81 Basin Harbor Road, Panton, VT 05491 - Addison County

Have you ever dreamed of owning a manageable working farm in Vermont with solid income potential and could be certified organic? Look no further than 81 Basin Harbor Road. Sited on a level 120 acres with over 500' of frontage on the Otter Creek in the center of the Champlain Valley, this property includes a neat and tidy 3 bedroom, 2-story residence with an attached one-bedroom apartment (think farm manager or Airbnb agricultural tourism), a large restructured barn set up for small ruminants, a barnyard with a new drainage system, fertile soil, and fenced pastures all with Green Mountain and Adirondack views. Many improvements have been made in the last 3 years (see list). All of the heavy lifting has been done so the next owner can hit the ground running. There is a building envelope for another residence and a grandfathered location for a highly visible possible farm store with good traffic counts. Convenient to downtown Vergennes with shops and restaurants and in close proximity to Burlington markets. Just a wonderful opportunity to live off the land in a beautiful part of Vermont known for it's good soils and spectacular views with Lake Champlain just a few miles away!

-A turn-key medium-scale 120-acre farm with ample grazing (75 acres 5-strand fenced pasture) and regenerative management infrastructure and design.

-The fields have high nutrition and palatability and is dairy-quality forage as a result of two years of extensive pasture rehabilitation with the help of the NRCS.

-Soils are sandy loam throughout the property (Swanton/Elmwood/Adams) and are a unique wedge of fertile soil that is an exception to the predominant Vergennes clay that is more prevalent in the rest of the Champlain Valley.

-Newly installed wood chip half-acre barnyard with extensive drainage under the woodchip surface that stays firm and dry throughout the wettest weather (NO MUD!).

-Internal livestock laneway built to NRCS engineering standards and frost-free waterline. Along with an in-ground rotational grazing water system with 8,000 of well-maintained high-tensile electric fencing (5-strand).

-Barns: there is a 200 x 58 free stall barn attached to a 200 x 38 barn with open sided shed with direct access to the wood chip barn yard.

-Pole Barn 100 x 40 for equipment or hay storage

-Insulated shop 24 x 24 with power and water

-2 large Mobile Range Coops and other requisite equipment for producing pastured poultry are optionally available.

-Two large concrete bunks for feed, compost, equipment storage

-Option for grazing equipment (portable fencing, water troughs, etc.