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30 Acre Horse Farm Sold

Brick Ranch House - New 14 Stall Main Barn - Fantastic Pastures

6 Stall Mare Barn - 3 Stall Stud Barn - Beautiful Mountain Views

This farm is an exceptional 30-acre horse boarding, breeding, and training facility with a spectacular hill top setting and breathtaking views of the beautiful Blue Mountains. A long private drive leads to a brick 3 bedroom ranch house in excellent condition. The house features a large living room with bay window overlooking the beautiful Mush Dahl Valley. There is a modern eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, 3 large bedrooms with wall-to-wall carpeting, 1 ½ baths, lots of closets, and full basement. Other features of the house include Pergo floors, central air, EFM hot water oil heat, 200 amp electric service, drilled well, maintenance free exterior, and high speed cable internet. The home is wired for a security system. There is an enclosed back porch, covered front porch, and 1 car garage with storage area. A RV hookup with TV cable is located west of the house. Behind the house is a custom hand-laid natural stone wall with stone stairs leading up to the barn complex.

The barns and pasture setups are extremely well planned and designed for maximum efficiency. There are three barns, including a new, 14 stall main barn, a 6 stall mare barn, and a 3 stall block stallion barn which is attached to a large machine storage barn. The new 40x120 main barn is adjacent to a large outdoor riding arena. All the barns are situated for easy access to the pastures and paddocks. The farm is located in West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, less than a mile west of Route 309 and just 30 minutes North West of Allentown, an easy commute to New York City, Philadelphia, or New Jersey.

The new 40x120 main barn is designed for full equine care. It features 14, 12x12 custom tongue and groove box stalls. Each stall is fitted with rubber mats on a stone dust base, sliding stall doors, full bar fronts, windows that open to the exterior with bar grills, heated buckets, grain window and water door. There are ceiling fans, and an electrical outlet at each stall. The barn includes a 16 ft. wide concrete center aisle with large sliding doors, Palladian windows, and a hydrant at each end of the aisle. All of the walls in the aisle and the stall fronts were sanded and sealed 3 times for extra durability and high quality finish. There are skylights throughout. A 12x16 double wash stall and grooming bay has hot and cold water. The barn includes an excellent electrical system with 200 amp service. All wiring is installed to code and in conduit. The rooms in the barn include a 12x12 office, 12x24 tack room, 12x12 feed room, and 12x8 lavatory with a double basin stainless sink. The rooms are fully insulated, including the ceilings, and heated with electric thermostat controlled wall heaters and have finished walls, some with tongue and groove wood boards. There is 700 sq.ft. of upper loft hay storage above the rooms. This barn has the three main ingredients for a successful barn- excellent ventilation, lighting, and quality flooring. There is a 16x120 full length overhang on south side of the barn which runs the entire length of the barn.

The 28x40 mare barn includes 6, 10x10 portable box stalls. These stalls can be easily removed for additional hay storage, etc. All the stalls and the aisle are matted on a stone dust base. Other amenities include 60 amp service, water hydrant, stall electric outlets, and excellent ventilation.

The all block stallion barn is 38x26 and features 3, 12x16 stalls. The stalls are divided by 5 ft high block walls and 4 ft. high grills. Each stall has an electrical outlet and skylight. The barn includes a hydrant and 4 turnout paddocks to the front and the rear of the barn. There is a 6ft. overhang to the rear of the stud barn. A 48x26, 4 bay machine storage building is attached to the stallion barn. This makes the overall size of the building 86x26.

The large 125x250 fenced outdoor training arena and 60ft. round pen have a 6 inch stone dust base. Six exceptional fenced pastures are set up for rotational grazing. The pastures and arena have heavy posts on 12 ft. centers. These pastures are set up to use minimal handling and provide natural freedom for the horses. Up to 12 additional acres could be fenced. Other features include numerous turn out pens, 3 hydrants servicing the ring and pastures, many underground utilities, and extensive underground drainage work including 5 large concrete grated catch basins. The owners have taken painstaking attention to detail throughout this farm. This facility is an extremely well planned equestrian property in excellent condition. Price: $675,000