Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
The sky’s the limit at this listed home. Buy the property, asking $2.99 million, and you can take off and land on your own private airstrip.
Indeed, this contemporary Connecticut hilltop spread comes with its own airstrip and hangar — the only FAA-approved paved airstrip in the state — and sits on 50 acres, says broker Ellen Sebastian of William Pitt Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty.
The seller is trailblazer Barbara Hackman Franklin, a former commerce secretary under Pres. George H.W. Bush.
Franklin, 83, was also one of Harvard University’s first female MBA graduates.
The modern house, at 1875 Perkins St. in Bristol, was built in 1988.
(Former Commerce Secretary Barbara Hackman Franklin. South China Morning Post via Getty Images)
(The home’s spacious hangar can fit a small plane or a chopper. Kevin Galliford)
(One of three bedrooms. Kevin Galliford)
(There’s 5,654 square feet of living space inside.Kevin Galliford)
(A cozy kitchen inside the hilltop house.Kevin Galliford)
(The estate’s runway has been given a thumbs-up by the FAA.Kevin Galliford)
When the couple first commissioned the architect, he asked them what they wanted.
“Wallace said he wanted an airplane hangar in the house and Barbara said she wanted a gym with views,” Sebastian said.
“The architect then said, ‘OK, fine. Do you want any bedrooms too?’ ”
At 5,654 square feet, the dwelling features three bedrooms, 4½ baths, two fireplaces, an elevator and panoramic views from its large windows.
It also boasts that home gym, an indoor resistance pool and a spa.
The airstrip is 1,800 feet long and 24 feet wide — fit for a small plane or a helicopter, but not a jet.
Ref: This $2.99M home comes with an airstrip and a hangar: ‘It’s just like driving into your garage’ (nypost)
