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.