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Our house is located in the village of Pleasant Valley on Main street, NY Route 44.
Convienent walking to the post office, grocery stores and shops.
The road is also great for cycling and is a bike route.
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The house is 4 miles from the Taconic parkway and 8 miles from Rt 9 in Poughkeepsie.
We are in the Arlington school district. The taxes are low. Land is $769.55 and school is $1,540.42.
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The backyard is great ! There is a large patio area and horseshoe pits.
There is 110 feet frontage on the Wappingers Creek. You can fish, swim, ice skate
or just watch the wildlife.
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Canadian geese, mallards, kingfishers and blue herons share the 50 foot wide creek.
There is a spring in the creek so the water is always cold and running. Great for trout
and swimming on those hot August days.
The house has vinyl clad aluminum siding. There is some great cultured stone work on the
rear of the house. See the picture below.
The house is a two-family. This can easily be converted into a four bedrooms
or left as two bedrooms for you and a one bedroom apartment for income. There is off street parking
for 4+ cars. Many updates have been done to this 1865 house. Click the list of updates below.
The main floor has a beautiful woodstove and hearth and a four season view of the creek.
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