If you ask David Conley if he thinks he lives in a barn, he'll tell you that yes, in fact, he and his wife do call one home — a former cow barn on the old Eastgate dairy farm in Topsfield.
Conley, a custom woodworker, started converting the 1880s structure into a four-bedroom house in the late 1980s, after moving his business to the property in 1984. He still runs his business out of an adjacent 4,000-square-foot 1913 building where cows were milked. Conley has a shop in this concrete structure that has room for 15 vehicles on two levels. A potential buyer could run a business out of the garage, as cottage industry is allowed in Topsfield.
The barn's cavernous interior has been transformed into a two-level country-style home with large, open kitchen/dining/living spaces with 23-foot ceilings in the first-floor living areas. A wood catwalk crosses dramatically and offers nice views down to the first floor space. It also connects second-floor bedrooms with a walk-out deck on the other side of the house.
The 3,500-square-foot house at 26 East St., set on almost five acres, is on the market for $869,000.
Conley covered the exterior with cedar clapboard siding, but the interior was redone using most of the barn's original beams.
There's a large entry foyer with yellow Southern pine floors, which are featured throughout the first-floor living spaces. Conley milled all of the oak cabinetry in the kitchen, which also features an oak island with a breakfast bar. There's a stainless-steel Sub Zero refrigerator, a four-burner gas cooktop with a griddle and two General Electric wall ovens that were added two years ago.
The adjacent dining room has diagonally set wood floors and a built-in hutch built by the owner.
This space segues into a living room with a wood-burning fireplace set into an elaborate mantel. There's also a half bath on this floor with a newly added marble vanity top.
There are glass doors from the living area out to a large covered porch with vaulted ceilings and backlit crown molding. Down the steps, Conley built an "outdoor kitchen" with two built-in gas grills, a microwave, stainless steel cabinets and sink — and it's covered by a large umbrella.
The house's carpeted bedrooms also have a country feel with lots of oak trim and yellow pine cabinetry. The master bedroom has four large pine cabinets with track lighting overhead and an en-suite bathroom has a soaking tub, an oak vanity with two sinks, and a tile-lined walk-in shower with a marble sink. Other bedrooms are also decent-sized.
With an additional 4,000 square feet, the garage has lots of potential living space, and is ideal for a car enthusiast as it has its own mechanical bay with a lift. There's also a large exercise area.
The home has a laundry room with an LG washer and dryer bought several years ago. The house has late 1980s high-efficiency heating and cooling systems. The roof was redone in 2009.
The acreage around the home is professionally landscaped, with grass areas and big trees with trails beyond.
Broker: Lillian Montalto of Lillian Montalto Signature Properties at 978-815-6300
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