Cooks will enjoy the thoughtfully designed kitchen, with plentiful storage and work surfaces. The breakfast bar seats 5, and includes shelves for your cookbooks on both ends. The prep island features a cypress butcher block top, with vegetable sink. The 5 burner Wolf gas cook top has a Thermador telescoping downdraft vent, and the cooktop is flanked by a pair of 36 refrigerators with bottom freezers. Double ovens, warming drawer, dishwasher, trash compactor, and ice maker all make cooking a breeze. The walk-in pantry has a sliding door for easy access.

The best farmhouses are planned around daily living, and this home does that well. Just off the kitchen, youll find a powder room, laundry room, and plenty of closets, plus a mudroom with coat cubbies and home office space.

The main level master suite is tucked privately at the rear of the home, with big windows overlooking the pond. With a pair of large walk-in closets, and spacious ensuite bath, this master will be your private retreat. The bathroom is well appointed, with a deep soaking tub, plus oversized tiled shower with two heads.

On your way upstairs, dont miss the reading nook on the stairwell landing. There are 2 bedrooms on the upper level, each with private loft spaces that would be perfect for play or study, and large closets. These rooms share a spacious bathroom.

The lower level includes two additional bedrooms with a shared bathroom, plus a powder room. The family room is warm and inviting, with brick wainscot walls, stone fireplace, knotty alder built-ins and wall of windows overlooking the pond. The bar will make entertaining a breeze, with glass doors, sink, refrigerator, and slate countertops. Youll also find a large workshop/storage room on this level.

The 3 car garage is attached by a covered breezeway it has carriage style doors, wood paneled walls, and built-ins for sports equipment. Above the garage, with its own private entrance, youll find a large suite with full bath it would be easy to add kitchen facilities.

The home lives well inside and out with a 12x60 covered porch adding plenty of space for outdoor dining and relaxing.

The home is designed for easy upkeep, with a brick foundation and HardiPlank siding and cornice, 30 year Architectural shingles with galvanized standing seam metal roof, galvanized half-round gutters, Pozzi clad windows/doors/transoms, and hurricane rated bahama shutters protecting the clerestory windows.

If youre a systems wonk, youll appreciate the 500 amp electric service, 5 high efficient HVAC systems with AprilAire filters, 3 50-gallon hot water heaters, whole house vacuum, and whole house water filter/softener with reverse osmosis thats tied in to the ice makers.

The main home has 5 bedrooms, with 3 full and 2 half baths, with 5373sf of living space. The garage suite adds an additional bedroom and bath with 573sf of living space.

The 4+ acre lot has been beautifully landscaped with a variety of trees including river birch, oak, magnolia, elm, weeping willow, boxwoods, and azaleas. The seven zone irrigation system draws water from the pond. Gardeners will love the potting shed. The circular drive with colored inlay and black board fencing add a refined look.

Outdoor lovers will enjoy the stocked pond, and the trex dock is perfect for fishing or simply reading a good book while the birds fly overhead and the fish jump. Its uncommon to find an outdoor shower in a gated community property, but who doesnt like to clean up after a day outdoors?

Waters Edge on Lake Oconee is a unique gated community with private estate homes and horse farms off-water, plus luxury homes on the lake. Theres a community boat ramp and day dock, a walking/riding trail system, and miles of black board fencing lining the private roads. A nearby full-service marina makes it easy for you to have the privacy this setting offers, while still enjoying Lake Oconee.

The home is located in the heart of the vibrant Lake Oconee shopping district, just minutes away from the restaurants, specialty shops, and professional and medical offices that make full time living at the lake very convenient. Lakeside restaurants and marinas are right around the corner, and the Spa at the Ritz Carlton Lodge is a quick boat ride away.

Lake Oconee is Georgias second largest lake, with more than 19,000 acres of boating and fishing fun. Managed by Georgia Power, Lake Oconee offers stable lake levels year round. Lake Oconee is a Top Ten Golf Resort Destination, with 189 holes of private and public access golf. Georgias Lake Country offers recreation for the whole family, including golf, boating, fishing, and hunting, as well as equestrian sports.