For $8.7m, a mansion on Lake Winnipesaukee’s Governor’s Island

It may possibly be the off-season at Lake Winnipesaukee, but at 59 Broadview Terrace in Gilford, N.H., it doesn’t have to be. With heated driveways and walkways, five fireplaces, and radiant heat in the course of the 1st floor, the 8,446-sq.-foot assets is completely ready to tackle a severe New England winter season. 

The 6-bedroom, 5.5-lavatory brick household sits on .87 acres on Governor’s Island, a private enclave on Lake Winnipesaukee known for its luxury properties. The property is mentioned for $8,700,000. 

People of 59 Broadview can consume in sights of the lake and mountains from the balcony or patio areas. On chillier days, the home’s considerable windows and quite a few French doors offer you equally scenic views with security from the things. “Basically all of the rooms have views,” listing agent Susan Bradley of Coldwell Banker mentioned. 

The great space is no exception, with French double doorways flanked by floor-to-ceiling home windows. The doorways open to a stone deck that appears to be like out about the lake. Coffered ceilings and parquet flooring include to the room’s elegance, as does the hearth tucked underneath an ornate stone mantel.  

The relatives area, which attributes a fireplace established into a stone wall, opens into the roomy kitchen area, which has two islands with granite counter tops (each of which have developed-in sinks), beverage fridges, a six-burner stove with a griddle, and a double oven. Pendant lights cling from the coffered ceiling, and French double doors by a breakfast nook let loads of organic light into the airy place. 

The most important degree is also house to a bedroom with a personal toilet, as nicely as a official dining place and a personal business office that features wood walls and ceilings, a hearth, and two doorways that lead to the entrance patio. There are wood floors all through both equally this amount and the second ground. 

4 additional bedrooms are situated upstairs, in accordance to the listing, which include the operator bed room, which has a wall of flooring-to-ceiling windows going through the lake, a sitting down home, an en-suite bathroom, and double wander-in closets, Bradley mentioned. The stylish proprietor lavatory comes with stone flooring and counters, a standalone shower, a jetted tub, two individual vanities just about every with a sink, sconces, and a chandelier. 

The walkout basement delivers sitting down and recreation rooms, both equally with French doors to the yard. A different place properties a pool in which people can loosen up or get in a exercise routine, based on the jet settings. There is also a kitchen area on this ground, which the sellers would use for catering. Significantly of the flooring is tile, a simple choice for when swimmers walk up from the lake dripping soaked. A operating elevator makes it uncomplicated for any person to obtain all levels of the house. 

A personal suite hooked up to the household has yet another bedroom, toilet, and kitchen, as well as a residing home with a hearth. 

Outdoors, there’s a included double dock that can accommodate at the very least four boats, Bradley claimed.  The dock has two lifts, a single that can hoist up to 16,000 kilos. The other can deal with up to 12,000. 

The property also provides a heated 5-auto garage. 

Governor’s Island also will come with its individual perks, Bradley stated. “There’s a clubhouse, there’s tennis courts, pickleball courts, volleyball, a children’s playground, a beautiful 900-foot seashore. There is also woodlands and trails for strolling and hiking that are all distinct to the residents of Governor’s Island.”

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