1131 Clearwater DR, Moneta, VA 24121 (MLS# 831320)

A quiet drive past a beautiful vineyard leads you to this tranquil spot. You’ll find a breathtakingly expansive French country style waterfront home and retreat on five wooded acres. The property invites an immersive and intimate Smith Mountain Lake lifestyle and experience that embodies this unique location. As you approach, you enter down a beautiful gated private drive overlooking the lake. The landscape is lush with an easy to maintain professional design, dotted with bold blooms in the spring and distinctive textured evergreens for year round beauty which perfectly sets the scene to enjoy the shift to each season. Choose from multiple outdoor living spaces: from the glorious sun deck accessible from the kitchen and main floor master suite, to the beautiful sheltered lanai just off

Supplements: the lower level master suite which is also perfect for an outdoor kitchen, curling up with a good book, a glass of wine, or a steaming cup of coffee. Stroll the gently meandering walkway to the dock and dive in to the deep cool refreshing cove for your daily swim. The water is clean and un-trafficked here along your 400' feet of pristine shoreline, perfect for extending your private domain far into the waters of Smith Mountain Lake. The home itself is situated to enjoy the truly spectacular sunsets offered here over that long water view from each and every vantage point. Being designed for peace and quiet, all of your family and guests can gather here to create lasting memories. The interior of the home has a fluid floor plan that is both refined and comfortable. Inside you'll find yourself cocooned by the warmth of many of the spaces, but in 5200 square feet you can all have room to breathe. The floor plan can easily lend itself to decorating as 6 bedrooms, permitting you to host guests galore! Plus, practically speaking, parking all their cars couldn't be easier boasting of both an attached 2 car garage and the adjacent detached 2 car garage spaces. Back to the house itself, it is built with uncompromising and essential quality by Dale Engle who put tradition over trends in terms of technique and materials and is the product of intense and nuanced work. All systems of the home have been lovingly maintained and/or updated. It also deserves special mention that this home has enjoyed the noble distinction of having been previously selected to be a part of the lakes local charitable tradition as part of the annual lake 'Charity Homes Tour'. Smith Mountain Lake can be a place of perpetual summertime activities if you choose it to be and this home offers a way to balance that by quiet moments in uncluttered way aided by a beautiful setting and a fine and useful space. If only every day could begin at 1131 Clearwater Drive!!