Aah...love at first sight!!! We couldn't help but to fall in love with this little gem as we motored up the long dirt driveway surrounded by glorious green fields. I know the cardinal rule is never let the real estate agent know how much you love the house...but it was hard to contain our excitement.
It all started back in 2003 when we purchased our first house, a small little place, off the grid, in a quaint little town in the Northeast Kingdom. Oddly enough the town was called Danville. We loved our little house despite the fact that it had no electricity. But after three years of candles and gas lamps, not to mention only one bathroom, we decided to start the search for a retreat a bit more.... guest friendly.
Having inherited the knack for perusing real estate magazines and Internet real estate sites from my mother, it was not long before I stumbled upon Starlight Meadows on the MSL listing on the Internet. Immediately, I put a call into my favorite Realtor, Barb Machell, and we booked our appointment to see it. We never imagined it would surpass all of our expectations.
Starlight Meadows, named surely for the unobstructed nightly show of the heavens above, is located on forty open acres of rolling hills and meadows. It is in a small town called Walden just west of St. Johnsbury. Although its location made it a longer drive to our ski mountain, Burke, it was closer to Craftsbury Nordic Center and two other ski areas we enjoy, Jay Peak and Stowe, both within an hours drive from the new house.
The house is beautifully constructed of timbers. The interior has all wood floors, one woodstove and pme gas stpve, three bedrooms, two baths, a dining area, kitchen and living room. Each bedroom is equipped with a double or full bed, one of the upstairs bedrooms also has one twin bed in it. The basement includes an unfinished area with a ping pong table and a laundry room. The outside of the house is spectacular. Surrounded by perennial gardens and rolling hills, the house boast three different decks to enjoy the view from. And our favorite part, the 100 gallon water trough is exquisite for late night baths(and hot showers) under the stars.
In addition to skiing in the winter, Starlight Meadows is ideally situated for summer recreation being within 40 minutes to the Kingdom Trails in Burke Vermont and several lakes including Caspian and Joe's Pond. The Kingdom Trails are renowned as some of the best mountain biking trails on the east coast. The town of Burke and Lyndon are overflowing with great restaurants and intriguing shops. Stowe Village and Mountain are also within an hours drive with a vast array of summer, fall and winter activities.
However, you might simply enjoy hanging out on the hammock under the Butternut tree or watching the sunset from the top of the hill with a glass of wine and cheese and crackers. You may just find it hard to drag yourself away from the peacefulness and beauty of Starlight Meadows.
Rates
Christmas and Holiday Weeks $225per night
Weekends and non holidays $175per night
House can accommodates up 6-8
special note: There is no TV or Dishwasher
Enjoy
Medelise and Dan
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Beautiful Starlight Meadow
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Northeast Kingdom,
Rental,
Vermont
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2 comments:
it sure is a beautiful place. I couldn't even recognize the mountains in the photo. Funny how I was in Danville Monday and you had a place there. My sister lives down in Wheelock. It's just way too crowded for me, even tho it's a great area.
BTW: Jay will get over a foot tonight on top of other real snow and manmade snow.
Glad you checked out the new post. We can't wait for Thanksgiving. We are going to try and ski Jay Friday. I'm Psyched about the snow.Thanks for the update.
Wheelock is closer to Lyndonville and yes a bit more crowded. But then Barnet is pretty out there.
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