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The mini-estate at 11 Points of View, Warwick, NY, combines privacy, peace and quiet, fresh air and spaciousness with environment-friendly advanced technology. The 3.3-acre property has swimming pool and tennis court set in a magnificently landscaped 1.5-acre back yard, nicely mixing a variety of mature trees with open fields. Comfortable lodging The architecture of the house is long, rambling and fascinating, yet from the street, the house’s façade belies both its 6100 square feet of floor space and park-like back yard. The rooms are designed to be cozy and snug. The spaciousness allows entertaining on a grand scale, while affording the opportunity to find privacy. One can enjoy a surround-sound movie in the Great Room without disturbing anyone else in the house. The structure is basically two buildings connected by a long gallery. The “main” house contains four bedrooms and three baths, formal dining, a formal living room with fireplace, cathedral ceilings and sliding glass doors onto a stone-flagged patio, as well as a comfortable family room that incorporates the modern kitchen and a breakfast area. A walk down the bright, window-lined Gallery brings one to the Great Room, a vast, barn-beamed, wood paneled space with a wet bar, a bathroom with Jacuzzi, and a library and a sleeping loft overhead. At the center is a massive brick fireplace open on two sides. The area is ideal for entertaining and as a guesthouse. Modern and green technologies The main house has a computer-controlled, 92%-efficient propane boiler that serves 3 zones of baseboards and makes hot water. However, this is little used, due to the 2005 installation of a ground source (“geothermal”) heat pump for both heating and cooling. This saves money and is kind to the environment. What’s more, 1000 square feet of photovoltaic panels on the roof, installed in 2009 and invisible from the street, silently produce electricity all year long, absolutely maintenance free. In spring -- when they produce more electricity than the house can use – the excess flows into the utility grid, actually running the meter backwards! Recreation Three skiing areas are within 20 minutes’ drive. The largest of these, Mountain Creek, sports 1040’ vertical skiing and 1000 snow guns. It is the centerpiece of a massive year-round recreation complex that includes a water park, mountain biking, and multiple golf courses and sports facilities at the Crystal Springs Resort. Six miles from the front door is a trailhead of the Appalachian Trial, where you can day hike into Wawayanda State Park and the Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Privacy without isolation In summer, when trees are leaved, no neighbors can be seen to the south, east or west. Yet the house is part of a quiet community of 40 homes, old and new, in a circular ribbon of a private road. Located only minutes from two supermarkets and all the amenities of the village of Warwick, NY. Charming rural community Warwick is famous for its loveliness. A mix of dairy farms and commercial orchards surround the village, where shops and restaurants line a traditional village business district. Equestrians love Warwick, since there must be at least 10 boarding facilities within a radius of 5 miles. Warwick Valley Schools are simply excellent, and are consistently ranked among the nations top public schools.