POTENTIAL VINEYARD LOCATION WITH SUSQUEHANNA RIVERFRONT WITH ORCHARD, HOME, GARAGE, AND 20,000 SQUARE FOOT UNDERGROUND POURED CONCRETE FRUIT/WINE CELLAR. IDEAL FOR WINERY AND/OR HARD CIDER GROWING AND BOTTLING IN WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ORCHARD GROWING AREAS OF WYOMING COUNTY IN THE 1900s. RIVERFRONT LAND WITH FENCED AND GATED 10 +/- ACRE ORCAHRD PLUS FENCED AND GATED HOME, GARAGE, AND 20,000 +/- SQUARE FOOT POURED CONCRETE UNDERGROUND FRUIT/WINE CELLAR. THIS MAY BE THE ONLY HOME FOR SALE ON THE FAMED "VOSBURG NECK" BELOW THE BRIDGE. PRIVATE AND SECLUDED AND ADJACENT TO APPROXIMATELY 950 +/- ACRES OF PROTECTED NATURE PRESERVES. FOR SALE BY OWNER A TWO-STORY 5 BEDROOM HOME ON 2.62 FENCED IN GATED, AND PRIVATE ACRES WITH ORCHARD (THE "HOME PROPERTY"). LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHWEST WYOMING COUNTY, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP NEAR THE TOWN OF VOSBURG ON VOSBURG ROAD ON THE FAMED "VOSBURG NECK" BELOW THE BRIDGE, ON A PENINSULA OF LAND SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER WAS RATED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST SMALLMOUTH BASS FISHING RIVERS IN THE U.S. BY BASSMASTER MAGAZINE. THE HOME PROPERTY HAS $186,000 IN RENOVATIONS. SECOND PARCEL IS 21.8 ACRES WITH 310' OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FRONTAGE AND APPROX. 10 +/- ACRE HEIRLOOM ORCHARD, MOSTLY FENCED 8'-9', AND GATED. A 20,000 /- CUBIC FOOT BELOW GROUND, POURED CONCRETE WINE/FRUIT CELLAR, A GARAGE, AND 310 FEET OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVERFRONT WITH A PRIVATE BOAT LAUNCH AREA. WITH 1053 /- FEET OF HIGHWAY FRONTAGE. IDEALLY SUITED FOR A VINEYARD, CIDER ORCHARD, OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

The Home Property is a two-story, five bedroom home all near 948 acres of protected nature preserves. The Vosburg Neck is a unique geographical feature in Wyoming County that is surrounded by the Susquehanna River (the River) on three sides: south, east and west. The Home Property is not in the flood zone.

The water supply for the home is fed by a well. The house septic system is on-site.

NOTE: All properties are posted against trespassing. Any visits to the property must be by appointment and accompanied by a representative of the Seller. Trespassers will be prosecuted.

Home Interior

The first floor interior of the house features all appliances including oven, dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave and washer & dryer, all new (2009) drywall, wiring, paint, carpet, laminated flooring, electrical fixtures, plumbing, electric service, a water filtration system, central vacuum system, a timered basement ventilation system, hard-wired fire protection and smoke alarms, a new (2009) Jotul Oslo 5000 side-loading wood stove with new chimney, all new electric baseboard heat, extensive closet space, full bath with all new fixtures and cabinets and marble bath floor, new kitchen, laminated flooring in kitchen and main living area, a built-in writing desk, burglar bars, high security entrance locks, painted doors and solid core stained wood interior doors, screened-in and outdoor carpeted rear porch, and natural facing stone on rear exterior porch wall, kitchen and main living area walls. Family room has a fireplace that previously had a gas insert. All first floor walls and ceilings are insulated. New beams and columns were installed as needed on first floor. First floor windows are new with new screens. Much of the interior first floor framing received a fire-retardant paint before installation of new walls. House is wired for cable and telecommunications. First floor is approximately 1,418 square feet of living area with full bath, kitchen, laundry room, hallway, open living/dining/kitchen area and one bedroom. Second floor is approximately 1,366 square feet and has four bedrooms, one of which has been completely renovated plus a renovated half bath, front sun room and a storage room. Unfinished heated basement is approximately 517 square feet. Basement is veated with an automatic timered ventilation system with double fan motors and exterior and interior entrances.. There are two stairwells leading to the second floor, one off first floor hallway and one in main living area. The second floor consists of one completely renovated bedroom with new drywall, insulation, windows, window and door casing, base molding, and fixtures, including new electric heat; a front storage or sun room; half bath; hallway and four other bedrooms. Electric heat on second floor is all new. Floors on the second floor are painted wood or vinyl plank. Floors on the first floor are laminated flooring, marble (in full bathroom), carpet in hallway and bedrooms, and vinyl laminate in the laundry room. Basement floor is concrete and has all new steel support columns. Rear screened-in porch is carpeted. Primary heat can be electric or wood stove or a combination. All first floor rooms have new electric heat; all rooms on second level have new electric heat. The wood stove can heat the entire first and second floors with the installation of vents to the second floor living area. Entire interior of second floor has been repainted.

Exterior of Home Property.

The exterior is extensively landscaped around the house and east and south fence lines. Roof and vinyl siding are in good condition. The rear patio is Pennsylvania bluestone, the knee walls around the rear patio are Pennsylvania bluestone. The front of the Home Property (facing east) features several hundred feet of native bluestone retaining wall.

20,000 /- CUBIC FOOT UNDERGROUND POURED CONCRETE WINE/FRUIT CELLAR (ATTACHED TO GARAGE) COST TO BUILD NEW IS $500,000 +/-.

This all cement poured concrete structure, including concrete floor, with arched concrete ceiling has approximately 20,000 +/- cubic feet of storage space. (dimensions are 121' long x 16' wide) with 16' high arched ceiling, is wired for lighting has a spring-fed water supply , sits below grade. The cellar is ideal for making and storing wine, hard cider, grapes and fruit. The cellar is vented. All lighting and wiring in fruit/wine cellar is new.

Garage

The approximate 1,390 /- sq. ft. garage has new electric service, new water service and easily stores a boat, vehicle and farm equipment. The garage has two side entrance doors and an overhead garage door. The garage is attached to the underground concrete fruit and wine cellar.

EXISTING ORCHARD

This unique orchard contains mostly hard-to-find heirloom hand-grafted varieties of Apple, Pear, Plum, Mulberry, and grafted nut trees including walnuts, butternuts, heartnuts, northern pecans, shellbark hickory, shagbark hickory, hicans and other nut species. These trees were all shipped from across the U.S. from several small specialty nurseries and all were custom grafted.

Fishing

The nearby Susquehanna River is among the five best Smallmouth Bass rivers in the country. Attached is an excerpt from Bassmaster magazine, The 5 best smallmouth rivers in the country. You can read the full article on the Bassmaster Magazine website. The River is also one of the best locations in Pennsylvania for large Muskie, Catfish and Walleye fishing.

Birdwatching

The Vosburg Neck offers a wide variety of forest and waterway habitats and thus is a premier birdwatching destination. Birds of field, forest, waterways, and thicket abound with many resident and migratory warblers and armies of ducks and geese and the occasional Bald Eagle, which nest on the river. The Home Property is home to dozens of native and migratory songbirds including many warblers, flycatchers, thrushes, and woodpeckers and grouse, plus the occasional pheasant. The River is a north-south migratory flyway. Birdwatching opportunities are excellent in the 948 acres of nearby nature preserves.

Hunting: The Vosburg Neck has deer, turkey, bear, ducks, geese, grouse, doves, squirrels, rabbits and pheasant.

Wyoming County History, Geography, Geology and Vegetation [The following excerpts are taken from A Natural Inventory of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 1995, by The Nature Conservancy.]

Wyoming County, an area of almost 400 square miles, is a rural county located in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River flows through the middle of the county from northwest to southeast and most development is concentrated within its corridor. The southwestern plateau is forested and mostly within state game lands; much of the rest of the county is given over to a mix of agriculture, forest and small villages. In 1990, the population of the county was just over 28,000 (1990 census) and appears to be growing. Both Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are within commuting distances of much of the county. Wyoming County is also approximately 150 miles from New York City and Philadelphia, allowing easy access for vacationers and tourists. The Endless Mountains, the lakes and creeks, and the pastoral scenery attract many people to the county; these natural qualities are important to both the economic and social well-being of county residents. Second home developments exist around Lake Carey and Lake Winola while hunting and fishing camps are found primarily in the southwestern corner. The rugged hills and forests of the southwest do not lend themselves to development or agriculture but they attract hunters, hikers, and winter sports enthusiasts. The many trout streams that drain this region attract fishermen while the forests of this region provide timber for the wood products industry. The Susquehanna River is a major recreational and scenic resource. Agriculture, although declining in acres, is still an important economic component of the county.

Glaciers have modified the landscape throughout the county. Deposits of rock, sand, clay and silt left directly by the glacier are called unstratified deposits or glacial till. Some of these deposits are as much as 300 feet thick. As a result of the glaciers, many of the soils that developed on till are too stony or wet for cultivation. Many wetlands have formed in the depressions that were the result of glacial scouring and the deposition of ice blocks (kettleholes), as well as glacial deposits that blocked drainage channels and altered stream flow. Stratified sands and gravels deposited by glacial meltwaters are located along many of the major rivers and creeks. The area known as Jayne Bend on the Susquehanna River is a glacial river terrace. Sand and gravel mining operations occur on some of the larger stratified deposits.

On a broad scale of vegetation patterns, Wyoming County is located within two major forest types Appalachian Oak Forest and Northern Hardwood Forest (Kuchler 1964, Bailey 1980). A broad band of Appalachian Oak Forest, somewhat analogous to Brauns (1950) Oak-Chestnut Forest, follows the Susquehanna River valley. The river, at elevations between 660 feet where it enters the county in the northwest and 580 feet as it leaves the county in the southeast, is much lower than the surrounding hills and mountains. Oaks predominate where the land has not been cleared on the well drained soils of the sand and gravel terraces and on the steep, south-facing slopes above the river. Black, red, white and chestnut oaks may be dominants or codominants depending on soil moisture and fertility. Other tree species include red maple, black cherry, gray and black birches, white pine, pitch pine, juniper and aspens. Shrubs include species of blueberries, huckleberries and other dry forest species. [The above excerpts are taken from A Natural Inventory of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 1995, by The Nature Conservancy.]

Taxes: Less than $3,240 in 2020.

Gas and Oil: Seller to retain oil and gas rights; however, a deed restriction will prohibit above ground gas related appurtenances. Timber, water, wind, solar, and mineral rights go to buyer.