42 Captain Lathrop DriveDeerfield, MA 01373Price: $435,000

This spacious, Contemporary Post & Beam home is a nature lover's sanctuary filled with natural light and a wrap-around deck for all-season enjoyment & spectacular sunsets. For enhanced privacy the property abuts the Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation, a large state forest. Open concept living on the Main Floor offers an expansive Living Room with multiple sliders to the deck, a brick backdrop for the Jotul wood stove, a 2nd set of Sliders off the Dining room & a Country Kitchen which opens to an oversized Bonus Room, currently set up as a home Theater & Rec room. Upstairs, you'll find a large Primary Bedroom with vaulted ceiling, generous double closets and a sun-filled en suite Bath. A full, 2nd Bath plus 2 additional lofted Bedrooms w/ closets complete the upstairs. An impressive ground level dedicated Office/Library features custom built, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves with Interior & Exterior entrances offering endless possibilities for a home business, artist studio, etc. At the foot of the ground level stairs is a customized linen closet, Laundry area w/ sink, Storage and Utility area with access to a clean, bright 2 car Insulated Garage that includes a 3rd bay work space. There's almost 2,400 sq/ft of generous living area (including the Bonus Room) to spread out and create your own personal spaces. Recent Updates include: a sound-proof Library addition w/ track lighting, an Insulated, well-lit Garage, recently painted Interior on main level & freshly painted Exterior Cedar Clapboards and deck. A New Roof, major renovation to the Bonus Room above the Garage w/ built-in AC and a Rinnai Propane Heater, 2 new Garage doors w/remotes. The house also features a propane furnace & water heater. Heat efficiency is optimal in the winter using 2 cord of wood in wood stove to supplement/replace propane furnace usage in the winter time. Solar generates more electricity than needed most months of the year with credits given for surplus months. This is the best of both worlds if you want total privacy yet minutes to the center of Town, local Schools, hiking Sugarloaf Mt, new Additions & beautifully renovated Tilton Library and Town Office, Historic Deerfield, Restaurants, an abundance of local farm stands, first rate Colleges & Private Schools and a myriad of Cultural & Recreational opportunities easily accessed throughout the Pioneer Valley. Close to main roads and highways. This house has been well taken care of, is solid, updated and is move-in ready