GORHAM – On a snowy January morning, this spacious saltbox Colonial seems to inhabit a Currier and Ives winter wonderland: rolling countryside, a curving lane, gnarled apple trees, and stone walls amid the drifts, including part of the foundation of the hay barn on this former farmland. One can only imagine the pastoral beauty of the scene in late May, when the lilacs bordering the crescent “spring garden” off the deck are in bloom.

Sitting on a 1.8-acre lot in the highly desirable Fort Hill Farms neighborhood, the one-owner, 3,958-square foot home was built in 1984 but has seen several renovations/expansions in its three decades. The most recent addition is the west wing, a guest/in-law suite with private access to the garage, and a tiled sunroom through whose full-view doors you can look up the brick walk to the home’s inground pool, barnboard poolhouse, and patio, behind a picket fence.

All the updates are beautiful, including the living room’s Southern-yellow-pine-surround brick fireplace on its bluestone hearth. The cherry-and-granite chef’s kitchen is a stunner, with a huge island for seating; stainless appliances, including convection oven; cool, tile backsplashes, and beadboard accents. Dine by the glass doors that open to the elevated, wraparound deck (there is access to the deck from the living room, too) or in the designated “formal” dining area, whose Indian shutters with wheat-sheaf motif are but one example of many adroit design touches. Note, too, the varying-width boards of the gleaming oak floors.

Laundry is combined with a half-bath off the hall. Two staircases ascend to the four-bedroom, two-bath second level, where closet space is very generous, and the master suite’s walk-in closet is in fact a room, with built-ins, and a skylight (one of five in the home). A half-step up from the bedroom, the suite has a wonderful office, with views across the fields.

The daylight, walkout basement has excellent ceiling height, and great potential for finishing. Forced hot water heat is four-zone. Vinyl siding, and all-new windows and roof from 2006, minimize maintenance and maximize efficiency.

The home at 7 Settlers Way, Gorham was listed for sale by Marie Flaherty of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northeast Real Estate, The Flaherty Group.

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For information on other fine properties in Southern Maine, please contact Marie at 400-3115, 776-9160 or at mflaherty@tfre.com.

Price: $439,000
Built: 1984
Rooms/bedrooms: 11/4
Baths: Three full, one 1/2
Square footage: 3,958
Lot size: 1.8 acres
Garage: Two-vehicle, direct-entry
Taxes: $6,003

Produced by the Marketing Department of the Maine Sunday Telegram, the Home of the Week is provided at no cost.

Staff photos by Derek Davis. HOW suggestions: jrolfe@pressherald.com.


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