Supplements: This house is absolutely magical, Contemporary in country style, it is located less than a mile from the downtown enchanted Monterey with the charming Monterey General Store, the Library, historic Monterey Meeting House and without the doubt, you'll like Monterey low property taxes. The sandy beach on Lake Garfield is stone throw from the house and you also have your own deeded, grassy lake access just up-front. The house is privately located within a small lake community, surrounded by a lovely landscaped grounds with stone walls and flowering gardens. The large front deck partially wraps around, plus there is a smaller deck with a pergola located off of the kitchen, which extends the interior space out and provides a charming, private setting for your outdoor dining. The ground level offers a good size family room with sliders to the lake side, also has an utility/laundry room with washer & dryer and the oversized one-car garage. The main level is just wonderful with cathedral ceiling, skylights, the wall of windows with sliders to the large front deck, the lovely open eat-in kitchen with the sliders to the smaller deck and the master bedroom with a new master bath are also on main level. The 2nd level offers a large open loft, 2 sunny guest bedrooms with cathedral ceilings (one bedroom with a small kiddie loft) and there is also an other very nice full bath. For an absolute comfort during a few hot summer days, the house is equipped with the wall A/C units. This is a great house for all seasons and Berkshire activities are endless, the summers on the lake and ski Butternut only 10 minutes away, plus for the ice-skater in your family there is Monterey's own Ice-Skating Rink. Located about 15 minutes from Great Barrington for all your fine food shopping, boutiques, antiques, many restaurants, some Zagat rated, Triplex Cinema, join the gym with an indoor pool, treat yourself to a massage, rent the bike, or canoe the river, golf, or just walk the meadow and breath the country air. Visit famed Stockbridge with Norman Rockwell Main Street & Red Lion Inn, the charming town of Lenox with concerts at Tanglewood, Kripalu Yoga Center, Prime Outlets in Lee and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, there is so much to do and the music is everywhere. Only 2.5-3 hours from New York City, Westchester, CT or Boston, there is no other place like Berkshires.