220 County Route 26, Climax, NY 12042

Overview The 12.2-acre property consists of four buildings, newly remodeled by a master builder/furniture maker: a 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom house; a barn; a one-car garage; and an ice house/studio. The property's multiple structures and land formations are ideal for creatives, farmers, animal lovers, and entrepreneurs. Acreage The house and out-buildings are situated on 9 of the property's 12.2 acres. These 9 acres include a 2.4-acre hay field, open pasture, and a garden that rests below wood lots and limestone outcroppings. The remaining 3 acres are across the street from the main property and can be deeded off. The acreage incudes wood lots, apple trees, exquisite rock outcroppings, and two "lot-like" open expanses of land (each beautifully situated for dwellings). The House The basement includes a storage room, garage that has been converted to a second large storage area, wine cellar, and a utility/furnace room. The main level includes a kitchen, dining room, living room, reading room and closet, one bedroom with closet and ensuite bathroom, and two porches. The laundry, conveniently hidden within a kitchen closet, is exceptionally handy. Living room, reading room, and bedroom floors on the main level are oak. The dining room and kitchen floors are bamboo. The mudroom porch is Armstrong urban vinyl, and the front porch floor is pine. The second floor consists of three bedrooms, closets, and a bathroom. Upstairs floors are a mix of bamboo, maple, rosewood, and carpet. Heating, Cooling, Water, and Septic Hot water radiators, fueled by oil, are in the main rooms on the first and second floors (except the front porch). The house is cooled by 2 window air conditioners, one on each floor. A well-insulated attic minimizes hot and cold temperature loss. The property has excellent well water and a well-serviced septic system. Ice House Studio According to a Climax history text, the (now) vinyl-sided studio, just outside the dining room and overlooking the hay meadow, was an ice house on the Hudson River. The lower level, with cement floor, can be used as a gardening shed. The upper level, with pine floor and windows with northern exposure, would make an ideal artist's studio or writer's retreat. The ice house studio foundation is 12 by 15 1/2 feet. Barn The metal-sided barn consists of two structures: the original 2-story barn and an added on, insulated and fully powered wood shop for furniture making. The original barn foundation is 24 by 48 feet, The lower level is comprised of two bays. The upper level includes three sections. Two are insulated, sheet-rocked, taped, primed, fully insulated, and electrified. The upper-level spaces are ideal as office, gallery, or other entrepreneurial spaces. The added-on wood shop is one level with a cement floor. Its foundation is 24 by 15 feet. Garage The vinyl-sided, fully insulated and fully electrified, 16 feet by 20 feet, one-car garage has a cement floor and an upper, continuous mezzanine on all four walls for storage. The foundation is 16 by 20 feet. Geography Climax is close to everything. Albany is a 20-minute drive north. Hudson is a 25-minute drive southeast. NYC is 2 hours south and Montreal, 4 hours north. Skiing at Windham or Hunter Mountain is 40-45 minutes southwest. Saratoga Springs is an hour north. 5 minutes away, Coxsackie, located on the Hudson River, is experiencing a revitalization with excellent restaurants, bars, cafes, a library and bookstore, and a beautiful boutique hotel. The property lies within the Coxsackie-Athens school district.