#1199 Western Montgomery County -(Note: there is some prep work the owner wishes to do before showings start in mid-June.) Historic brick Erie Canal lock-keeper's home adjoins the Mohawk River and is utterly private, located .4 miles down a seasonal dead end road, yet it's only 1/2 mile to town. There are 17.5 surveyed acres + about 4 acres of State-owned land that has been perpetually used, rent-free. Any car that you see is either coming to visit or is hopelessly lost. There are 17.5 surveyed acres + about 4 acres of State-owned land that has been perpetually used by the owners of the property, rent-free. The path of the old Erie Canal once went through the road in and remnants of this are evidenced by huge limestone blocks found in the front lawn. The home has a open floor plan on the first floor with a large brick-lined country kitchen and a huge interior window to the dining room, which in turn opens to the living room. There is a bath on each floor with 3 bedrooms upstairs. Included are a wood cookstove, gas range, 2 refrigerators, 3 freezers, a washer and a drier. It has 2576 square feet of living space and a hidden walk-up attic. There are 2 drilled wells; the new one is 200' deep and has a modest amount of sulfur while the old one, used in summers, has pure sweet water and is only 60' deep. The home was extensively remodeled 13 years ago, and more has been done since: new electric, plumbing, heat (propane wall units), insulation (high R value blown-in foam), steel studs, sheetrock, roof (main home), windows, hot water, leachfield, well... Workmanship and aesthetics are top-notch. But the job is not quite complete: most rooms need permanent flooring, and trim. The master bath is functional but not finished, and a minor amount of sheetrock needs finishing... There are some issues in the addition to the home where one foundation corner and one wall have issues. Also, that section deserves a new roof. Let me explain more about the immediate area. You have frontage on the Mohawk River, along with dock rights. You almost never see this... almost anywhere. But it is completely legal here. State land surrounds you and you adjoin the Erie Canal Bike Path (masked by foliage on their lilacs). Past the property the road is gated and ending at a historic lock, built of local limestone, fitted without cement, an architectural marvel. The State maintains the road all the way, but does not plow it. You have the State's blessing to use their open land as your own, as did the previous owner, a local dairyman. No rent, no lease, just use and enjoy it. Very low taxes and a very fair price of $317000 will make this high on many people's "see right away" list. This is operated as commercial garden and there is extensive infrastructures: 3 frost-free hydrants, a 14x100' hoop house, a commercial cooler that sits in a germination room/plant nursery attached to another greenhouse (14x32'), a tool shed, another hoop house, facilities for pastured hogs, 5 strand high tensile pasture fencing. This is all included in the price. We have 57 acres adjoining this for sale as well (different owner). It is about equally divided between former tillable fields and woods. It lies at the end of a paved dead end road and has 310' frontage there. There is an old gravel bank with 400 cubic yards of good gravel remaining, though 150 yards of it would be used constructing a good road to get it to the pavement. This has a stream, good views and has very long frontage on the Erie Canal bike path and also the Thruway. Taxes are around $800 (cheap) and the owner asks $2300/acre, to be determined by a survey yet to be made.