71 Main St #B

House location and setting: Large back and front yards with gardens. On a side street, just across the quiet Main St. from the Deerfield River. Quick 1-minute walks from elementary school, post office, and town green (site of the Shelburne farmers' market). Quick 6- to 8-minute walk to Shelburne Falls center the backdrop for two major Hollywood movies and Showtime's Dexter series with its town library, shops*, 12 cafes and restaurants entertainment venues the famed Bridge of Flowers, the Deerfield River's Salmon Falls, two banks, and The Mill complex's art/craft/tech studios. *Keystone supermarket, McCusker's natural food co-op, Baker Pharmacy, gift, craft, and clothing stores and services (barber and two salons, optician, investing, insurance). **Blue Rock restaurant/bar, West End Pub, Buckland Pizza, Gypsy Apple restaurant, Baked cafe/bakery, Foxtown diner, HotFire grill/bar, Mocha Maya's cafe, Red Dahlia Cafe, Asma's Kitchen (Middle Eastern food truck), Juicebox Wine/Food Bar, Mo's Fudge Factor. Memorial Hall (indie/kids'/classic movies, Met Live in HD, live music), Floodwater Brewery (weekly live music), and the Permaculture Place (seasonal live music). Apartment features: One wood-floored back bedroom with adjoining full bath. 2 large, wood-floored rooms (largest is very sunny) suitable for use as a living room, office, or possibly as a 2nd bedroom with separate access to the bathroom. Bathroom with tub/shower and tall built-in wood cabinet, with two doors giving direct access from the bedroom and the large entry room. Kitchen with refrigerator, oven, and dishwasher. Separate wooden pantry with vintage wood cabinets and drawers. Hallway to kitchen and pantry leads to attached garage and a washer-dryer alcove. (Alcove currently contains a digital Maytag set for tenant use; landlord is not responsible for any needed repair or replacement of washer-dryer machines.) Columned back and front porches. Back porch overlooks the very large back yard. Front porch overlooks tenant's garden and the property's large, fenced front yard. Basement for storage, accessible from hallway to kitchen and pantry. Additional storage space on the 2nd floor of the barn is usually available. One garden area in front, available for tenant use. Raised bed garden in back yard may be available for tenant use, with landlord's approval. Attached single-car garage with ample shelving for storage, plus a permanent driveway parking space for a second vehicle, and enough parking space for 1-2 temporary visitors. Up to 2 litter-trained cats are allowed, provided the tenant keeps the apartment clean and odor-free. Dogs generally not allowed, but I will consider allowing one, if it's small, very quiet, and will not scratch floors, doors, or walls.