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Potato Island in Connecticut Can Be All Yours for Just .9M

Potato Island, one of Connecticut’s Thimble Islands, is a 1.1-acre, potato-shaped granite island a two-minute boat ride from Stony Creek. This tiny slice of paradise can be all yours for only $4.9 million. For the cost of a seaside mansion, you get the house and the island, plus you’re still close enough to the shore to pick up a pizza for dinner.

The house on Potato Island is worthy of dropping anchor and settling in for a bit. Built in 1912, the 3,871-square-foot home has four bedrooms and 3.5 baths. It radiates New England charm, but features modern upgrades throughout. A stone fireplace makes things cozy on the first floor, while walls of windows bring the ocean view into every room.

The renovated kitchen partly opens to a dining room and breakfast nook, and adjoins a sitting room, half-bath, and mudroom. A covered porch with Adirondack chairs invites one to gaze at Long Island Sound and contemplate life’s larger questions.

Upstairs, the master bedroom has a vaulted ceiling and double sitting porches; the en suite bath has a jetted tub, dual sinks, and walk-in shower. The three other bedrooms and two baths are also on the second floor. Built-ins, window seats, and office nooks are scattered throughout this little charmer, and in some spots the proximity to the ocean and huge windows give the illusion that you’re floating out in the water.

Outside, a white picket fence circles the lawn and there’s a heated swimming pool surrounded by trees for privacy. A hot tub can be found nestled in the rocks, and there’s a sweet walking path that could have come from a Jane Austen novel. The home uses solar power but also includes a backup generator.

Potato Island is only an hour and 40 minutes from Manhattan (not counting traffic, of course). But how will you get to this extremely private island? Not to worry, the sellers are conveying a boat along with the property; and you can park it at the deep-water dock located just steps from the front door.

Those sheltered, deep-water moorings were long prized by sailors in the Sound. In fact, some people believe Captain Kidd buried treasure somewhere in the Thimbles, though you probably don’t want to go digging up the manicured lawn to look for it. After all, the real treasure is actually owning an entire island.

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