-after and genuinely affordable in the county, which helps the value hold. Angry Orchard's cider house is practically down the road for a slow afternoon in the Wallkill Valley, the shops and cafes of the village of Montgomery are minutes away, and when the city calls you are roughly 70 miles from the George Washington Bridge with the Thruway and I-84 close at hand. Houses like this were built to outlast everyone who lives in them. The people who love old homes understand that owning one is less about buying a property and more about becoming its next caretaker. If that is you, this one has been waiting a long time for someone who would see it.

Property Details

Property Type : Residential

Price : $439,900

AD Id : 88087672

MLS Id : 1024006

Beds : 3

Lot Size : 1.30 Acres

Living Area Size : 2,048

Year Built : 1790

County : Orange

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Bedroom Information

Total beds: 3

Bathroom Information

Total Baths: 2 Full Baths: 1 Half Baths: 1

Room Information

Rooms Total: 9 Basement: Full, Unfinished, Walk-Out Access
Flooring Information

Carpet, Hardwood
Interior Features

Beamed Ceilings, Built-in Features, Chandelier, Double Vanity, Entrance Foyer, Natural Woodwork Appliances: Convection Oven, Cooktop, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Stainless Steel Appliance(s) Window Features: Bay Window(s)
Heating & Cooling

Has Heating: Yes Heating: Baseboard, Natural Gas Cooling: None

Building Information

Year Built: 1790 Construction Materials: Clapboard, Frame Patio And Porch Features: Covered, Porch Private Pool: No Water front Features: Pond

Lot Information

Lot Size Acres: 1.3 Lot Size Square Feet: 56628

Listing Price Information

Listing Price: $439900

Tax Information

Parcel Number: 334289-006-000-0003-001.000-0000 Annual Tax: $8876

Parking Information

Off Street

School Information

Elementary School: East Coldenham Elementary School

Junior High School: Valley Central Middle School

Senior High School: Valley Central High School
Utility Information

Electricity Connected
Location Information

WaterSource: Private, Well

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