Showings start Sunday June 14, 2026. Country living with a storybook setting. Chicken approved. Located between DuBois and Sykesville. This inviting and unique 3-bedroom home offers the kind of peaceful setting that is becoming harder to find. A beautiful pond, covered with lush lily pads and alive with the sounds of bullfrogs, creates a picture-perfect backdrop right outside your doorImagine enjoying your morning coffee while watching wildlife visit the pond. The wooded setting provides privacy, shade and a sense of escape, yet you're only minutes from the conveniences of town. The main floor centers around a spacious kitchen with cream-colored cabinetry, warm wood accents, a new gas range and a new stainless-steel French-door refrigerator, and a great room with vaulted ceiling and direct access to the exterior via the sunroom. A standout feature is the sunroom enclosed by floor-to-ceiling wood-framed windows, offering panoramic views of the lush green backyard and flooding the space with natural light. The great room posts a vaulted ceiling that flows out to the sunroom. There are two bedrooms on the main floor and a full bathroom on this level with a tub/shower combo. The upper level, accessed via a wood-railed staircase, includes a loft bedroom. and if that's not enough to say SOLD, there is a bonus efficiency apartment above the garage adds flexibility for guests, extended family or a home office. With a kitchenette, 3/4 bath, and two living spaces and it's heated with its own dedicated forced air natural gas furnace. You need more space, let's review what the lower level has to offer: a large living space with a wood burner to keep it toasty, a laundry area with a wet sink, a 3/4 bath and there is still a large unfinished area for storage. It once had natural gas hot water baseboard heat. The base boards are still in place if you would want to reestablish this type of heating, just install a new boiler. There is a shed in the back yard as well for more storage, and a fenced in area. You will be intrigued at every turn. Just call to tour and make this house your home!