1 County Rte #8, Ancramdale, NY 12503

No Fee! This perfect country retreat is located in the charming hamlet of Ancramdale with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths with a salt-water pool. Available for the month of May for $5,000 and June and August for $6,500 per month. Monthly minimum rental which includes once a week housekeeping! Originally built in 1836 as 'The New Phoenix Hotel', this historic home has been beautifully renovated with a private garden. On the first floor, a sunny living room, formal dining room with a large eat-in kitchen, which in turn opens onto a gravel courtyard shaded by magnificent maple trees, ideal for outdoor dining. The garden, with its long herbaceous borders, leads back to a separate vegetable plot and has a rural view of neighboring red barns. The first floor has a bedroom with a private bathroom en suite plus a very spacious attached sitting room/office. At top of the main stairs, there is a bedroom with bathroom en suite plus another very spacious, sunny South-facing sitting room/office overlooking the hamlet's memorial triangle. At top of the kitchen stairs, there is a master bedroom which shares a full bath with a bedroom across the landing. Close by to the house is The Farmer's Wife, a well-known cafe which offers first-class catering, and gourmet foods to go; and there are a number of high-quality artisanal food enterprises operating in the neighborhood, including the Chaseholm Farm Creamery, Herondale Farm for grass-fed meats, and a variety of farm stands offering local seasonal produce. TSP and Metro North Station in Wassaic are close by. Millerton and Pine Plains are just a few minutes away, and Hudson is 25 minutes.