New Home Straddles New Canaan, Darien

If you can’t decide whether you want to live in New Canaan or Darien, this house is for you. Located right on the border between the towns on the historic Mather Farm Homestead, this new six-bedroom home let’s you keep a foot in both camps. You’ll get the New Canaan schools for the kids but you’ll also have a Darien beach sticker and parking rights in the Darien train station.

The stone and shingle colonial, completed in 2010, has everything you’d expect of a fine country estate. Three acres of land, ready for landscaping, pool installation or a tennis court. There’s also a free standing barn with a loft on the property .

Inside the home you’ll notice the builder’s attention to detail. Several rooms, including the kitchen, have coffered ceilings, and there are well designed built-ins in all the right places. The master suite has its own sitting room as well as his and hers bath and dressing rooms. A first floor bedroom and bathroom would make a perfect in-law or au pair suite. There’s a three-car attached garage and plenty more parking on the paved driveway.

If you’d like to take a peek in this lovely home, you can do so at an open house on April 14 from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. You’ll also meet several local interior designers who will be on hand to decorate parts of the home.

441 Brookside Road in New Canaan is being offered at $5.995 million.

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