1 Shoal LaneOrleans, MA 02653Sale Price: $1,025,500

It feels like living in a tree house, say the longtime owners of this casually classic home on 2 acres overlooking Shoal Pond, with Association access to a sandy beach, dock, and mooring field on Pleasant Bay. Untouched upland on the property also offers ample space for a new in-ground pool. Sheltering the house from the street, natural landscaping includes towering evergreens, graceful river birches, and blazing Japanese maples. Behind the house, autumn clematis and climbing hydrangeas clamber over deck and pergola, and in the spring mature rhododendrons glow in the native woods. Indoors too there's exceptional privacy: three separate bedroom/bath suites-- the master with hand-tiled fireplace, additional bedroom or study, and bath with dual shower heads and soaking tub. The finished and newly carpeted walkout basement is graced by a wonderful big fireplace--as is the gracious entry-level living room, which opens onto deck and kitchen, both bird-watchers' delights. The spacious welcoming kitchen, with deck access and bank of windows, is a 24/7 haven. Natural light and Casablanca ceiling fans abound.