6 bedrooms (10 beds sleeps 12), 4 bathrooms Estate with a pool, pond, and 4 patios with firepits for 2-20 people. Minimum 2 nights. Take a break from the bustle of city life. Reserve your own RESORT. Come for the beautiful fall foliage. Stroll along the spectacular grounds with the sounds of the chirping BIRDS. Smell the CLEAN air of nature. Enjoy the beauty of the POND. Observe the many FROGS, turtles, and fish that are in the pond. Go for a ROWBOAT ride. What is included? The entire house and 10-acre property. What can you do here? 1. Walk the beautiful grounds and admire all the flower beds 2. Breath in the fresh air, hear the birds and the frogs each day 3. Play on the large lawn for team SPORTS volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton, and croquet 4. Go on the TRIATHLON course {Swim the pond ( 175 ft), run/jog the circuit 5 times (10 miles), bike the country roads ( 25 miles)}. 5. Climb the boulders and ravines 6. Admire the many flower gardens with 300 specimen bushes and trees planted. 7. Float and swim in the pond and row the boat (lifejackets provided) 8. Swim in the outdoor saltwater pool with water toys, floaters, and tubes. 9. Warm up to fire with our fire pits. 10. Barbecue on the propane grill. 11. Sit in our super comfortable rocking chairs admiring the grounds. 12. Bathe in the large indoor jacuzzi. ( toiletries provided) 13. Cook in the Chef's kitchen with just about every gadget, pot and pan. ( gas cooktop and electric oven) 14. Use the extensive spice and tea cabinet, coffee grinder, and coffee maker. This charming cosy home was designed by Royal Barry Wills, a famous American architect and a master of traditional Cape Cod-style homes, in the 1950’s a friend of Frank Lloyd Wright. There is something for everyone here! Outdoor activities for adults and children include VOLLEYBALL badminton, croquet, soccer, football, horseshoe rings, HIKING and JOGGING around the pond, horse paddocks, and wooded trails. The outdoor games are provided and stored in the back of the house's small shed. Help yourself. Bring your BIKES to ride along charming country roads just out of the driveway. An assortment of TOYS (puzzles, card games, monopoly, building blocks, hula hoops) is for your use. Sorry, NO pets in the house or garage as we have family who have allergies. No SMOKING is allowed in the house, garage, pool house, or any building and within 150 feet of any structure. Due to Covid, large parties are not allowed by Airbnb regulations. The 3-car garage is turned into the activity family room. Inside this activity room, for your use are sports equipment, toys, rain boots and ponchos. The pool house has floats for all ages for your use The washing machine and dryer with the detergent is available for your use. The outside firepits have stacked up pine wood for your use. Please extinguish completely 100% before leaving. The propane grill is for your use. Within 15 minutes drive are 3 must-visits. 1. 18-hole championship public golf at Heritage House in Charlton Ma 2. Artisan microbrewery at the treehouse brewery 3. Old Sturbridge Village (largest New England outdoor museum) Guests can use the rowing boat in the pond ( depth of 9 feet). Please use LIFE JACKETS (4 for adults and 3 for kids). Please SHOWER and USE the TOILET prior to swimming in the pond or pool. Use any of these gathering spaces: 1. pub piano room with wood fireplace. 2. blue family room by the kitchen with gas fireplace. 3. upstairs family room 4. garden room 5. converted 3-car garage family room Bring slippers to use in the house and 4 pairs of shoes ( 2 sandals one for the front door and the other for the back door), a flip flop for the pool, light hiking shoes for sports and hiking in the woods Bring your BEACH towels, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, INSECT spray, flip flops, SWIMSUIT, goggles and cap for the pool. Also bring RAIN GEAR and rain boots, light HIKING shoes with long pants, TOYS, games, outdoor sports equipment, and puzzles. Bring paper goods large trash bags, paper towels, saran wrap, baggies quart and gallons, aluminium foil, paper napkins, paper plates and cups, plastic utensils). We have teabags, salt, pepper, and various spices, for your use. There are excellent grocery stores 10 minutes from the home Big Bunny, Big Y, Stop and Shop and Shaws. Instacart is offered. The gardeners will be coming to tend to the gardens and grounds as needed during your stay. On Wednesday evening, please take the single black trash barrel to the street for Thursday pick up early AM. Please call us if you can't get any equipment to work, or have questions, issues and needs. This area offers much activity and major attractions OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE ( 200 ACRES), where you can see 1700 life. BRIMFIELD ANTIQUE SHOW of hundreds of acres of antiques from dealers nationwide (in May, July, Sept). Treehouse MICROBREWERY 15 minutes away. Other nearby activities include horseback riding, ANTIQUE Stores, museums, shopping, biking, hiking, FARMS, FRUIT ORCHARD PICKING, boating, fishing, PUBLIC GOLF, snowshoeing, and skiing, perfect for visiting any time of the year. FALL foliage is spectacular! In summary nearby activities are: 1. many ANTIQUE and country stores on route 20 Sturbridge Ma and Putnam Ct. 2. many restaurants ( Thai, Chinese, Seafood, Fine formal dining, Pub food, Panera, Cracker Barrel, Country comfort food, Pan Asian, Sushi, Coffee House, Pizza) on route 131 and 20 ( Southbridge and Sturbridge). 3. Brimfield, Ma largest FLEAMarket in US ( TV show) 4 times a year. 4. Sturbridge Village ( outdoor life history 1700 reenactment in period costumes on 300 acres largest in New England) 5. FISHING within 15 minutes( Bigelow State Park( Union Ct), Roseland Park, Chamberlain Lake Campground ( rent fishing poles, canoes) in Woodstock, Ct. 6.18 holes championship public GOLF since 1963 ( 6A-9P) in Charlton, Ma. at Heritage Country Club in Charlton Ma 7. Artisan BEER microbrewery (11-8P)in Charlton, Ma. 8, MINIATURE GOLF at Putters on 360 Worcester Rd, Charlton, MA (10-10P) 9. PICK your FRUITS at Charlton Orchard farm. 44 Worcester Rd in Charlton, Ma ( 9-5P) 10. buy direct from Fay Mountain FARM on 12 Cemetery Rd in Charlton, Ma (9-5P) 11. GoBOWLING/BILLIARDS at Bogey lanes 199 Brookfield Rd in East Brookfield, Ma. (10AM-12AM) 12. Go ROLLER SKATING/BUMP GO KARTS at tri State Amusements on 35 Chase ave in Dudley, Ma (12 PM-9 PM) Other attractions close by are Amherst MA ( town of 5 colleges Smith, Williams college with well known top liberal arts Amherst college ), Providence RI ( Capitol of RI and home of Brown University and prestigious Rhode Island School of Design), Hartford CT ( Capital of CT and home of Mark Twain and Katherine Hepburn). Mystic Ct (a quaint old port town on Atlantic with a wonderful aquarium ) New Haven Ct ( home of Yale University). The Berkshires in western MA offers summer musical and dance for NYC and Boston patrons in the towns of Stockbridge (Norman Rockwell Museum) Lenox town with outdoor Tanglewood music hall, Jacob's pillow dance ( dance troupes) centre and Edith Wharton's home ( prolific writer). Great Barrington for its charming quaint town, North Adams for the famous MOCA largest modern art old factory buildings, Berkshires mountains for hiking). This home is 1.5 hours from Newport RI (mansions and chateaus of the gilded age of Carnegie and Vanderbilt as well as sailing competitions), Watch Hill RI (a most elegant town on the Atlantic ocean) Cape Cod (national seashore with bike trails, pristine beaches in quaint towns of Falmouth, Hyannis, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Provincetown). The often visited Wachusett Mountain Ski area with Mount Monadnock and Quabbin Reservoir (where you can experience an abundance of outdoor activities) is also 1 hour away. This home is A.1 hour to Boston B. 2.5 hours to NYC C. Only 10 minutes from Interstates 84 and 90. D.45 minutes to Hartford CT E.1.1 hour to Providence RI F.30 minutes to Worcester Ma G.1.5 hour to the Berkshires Ma. There are 4 major airports all within 1 to 1.2 hour drive ( Logan in Boston, Hartford Ct ( 45 minutes ), Providence RI, Manchester NH. Westchester county airport and all the NYC airports are withing 2.5 hour drive. The nearest train is Amtrak ( going into Boston) in Worcester Ma 30 minutes away. There are private limo services that can pick you up and drop you off at the airports, Boston , NYC or any nearby cities. Stay in our homes by the ocean in St Augustine Florida. Ask for details. Stay in our downtown Boston 1 bedroom 1000 Sq Ft Condo (sleeps 3 ). Ask for details.