Land with Home for Sale in Bakersfield, Vermont

Renovated country farmhouse with epic valley views and 19 homesteading acres! This 3 bedroom, rural farmhouse is Vermont living to the core. Homestead your heart out! Right on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. Fully renovated in early 2000's; roof, windows, insulation, doors, mudroom, deck, siding. Fresh bathroom and kitchen updates in 2025. Entrances off covered porch or mudroom to the open concept main floor. Also traditional front door with stone steps. The kitchen eases to the dining area, which wraps to the living room and back to kitchen and the newly renovated half-bath/laundry. Kitchen, deck and pool face 19 +/- rolling meadows for daily deer and turkey watching. Upstairs are three lovely bedrooms, all with closets, and a full, newly renovated bath with closet. Vintage features and charm are...everywhere. A modern poured concrete foundation basement with high ceilings keeps your gear well lit, sorted and dry. A beast of a basement woodstove cranks out heat in the winter to supplement propane wall unit in living room. The upper high meadows are rolling, suitable for grazing critters. The northern end is more wooded, and a lowland area is fed by a stream: beavers have recently declared ownership and created a pond along the Rail Trail line. Fenced garden with raised beds, and chicken coop currently a short term rental for 3 ducks. Above ground pool lets you watch deer on the hill while floating. Black Creek, that feeds into Lake Champlain, is downhill 100' away. The wooded areas are lovely and rugged; good for foraging, hiking and losing track of an afternoon. 20 minutes to St. Albans.