Summer is almost here, and we want to show you some of the unique and beautiful outdoor designs and features from our current listings that greatly improve a homeowner's ability to get the most out of the season.
63 Larkspur Dr Amherst, $839,900, Jacqui Zuzgo
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73339409/63-larkspur-drive-amherst-ma-01002/
This Colonial home has an open-concept family room and kitchen which overlooks a private back yard and in-ground pool. Further adorning the home is a large composite deck and surrounding patio, which expands the recreational utility of the home’s outdoor areas. The home boasts a storage shed, fenced yard, and garden area- perfect for any summer gathering or entertainment!





7 Sundown Dr Goshen, $669,000, Kim Raczka
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73364249/7-sundown-drive-goshen-ma-01096/
This home, encompassing style features of a cape, contemporary home, and cottage, has expansive grounds that feature a shed that the previous owners have used as a cozy art studio, an octagon shaped screened house, and an outdoor sauna. A screened porch and wooden deck increases the home’s hosting opportunities. Decorated with a garden area, a small spring fed pond, and stone wall, this home embodies naturalistic tranquility.





6 Pease Ln Belchertown, $425,000, Christine Lau
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73377981/6-pease-lane-belchertown-ma-01007/
Multiple sliders out the back of this contemporary home open to an amazing wooden deck with gazebo, which enhances the entertaining and living area, along with a Newer Buderus boiler, oversized garage with woodstove, fire pit, and outdoor sheds! This home embodies easement from the inside-out.




1127 Bug Hill Rd Ashfield, $1,250,000, Kathy Zeamer
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73380337/1127-bug-hill-road-ashfield-ma-01330/
This contemporary home boasts a newly added 19x26 sunroom with walk around deck and a detached 2-car garage/barn with a spacious professional or recreational potential. Flower gardens, fruit trees, berry bushes, and a stone wall surround and enhance the property of this uniquely designed home. Meticulously and uniquely designed to convey a feeling of Zen from its natural surrounds, this home is a rare find.







87 Montague Rd Westhampton, $499,000, Alyx Akers
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73385151/87-montague-road-westhampton-ma-01027/
This colonial home overlooks a private backyard, in which the last owners took great advantage of its serene potential with the addition of a garden igloo tent. The backyard has further potential for outdoor recreation, entertainment, and gatherings that can turn any day at home into an outing for guests and visitors.




237 Shutesbury Rd Amherst, $725,000, Greg Haughton
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73385313/237-shutesbury-road-amherst-ma-01002/
Not only does this home have a screened porch, but from the third floor of this contemporary home is access to a spacious outdoor deck, where one can enjoy the benefits of well-established gardens, outbuildings, and an impressive 20x20 astroturf field.




206 S Chesterfield Rd Goshen, $499,000, Karen McAmis
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73385976/206-s-chesterfield-road-goshen-ma-01096/
Outside of this cottage, you will find two private docks—one to launch your boat and the other with steps into the water for effortless swimming. An outdoor shower adds convenience and naturalist serenity after a day in the pond. Whether lounging on the enclosed or screened porch, taking in the views of the waterfront, relaxing on the upper lawn, or swinging in a hammock by the shore, this cottage offers the perfect summer retreat.




75 Lyman Rd Northampton, $2,225,000, Karen McAmis
https://fivecollegerealtors.com/listing/73387168/75-lyman-road-northampton-ma-01060/
This Victorian home includes a modern pool house encloses an Endless Pool with inground heating and is surrounded by beautiful perennial gardens, vegetable beds, a stone patio, and a jeu de boules court. Because privacy is achieved from the fenced-in yard and an additional screened porch, one can feel as if they are getting away without going away at all in this home.










