433 Rapp Road, Valatie, NY 12184
$2,595,000
Property Type:
Residential
Bedrooms:
3
Baths:
4
Square Footage:
2,800
Lot Size (sq. ft.):
352,836
Status:
Active
Current Price:
$2,595,000
List Date:
11/17/2025
Last Modified:
4/19/2026
Overview
Description
Welcome to Hardwicke Farmhouse. Set on more than eight private acres along a private country lane, this extraordinary property has been meticulously renovated from the studs up, integrating four centuries of architectural heritage and crafted throughout with the finest materials. The result is a fully turnkey home set within a reclaimed landscape of stone terraces and walls, wildflower meadows, spring-fed ponds, and historic barns, each element in quiet dialogue with the architecture it surrounds. The original structure dates to the 1740s, rooted in the Dutch and early American traditions that shaped this region. A gracious Greek Revival center hall followed in the 1840s. The crowning addition was designed by John Mesick, founding partner of MCWB Architects and celebrated contemporary of I.M. Pei, a masterwork of glass, stone, and iron, with a silo-inspired great room that dissolves the boundary between interior and landscape.
Inside, the historic rooms feel intimate and grounded. Hand-hewn beams, wide plank floors, restored hardware, and Dutch doors reflect the home's early roots, while new windows flood each room with natural light. Morning light drifts through the front parlor and dining room, both anchored by wood-burning fireplaces. Beyond, the Mesick addition opens into a dramatic great room with an inglenook fireplace and sweeping views of the pool, barns, and fields. The fully rebuilt kitchen features all-new appliances, cabinetry, and fixtures, and shares this airy modern space with a dining area, creating a natural flow for long meals, gatherings, and quiet mornings observing each season. Newly added bedrooms and baths include two primary suites: a spacious ground-floor suite ideal for single-level living or guests, and a private upper retreat. Each primary suite features a double-vanity bathroom, and all bathrooms have been fully renovated with high-end details including a steam shower, Zellige tiles, and designer fixtures and finishes throughout.
The home offers gracious gathering spaces and quiet corners to retreat to, with additional rooms providing flexibility for offices, studios, or guests. All new plumbing, electrical, and updated HVAC systems ensure modern comfort throughout. Outdoors, the landscape has been completely restored: a new in-ground pool and stonework rebuilt from scratch, trees and gardens newly planted, and the spring-fed pond dug out, cleaned, and stocked. The pool anchors a main terrace of multi-level dry-stacked stone walls designed for entertaining, each level opening to sweeping views of the grounds, the woodlands, and the western sky. Wildflower fields and spring-fed ponds frame the property across every season, drawing a pageant of native life throughout the year.
Though you'll pay taxes on only 8 acres, you'll live as though you own the entire landscape, 700 surrounding acres of protected farmland, visible in every direction and safe from development. The sole property on its lane, you'll enjoy absolute privacy. Kinderhook, Chatham, and Hudson are all within easy reach, and Albany International Airport is about thirty minutes away. Daily life here is shaped by quiet countryside, nearby farms, local dining, and easy access to the best of the Hudson Valley.
Listing Details MLS# 20255725
General Property Information
- Bedrooms Total
- 3
- Bathrooms Total
- 4
- Bathrooms Full
- 4
- Above Grade Finished Area
- 2800
- Living Area
- 2800
- New Construction YN
- No
- Year Built
- 1740
- Garage YN
- Yes
- Attached Garage YN
- No
- Garage Spaces
- Yes
- Lot Size Acres
- 8.1
- Basement YN
- Yes
- Fireplace YN
- Yes
- Fireplaces Total
- 3
- Sign On Property YN
- No
- List Price/SqFt
- 926.79
- Bathrooms Half
- 0
- Below Grade Finished Area
- 0
Property Features
Appliances:
Dishwasher; Dryer; Range; Refrigerator; Washer; Washer/Dryer
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Attic Features:
Unfinished
Basement:
Storage Space; Unfinished
Construction Materials:
Wood Siding
Cooling:
Central Air
Electric:
200+ Amp Service
Exterior Features:
Garden; Lighting; Private Yard
Fireplace Features:
Dining Room; Living Room; Primary Bedroom
Flooring:
Tile; Wood
Foundation Details:
Brick/Mortar; Concrete Perimeter
Heating:
Forced Air; Oil
Interior Features:
Beamed Ceilings; Eat-in Kitchen; High Speed Internet; Primary Downstairs; Recessed Lighting; Soaking Tub; Storage
Laundry Features:
Inside; Laundry Room
Lot Features:
Garden; Landscaped; Pond on Lot; Private; Stream On Lot; Views; Wooded
Other Structures:
Garage(s); Shed(s)
Parking Features:
Driveway; Garage Faces Front; Off Street; Private
Patio And Porch Features:
Patio; Terrace
Pool Features:
In Ground
Roof:
Metal
Sewer:
Septic Tank
View:
Creek/Stream; Garden; Pasture; Pond; Pool; Trees/Woods; Water
Water Source:
Well
Contract Information
- Original List Price
- 2795000
- Listing Contract Date
- 2025-11-17
- Property Sub Type
- Single Family Residence
- Listing Agreement
- Exclusive Right To Sell
- Owner Name
- O'Brien
- Occupant Type
- Owner
- Lease Considered YN
- No
Location Tax and Legal
- Street Number
- 433
- Street Name
- Rapp
- Street Suffix
- Road
- County
- Columbia
- State
- NY
- Zip Code
- 12184
- Town (Taxable)
- Valatie
Remarks and Miscellaneous
- Public Remarks
- Welcome to Hardwicke Farmhouse. Set on more than eight private acres along a private country lane, this extraordinary property has been meticulously renovated from the studs up, integrating four centuries of architectural heritage and crafted throughout with the finest materials. The result is a fully turnkey home set within a reclaimed landscape of stone terraces and walls, wildflower meadows, spring-fed ponds, and historic barns, each element in quiet dialogue with the architecture it surrounds. The original structure dates to the 1740s, rooted in the Dutch and early American traditions that shaped this region. A gracious Greek Revival center hall followed in the 1840s. The crowning addition was designed by John Mesick, founding partner of MCWB Architects and celebrated contemporary of I.M. Pei, a masterwork of glass, stone, and iron, with a silo-inspired great room that dissolves the boundary between interior and landscape. Inside, the historic rooms feel intimate and grounded. Hand-hewn beams, wide plank floors, restored hardware, and Dutch doors reflect the home's early roots, while new windows flood each room with natural light. Morning light drifts through the front parlor and dining room, both anchored by wood-burning fireplaces. Beyond, the Mesick addition opens into a dramatic great room with an inglenook fireplace and sweeping views of the pool, barns, and fields. The fully rebuilt kitchen features all-new appliances, cabinetry, and fixtures, and shares this airy modern space with a dining area, creating a natural flow for long meals, gatherings, and quiet mornings observing each season. Newly added bedrooms and baths include two primary suites: a spacious ground-floor suite ideal for single-level living or guests, and a private upper retreat. Each primary suite features a double-vanity bathroom, and all bathrooms have been fully renovated with high-end details including a steam shower, Zellige tiles, and designer fixtures and finishes throughout. The home offers gracious gathering spaces and quiet corners to retreat to, with additional rooms providing flexibility for offices, studios, or guests. All new plumbing, electrical, and updated HVAC systems ensure modern comfort throughout. Outdoors, the landscape has been completely restored: a new in-ground pool and stonework rebuilt from scratch, trees and gardens newly planted, and the spring-fed pond dug out, cleaned, and stocked. The pool anchors a main terrace of multi-level dry-stacked stone walls designed for entertaining, each level opening to sweeping views of the grounds, the woodlands, and the western sky. Wildflower fields and spring-fed ponds frame the property across every season, drawing a pageant of native life throughout the year. Though you'll pay taxes on only 8 acres, you'll live as though you own the entire landscape, 700 surrounding acres of protected farmland, visible in every direction and safe from development. The sole property on its lane, you'll enjoy absolute privacy. Kinderhook, Chatham, and Hudson are all within easy reach, and Albany International Airport is about thirty minutes away. Daily life here is shaped by quiet countryside, nearby farms, local dining, and easy access to the best of the Hudson Valley.
Status Change Information
- Major Change Timestamp
- 2026-04-16T13:22:22Z
- Major Change Type
- Price Reduced
- Price Change Timestamp
- 2026-04-16T13:22:22Z
- Status Change Timestamp
- 2025-11-17
More Information
Book Information
- Liber/Book
- 934
- Page
- 1776
- Section
- 13
Location, Tax, and Legal
- 911 Address
- 433 Rapp Rd, Valatie, NY 12184
- Township
- Valatie
- School District
- Ichabod Crane
- General Tax
- 3365
- School Tax
- 8268.11
- Tax Annual Amount
- 11633
- Assessors Full Market Value
- 664063
- Tax Assessed Value
- 425000
- Tax Legal Description
- 433 Rapp Rd, Valatie, NY 12184
- Parcel Number
- 10448901300000010150000000
- Tax Lot
- 15
- Tax Block
- Yes
- Tax Exemptions YN
- No
- Zoning
- 02
- Directions
- From NY-82 N, take NY-9H N to Rapp Rd in Kinderhook.
Appliances
- Dishwasher
- Yes
- Dryer
- Yes
- Range
- Yes
- Refrigerator
- Yes
- Washer
- Yes
- Washer/Dryer
- Yes
Architectural Style
- Greek Revival
- Yes
Attic Features
- Unfinished
- Yes
Basement
- Storage Space
- Yes
- Unfinished
- Yes
Construction Materials
- Wood Siding
- Yes
Cooling
- Central Air
- Yes
Electric
- 200+ Amp Service
- Yes
Exterior Features
- Garden
- Yes
- Lighting
- Yes
- Private Yard
- Yes
Fireplace Features
- Dining Room
- Yes
- Living Room
- Yes
- Primary Bedroom
- Yes
Flooring
- Tile
- Yes
- Wood
- Yes
Foundation Details
- Brick/Mortar
- Yes
- Concrete Perimeter
- Yes
Heating
- Forced Air
- Yes
- Oil
- Yes
Interior Features
- Beamed Ceilings
- Yes
- Eat-in Kitchen
- Yes
- High Speed Internet
- Yes
- Primary Downstairs
- Yes
- Recessed Lighting
- Yes
- Soaking Tub
- Yes
- Storage
- Yes
Laundry Features
- Inside
- Yes
- Laundry Room
- Yes
Lot Features
- Garden
- Yes
- Landscaped
- Yes
- Pond on Lot
- Yes
- Private
- Yes
- Stream On Lot
- Yes
- Views
- Yes
- Wooded
- Yes
Other Structures
- Garage(s)
- Yes
- Shed(s)
- Yes
Parking Features
- Driveway
- Yes
- Garage Faces Front
- Yes
- Off Street
- Yes
- Private
- Yes
Patio And Porch Features
- Patio
- Yes
- Terrace
- Yes
Pool Features
- In Ground
- Yes
Roof
- Metal
- Yes
Sewer
- Septic Tank
- Yes
View
- Creek/Stream
- Yes
- Garden
- Yes
- Pasture
- Yes
- Pond
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes
- Trees/Woods
- Yes
- Water
- Yes
Water Source
- Well
- Yes
Listing Courtesy of
Houlihan Lawrence Inc.
Listing Agent:
Anthony Dargenzio