FURNISHED or UNFURNISHED. Rental-Charming 1706 Antique Home, with original imperfect +200 year old hardwood Floors, and hearth. +6 Bedrooms, sleeps 10, 3 baths. Easy access to everything in Old Lyme. Golf club, Hiking Trails, Pool, Pond. The large, open kitchen is fabulous for cooking with new granite counters, gas stove, double ovens, 2 sinks, and dishwasher. Lovely bar & fridge adjacent to cozy fireplace. Screened porch, Large yard, stone patio, pool, Weber grill. Super Fast Wifi. This antique gem is a joy to live in. The original details are preserved throughout including 6 fireplaces and wide board floors. The kitchen is fabulous for cooking with new granite counters, gas stove, double ovens, two sinks, disposal and dishwasher. There is an eating bar counter open to the wet bar which is set up for entertaining in the central "Keeping Room" with a separate bar fridge. The Keeping Room has a huge fireplace and dutch oven and is large enough for a table and couch and chairs in front of the fire. French doors open to a three season porch with screens for the summer and windows for the winter. The porch opens to the pond and pool patio and in the spring and summer the serenade of the gret tree frogs is magical. In the fall and winter the great horned owls pick up the chorus. The gunite pool (un-heated) looks out over a pond and forest. You can set up a chip shot to the third hole of the Old Lyme Country Club golf course from the front lawn. There are four large bedrooms upstairs and two baths. One of the bedrooms is set up as the primary. It has fireplace, closets, a large changing room or office, a separate bath with a soaking tub, separate shower with double shower heads, double sinks, and a separated area for toilet and bidet. Downstairs at the back of the house there is a 5th bedroom with en-suite bath, laundry, french doors to the patio, walk in closet or office for a primary suite on the ground floor. There is another office off the keeping room with a separate fireplace. The house is perfect for working from home. The formal dining and living rooms are beautiful fireplaces and original antique woodwork. One of the bedrooms upstairs also has a fireplace and two large closets. The other two bedrooms each have closets. The road terminates just beyond this house so it is and very quiet except the Amtrak /Metro north train does go by, at some distance, but you can hear it. Inside the house it is not noticeable. It is a beautiful house that is in great shape. The yard is surrounded by stone walls and one enclosed paddock with a beautiful stone firepit and chimney for entertaining. The back of the yard opens to lovely woods and trails. The front yard opens to the golf course and it is a short walk along the third hole trail to the OLd Lyme Country club with dining, pool, paddle and tennis so you can get to the club without even being on the road except to cross it once and since there are so few cars it is very safe. There is a full basement wtih a concrete floor and a full attic for storage. No sublets or AirBnB allowed. Owner reserves the right to change out the furniture at any time. House is full furnished with beds, kitchen tools, plates, forks, glasses and living room furniture. Tenant pays for lawn and pool maintenance (in Spring), propane for cooking and the dryer, electricity and oil heat. The house has its own well.
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