CONVENIENTLY LOCATED 5 MINUTES FROM HAMMOND AND SLU This two-story home on 9.6 lovely acres offers a spacious 3191 square feet of space, including four bedrooms, two and 1/2 baths, 35' x 24' great room with wood-burning fireplace, Levolor wood blinds, solid oak staircase and cathedral ceiling, loft/office area, spacious bedrooms, and lots of storage space. Roomy outdoor spaces allow outdoor living rain or shine with a large shady front porch and attached covered and screened deck that steps down to an additional open deck and pool area. Outbuildings include a greenhouse, garden shed, chicken coop and covered tractor shed. The gentle country acres are both cleared and wooded, with a stocked pond. Single family property in Tangipahoa parish. Two-story raised and slab foundation. 4 bedrooms total: master: 12 x 18 with walk in closet, bedroom 1 : 23 x 11, bedroom 2 : 25 x 11 w/double walk-in closets and built-in drawers, bedroom 3 : 13 x 20. 2.5 baths: 2 full baths, 1 half bath.  Living room/great room: 35 x 24. Open dining room: 15 x 16. Kitchen: 12 x 8 with pantry 4.5 x 4.5. Loft/office area: 25 x 12. Utility/laundry: approx. 8 x 24. Garage/shop: 13 x 20. Roof: metal. Utilities: 3-zone Climate Master geothermal heat pump, Natural gas: JennAir cooktop, gas water heater, Bosch tankless hot water heater. Kitchen features include a Bosch dishwasher, JennAir range with indoor grill and trash compactor. Wood burning fireplace with circulation fan in great room. Water service and septic. Outdoor features: include a large covered front porch, a screened and covered 24 x 12 back deck that opens onto a 20 x 20 uncovered deck and above-ground pool, an 18 x 10 green house, 10 x 10 garden shed, chicken coop, covered tractor shed, raised and fenced garden with water source, ceiling fans on porch and covered deck and a natural gas generator hook up. Neighborhood is quiet and semi-rural on a very low traffic street. Interior features: Bosch dishwasher, JennAir range with indoor grill and trash compactor, ceiling fans in all rooms, baths with heater/light/fan units, solid oak staircase, and fireplace with circulation fan in great room. Floors are hardy ceramic tile and Pergo wood laminate. ACREAGE AMOUNT IS NEGOTIABLE-PLEASE ASK!