Some properties announce everything at once. Others reward the buyer w/ discernment to see what is quietly waiting to be realized. Set along the rise of Morse Hill Road, this Dorset home is a rare opportunity: a substantial residence on 10 acres where value extends beyond what exists today into what the land could become. Beyond a beautiful Vermont home, there is potential to shape an estate-scale setting w/ expanded lawns, layered gardens, paths, terraces, recreation areas & a more park-like relationship between house & land. Inside, the home is substantial & highly spacious. Numerous bedrooms, generous living areas, fireplaces, high ceilings, & a large family room designed for life's gathering. The layout suits quiet weekends, holidays, movie nights, guests, remote work, & longer Vermont stays. A enormous "mudroom" provides the practical transition every four-season home needs, w/ room for boots, coats, ski gear, & outdoor equipment. The full basement adds exceptional storage and flexible recreation or hobby space. Outdoors, cottage perennial gardens, raspberry bushes, mature trees, hillside contours, and a private atmosphere create meaningful room to evolve. The property offers privacy, scale, and a strong sense of place, yet its greater opportunity lies in the ability to open, shape, and elevate the land into something intentional, polished, and luxurious. Recent practical improvements, including a standing seam roof by Iron Horse, updated mechanicals, water softener, pellet furnace, water heater, and exterior paint, add to a confident investment. Dorset Village, Manchester, hiking trails, Bromley, & Stratton are within easy reach, allowing the home to live as a full-time residence, weekend retreat or four-season Vermont base. For the buyer with vision- it is a rare opportunity to get way more than meets the eye. *Photo Disclosure: Some images are virtually staged or digitally modified to illustrate design possibilities; the home is currently unfurnished.
Unique Dorset West Road offering....This rare opportunity beckons creativity, craft, and charm! Begs all those ready, willing and able to renovate, keeping the existing home, whilst enjoying life in an extremely beautiful and desirable location. Enjoy the beautiful framed in mountain views from most interior living spaces and from the back patio/yard. This 6.6 acre rolling property boasts excellent lawn space and vegetation and is located on the historic Dorset West Road, abutting the Dorset Field Club, with an easy walk to the Dorset village. Surveyor/engineer have confirmed that the property conforms to all zoning bylaws in the Rural Residential district should the buyer decide to subdivide the property into two lots to sell a portion and/or build a second home on the property. Architectural drawings available to ignite the creative process! Property being sold as is.
Myrick Mountain serves as the inspirational backdrop views over a private landscaped 1.8 acre yard for this continuous period architectural "Rambler" beginning with the 18th Century center colonial with early expanded balanced wings leading up to the most recent oversized garage addition boasting a full 1 Bedroom apartment over that are accessed by half story stairs down to garage or up to the sun-filled apartment. There are 5 bedrooms, 5 baths and myriad living areas offering a west facing great room/kitchen and sunroom dining, formal living room and family room each with decor historic fireplaces. The study nearby the kitchen offers a wet bar that also opens to an office/playroom and mudroom connector to the mother/daughter apartment. The primary suite on the second floor offers three spacious areas with front to back bedroom, dressing room and tub / separate shower bath. There is a main level bedroom suite should this be most desired. The second floor that enters from a second set of stairs offers Jack and Jill bedrooms with shared attached bath. Exterior is recently painted, the septic and chimney's checked. This versatile independent property is ideal for private or mixed use. There's approximately 5000 SF including the apartment measures are approximate... Living steps from Dorset Village amenities this residence provides a fabulous layout for family or multi-generational needs and entertaining. Level yard, gardens, garden shed, and magnificent mountain views are embraced from the front porch or the rear west facing sunset deck. Sunlit all day long one feels the light energy, historic charm and the great spaces accommodating any need... from private get-a-way areas or gathering. The Summer Farmers Market cannot be any more convenient next door... the magnificent H.N. Williams Store is right across the way. Theater, Dining, Deli's and town library or historical society are all at your fingertips... easy living!
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