walking to Cornell, school, shops - Ithaca farm house

Description

Early "Mitchell Tract" home (ca. 1895) in a nook of the quiet Belle Sherman residential area. Walking trails just a few minutes away. Warm neighborhood community. Easy walk to Cornell University campus (10' to Engineering Quad, 15' to Central Campus), East Hill shopping area (supermarket, coffee shop) and Recreation Way (three blocks), Belle Sherman Elementary School (3') and the center of Collegetown (15') with Green Star Coop store, coffeshops, bars and restaurants. Cheerful country kitchen adjacent to living room; view on large back-yard. Full of light. Additional study room downstairs with baby grand piano (Den /Library/Piano). Full bath also on ground floor. Mudroom and laundry room. Three upstairs rooms, currently set up as a study/guest-room and two bedrooms (a child's room, and a master bedroom; other layouts also possible) and a second full bathroom; all rooms flooded in light. Hardwood and ceramic tile floors throughout the house. Well insulated, easy to heat with radiators; keeps cool during the summer months. A/C unit available. No sidewalk or drive-way to shovel. Large fenced-in yard, low-maintenance and great for entertaining, with large apple trees and other old trees. Composting bin.