405 Troy Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850

First time on the market in 55 years! Bring your orange vest if you are walking the land during hunting season! Charming rustic-contemporary homestead on 58.8 acres in the ICSD. Adjoining 10-acre building lot is now on market, too. If interested, it can be purchased separately or combined with this parcel. Glorious, high-country, open feel near the home. Walk from the house along a mowed path to a gorgeous swimming pond & explore the 2 gorges in the deep woods near the north end. Property adjoins 87-acre Eldridge Wilderness Preserve. Sellers protected this land with a new Danby Conservation Easement that permits construction of 1 more home, but still permits swimming pools, garages, & tennis courts near the homes, + ag activities & assoc. bldgs on much of the acreage. Area near the gorges is protected & magical. Danby Easement confers significant property tax abatement on land value. New owner can apply for more NYS abatements & tax credits, too. The house was built in 2 phases. The 1957 south side was built by the Hillick family & the northern addition was built in 1971.Brs on both floors. Lennox propane furnace, central AC, & wood-burning stoves, though kitchen chimney needs work. 1990s barn for storage & fenced veg garden.