ENJOY COUNTRY LIVING - Excellent home - Immaculate, custom built, colonial two-story home on a beautiful wooded lot (oak, pine, spruce, maple and birch trees) adjacent to the City of Northfield (rare find). Northfield is home to Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges and is a town of about 12,500 (excluding college student population). It is a wonderful place, and is located approximately 45 minutes south of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. This home includes a large kitchen with custom cabinetry, center island and dining area, formal dining room, brick-faced wood burning fire place in LR, bedrooms include master bedroom w/ full bath and walk-in closet, first floor laundry, oversized two-car garage with room for a third stall, new roof and paint in 2008. The lower level has a finished Rec Room, roughed-in plumbing for a future bath, lots of storage shelving, furnace/utility room, and walk-in cedar closet. The efficiently and effectively laid out floor plan has a comfortable flow, and does not have much of the wasted space seen in many homes. You will feel at home, right away. The front entryway, hall and kitchen have solid red-oak floors. Full baths have ceramic tile. This home is built with energy efficiency in mind, including six-inch insulated walls, Tyvek house wrap, air-exchanger, heavy cellulose roof insulation, smaller overall footprint, and low-E thermal-pane Anderson Windows that provide beautiful daylight throughout the home. This site offers country living with the advantage of clean burning natural gas for heating and appliances, and the added benefit of lower utility costs that come with owning a private well and septic system. No fluctuating propane prices, and tank fills to worry about Northfield Sr.High, Middle. and Elementary. schools are close by. Taxes are approximately $2700/yr. Enjoy complete privacy on this lot.