8BR 5Bath, pool table, spa, 2 mi to lifts, 1/2 mi to restaurants, bakery, shops

About Tom & Carla

We live on a small bay just off the Chesapeake in southern part of Maryland. Tom is a retired Navy fighter pilot, corporate experimental test pilot and retired as the site manager and program manager for an Aerospace company. Carla is a nurse having worked in emergency care in 7 hospitals in 5 states who retired recently after manager roles as director of various departments including corporate compliance, case management and risk management. We have 4 adult children, born in 4 different states, who all learned to ski at Killington learning center, now living in another 4 different states with 6 grandchildren as of 2021. I like to ski, golf and hike trails near Killington and sail in the Chesapeake. Carla is figuring out what she wants to do next in addition to cooking and shopping.G

Why Tom & Carla chose Killington

After renting various homes around Killington for 15 years, we decided to build a new home of our own design, picked a lot and began talks w a builder. In all those years of renting, we never found a rental that met our desire to be able to gather a large group of family and close friends for meals sitting together at one time 9or enough bathrooms to get everyone ready for slopes in morning. We were tired of steep, Billy-goat type driveways that trapped us in a rental after each big snow. We wanted a home with plenty of parking for at least a half dozen cars, a flat drive and within walking distance to shops and restaurants. Sound familiar? A realtor who had presented us with lots for sale called to say she found a large, older home for sale with a huge stone fireplace that seemed to meet our requirements. She was right and it was in a beautiful neighborhood! We did need to make quite a few upgrades. So we bought in 2004, added a new second deck to hold a new and larger hot tub, new and larger capacity electrical system, new floors, carpets, fire sprinkler system with heads in every room and closet, 1000 gallon water cistern, a new well thru 400 ft of granite, new pool table, new roof, a backup generator that could automatically transfer load for entire house including hot tub heaters, new insulation, new wooden ceilings in several rooms, granite counters in kitchen and paint everything inside an out. Local fire marshal insisted we also install an integrated fire smoke and CO detection system throughout with sirens, strobes and pull boxes all monitored 24/7 with self reporting to local fire department. He also insisted on fire resistant paint in all stairwells, solid fire doors at each stairway with automatic closers and various warnings posted throughout. While process was bit difficult at times, we hope you will feel very safe and enjoy the amenities at our home, Innisfree, just as we do.

What makes this Chalet unique

- Great location near Killington businesses and ski lodges. - Easy walk in summer to bakery, general store and numerous restaurants. - Large, private lot in nice neighborhood with home designed to support large gatherings w family style meals, ski life, entertainment and relaxation. - Large classic Vermont stone fireplace in great room with sectional couches and a round glass table for cards, puzzles or board games. - Pool table, hot tub, firepit, barbecue, 4 Flatscreen TVs, internet, wi fi. - Long dining room table in great room. Kitchen with extensive supply of silver ware, dishes and cooking utensils. - Second kitchen on another floor so plenty of room for refigeration of supplies/beverages in second refrigerator. - With 5 bathrooms, it is easy to get everyone out the door on time to ski. - Whole house, propane generator w automatic transfer ensures even when other homes lose power in an ice storm, you will have electricity, heat and water from well.