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.
From downtown Vergennes, go right on Panton Road after crossing bridge, go
right onto Basin Harbor Road, property on corner on left.