106 Fitzpatrick DriveFort Edward, NY, 12828

Introducing ''Wide Open Spaces'' Some houses are named for what they have. This one is named for what surrounds it. East of the front porch, the Washington County Grasslands opens and keeps opening. Fields, then more fields, then mountains holding up the far edge. 478 acres of it are a state Wildlife Management Area, which is to say the view is not a matter of luck. This is one of the great birding grounds in the Northeast, drawing short eared owls and harriers in winter, meadowlarks and upland sandpipers in summer, nearly two hundred species across the year. People drive hours to see what you will see every morning. The next thing you notice is what you do not hear. No traffic, no compressors, no highway underneath. Just birds working through their morning and crickets that never really stopped overnight. Noon sounds close to midnight here, and that is not something you can manufacture. West of the house, a different kind of open. Seven acres fall away from the back deck to a pond where the light goes copper in the last hour before dark. The neighbors, all two of them, are far enough away that you will not hear them and close enough that you would notice if something were wrong. The cul de sac ends here. Nobody drives past by accident. Between the two views sits a single story home, three bedrooms and two full baths, renovated top to bottom before the current owners moved in. Newer roof. Modern finishes throughout. No weekend list waiting when you would rather be outside. The 30x40 barn carries a new roof and a 14 kW solar array producing roughly twice what this house uses. Build the workshop. Open a farm. Start the homestead. There is power to spare. A new engineered septic and whole house water treatment went in last year, which is to say the expensive, invisible work is done. Sunrise on one side. Sunset on the other. Crickets in between. All 20 minutes from Saratoga Springs. Come sit on the front porch in the rocking chair. That is usually all it takes.