28 Wilson PL Cornwall, NY 12518
3 Beds
2 Baths
1,888 SqFt
Open House
Sat Oct 24, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 1,888 sqft
Price per Sqft $291
MLS Listing ID 1060562
Style Colonial
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 1
Half Baths 1
HOA Y/N No
Rental Info No
Year Built 1987
Annual Tax Amount $8,699
Lot Size 0.350 Acres
Acres 0.35
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Source onekey2
Property Description
Inside, it keeps going: a redone kitchen with quartz counters and all new appliances, fresh vanities and showers in both baths, new floors from the entry on through, a new deck out back, and a roof that went on this year. This is the walkthrough where you stop checking ceilings for stains and start picking a move-in date. When moving day comes, the first thing you open is a box, not a toolbox.
That first night, you light the wood burning fireplace at the end of the living room, pull a blanket over your knees, and watch the front windows go dark while the logs snap and settle, with nowhere else you need to be. Upstairs, the primary bedroom stretches nearly 20 feet with windows on two sides, and the next morning two people get ready at once without trading turns. The other two bedrooms each have more than one window.
By Wednesday you have found the farmers market in front of Town Hall on Main Street, open through early November, and somebody there tells you about the Cornwall Fourth of July, running every year since 1950 with a parade, a historic pageant at Town Hall Park and fireworks after dark. Dinner that evening is at Painter's Tavern on Hudson Street, 5 minutes away.
Saturday belongs to the side yard, the big fenced one, wide and green under the trees. The chairs come out onto the grass after lunch, the leaves crunch underfoot by October, and nobody carries anything back inside until dark.
Sunday takes you down to the river, 7 minutes from home. Cornwall sits right where the Hudson cuts between Storm King and Breakneck Ridge, mountains rising straight out of the water on both sides, and the Riverfront at Donahue Memorial Park puts you at the edge of it all. Kayak tours push off from the shore in summer, the gazebo is the place to watch the light move across the mountains, and on winter mornings you can catch eagles riding the ice downstream. Other weekends it is the hike up Storm King Mountain with the whole valley below you at the top, the sculpture fields at Storm King Art Center, or Black Rock Forest for the days you want more woods than view. Much of that high ground is state park and protected forest, so the ridgelines you see now are the ones you will see in 30 years.
By Sunday night everyone ends up in the finished lower level, a 19 by 21 foot room made for movie night, game day and the workout you actually stick to, with laundry in its own room next door.
Monday morning, the train pulls out of Salisbury Mills station on the Port Jervis line, 11 minutes from your door. Beacon and Metro-North to Grand Central are 20 minutes across the bridge, Route 9W and I-84 are close, Stewart Airport is 15, and Manhattan is 60 miles south.
And the first evening you come home from the city, pulling in at the end of the cul-de-sac under the big trees with your own windows lit, it will feel like you have been coming home here for years.
Location
State NY
County Orange County
Rooms
Basement Finished
Interior
Interior Features Chandelier, Eat-in Kitchen, Open Floorplan, Quartz/Quartzite Counters, Recessed Lighting
Heating Baseboard, Oil
Cooling None
Flooring Laminate, Other
Fireplaces Number 1
Fireplaces Type Living Room, Wood Burning
Fireplace Yes
Appliance Dishwasher, Dryer, Microwave, Range, Refrigerator, Stainless Steel Appliance(s), Washer, Wine Refrigerator
Laundry In Basement
Exterior
Parking Features Driveway
Fence Wood
Utilities Available Electricity Connected
Garage false
Private Pool No
Building
Lot Description Cul-De-Sac
Sewer Septic Tank
Water Well
Structure Type Vinyl Siding
Schools
Elementary Schools Willow Avenue Elementary School
Middle Schools Cornwall Middle School
High Schools Cornwall
School District Cornwall
Others
Senior Community No
Special Listing Condition None
