Country Living At Its Best
Coffin Real Estate $1,600,000
Dukes Road offers Nantucket country living at its best. It is quiet and private, yet within walking distance of downtown. This dead end, town-maintained road creates a neighborhood unto itself.

The house at 42 Dukes Road epitomizes the best of what the street has to offer. As you pull into the landscaped offstreet parking area in front of the house, the arborvitae hedge screens your view of the house and in turn, the house from the street. You approach the colonial-style house, which was renovated and expanded in 1999, through the hedge and up a flagstone walkway. You are struck by the beautiful landscaping and the profusion of hydrangeas. Stepping up on the covered porch, you look around and realize how secluded the property is, not only from the street, but from the neighbors on either side and from Upper Vestal Street to the rear.

Entering through the front door, the spacious, bright, open-plan layout makes you realize immediately that this is a house designed for comfort. There is plenty of room, but it is also very manageable.

The living area is to your right. Here is the built-in media cabinet which is the center of the sound system that is both downstairs and upstairs. To the rear of the living room, a full bath also contains the downstairs washer/dryer

The dining area is to the left. The gas fireplace will cheer you on a cold winter's night.

Behind the dining room, the lightfilled kitchen has plenty of workspace to go along with the professional grade gas stove, as well as all the cabinets you could want. The kitchen opens up into an area that is more than large enough for a table and chairs, providing a casual eating alternative.

From the kitchen, sliding doors lead to a brick patio, where you can relax or entertain, knowing that the hustle and bustle of the world, or even of the house next door, is as far away as it could possibly be.

Beyond the kitchen, you find the master suite. The cheerful master bedroom is accompanied by a dressing area with double closets and a full bath that has an over-sized shower.

Returning to the living area, the stairway takes you to the second floor, where, off the hallway, there a full bath which incorporates the upstairs stacked washer and dryer. The two double bedrooms, again, each with two closets, are large. One bedroom has a separate desk alcove. At the end of the hallway is a cozy and comfortable family room.

The attic incorporates a cedar closet and provides lots of storage space.

The house is fully air conditioned, with two zones which allow you to heat or cool the upstairs only when needed.

From the front door, another flagstone walk leads to the driveway and across to the cottage/ two car garage. The cottage has one big room, which incorporates the living, dining and kitchen spaces and looks out over the deck that extends the length of the building. The gas fireplace fronts into both the living room and the bedroom. Again, the full bath incorporates laundry facilities, rare in a cottage. There is space for a single bed downstairs. The garage sports large, built-in storage shelves.

This beautifully landscaped, quiet, comfortable, well-maintained, brokerowned, country home, with three bedrooms and three baths in the house and one bedroom and bath in the cottage - as well as three laundries - is offered for $1,600,000.