730 SKYWATER ROAD | GIBSON ISLAND, MDOPEN THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1-4pmListing Price: $3,395,000Tucked away from the hustle and bustle, a lovely shingle style home sits quietly nestled on a prime 1.1-acre waterfront lot offering stunning, panoramic views of the Magothy River, serene, wooded grounds, and wonderful privacy. Relax with your family and friends while watching bald eagles and osprey soaring and enjoy countless resplendent sunsets over the Magothy from the oversized open porch complete with a wet bar.  Offering many specimen trees, delicious apples, pears, peaches, and grape and berry vines await you!Built in 2001, this five-bedroom, three and a half bath three-level coastal home is filled with natural light, magnificent water views throughout, high ceilings, clerestory windows above the stairway and skylights galore on every level of the house.  On the main level is a welcoming great room with a large Maryland sandstone fireplace opening into the kitchen, a large open porch off the great room, a study, and a first-floor master bedroom with en suite bath and laundry room. Ascend to the second level to three oversized bedrooms, all with fabulous waterfront views, two with walk-in closets, and a bathroom suite with a large jetted soaking tub.With wonderful views of the Magothy throughout, the lower level has a large recreational room with a wet bar and hardwood piano alcove, a pool room with an Endless Pool with radiant heat ceiling tiles, and a large bonus room formerly used as a workshop that could potentially be finished and made into conditioned living space.  The lower level also offers a waterfront guest suite with its own private entrance, a sitting room, full bath and washer/dryer.  Also on the lower level is a large walk-in cedar closet and FEMA emergency hurricane shelter room.A virtually invisible solar array provides electricity to the house. Power is stored in a Tesla Powerwall, which provides power automatically to key components of the house during utility power outages. With plentiful room for parking, a large detached three car garage, and more than 4,800 square feet of living space, this waterfront home awaits its new owner for many years of unparalleled enjoyment. CLICK FOR VIDEO AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS725 SKYWATER ROAD | GIBSON ISLAND, MDOPEN THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1-4pmListing Price: $3,690,000A restored historic farmhouse graces the top of Skywater Road on Gibson Island. Located on more than an acre, with four levels, this special six bedroom, five full and two half bath home is a wonderful gathering place for family and guests.Enter the front door to a bright and airy hallway with a soft painted checkerboard pattern on the floor. An inviting eat-in kitchen opens to a simply magnificent outdoor porch perfect for entertaining, connecting the main house and the guest house. A powder room is conveniently located on the main level in the kitchen. A large dining room with gas fireplace and beautiful crown molding is to the right of the front door, and a glorious sunporch overlooks the backyard with pool and garden with magnificent plantings.  French doors open to a stunning living room with a large woodburning fireplace flanked with wide plank heart of pine floors.  A comfortable den opens to the dining room, offering serene views, exposed stone walls, a flagstone floor, and built -in bookcases.Ascend a gracious staircase upstairs to a landing where to the left is a laundry room hidden behind closeted doors, and an en suite bedroom. The landing leads to an en suite bedroom and an office on the left, and to the right is the primary suite with full bath and sitting room. On the third level is a bedroom, full bath, and bonus room. The lower level has a family room, half bath, and sunporch opening to the heated swimming pool with bluestone surround.A gardener’s delight, flowering trees, shrubs and perennials surround the property. There is a dahlia cutting bed and three vegetable gardens. A tree house beckons the young at heart.The guest house above the three-bay garage has a sitting room, two bedrooms and a full bathroom. CLICK FOR VIDEO AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOSABOUT GIBSON ISLAND:Gibson Island is less than an hour from Baltimore with no Bay Bridge crossing! Located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Magothy River, Gibson Island is an enchanting, two by three mile private island in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The Island is accessed by a private, man-made causeway. There is an entry gatehouse staffed around the clock and the Island has its own police department.The topography varies and includes low-lying, tidal wetlands, a 44-acre spring-fed lake, and rolling hills. Home sites account for about one third of the land, and the remaining two thirds of land is devoted to open space, natural woods, a bird sanctuary and recreation. The Gibson Island Harbor is a broad cove of the Magothy River sheltered from all sides, offering safe anchorage to both power and sail boats.  A place of natural beauty and with no Bay Bridge to cross, Gibson Island is less than an hour from Baltimore, Washington and Annapolis, and less than 25 minutes from BWI Airport and the train station, yet feels like it is a world away.The Island has just over 200 homes and houses a private country club (by invitation only) offering golf, tennis, swimming,  yachting and year-round fine dining —the Island is a special sanctuary indeed!Directions:Route Ten North to Route 100 East, Route 100 merges on Mountain Road, right on Mountain Road which dead ends on Gibson Island. Gate House will provide directions to 730 Skywater Road. Please call Sarah Kanne at 301-351-1319.Sarah Kanne, Realtor, Gibson Island Corporation Real Estate(Cell) 301-351-1319 (Office) 410-255-1341sarahkanne@gibsonisland.comwww.gibsonisland.comPrivate Tours & Showings by Appointment Only.Please call Sarah to make arrangements to attend the Open Houses this Saturday!Gibson Island Corporation Real Estate534 Broadwater Way, Gibson Island, Maryland 21056Lawrence F. Haislip, BrokerAll properties are offered without respect to race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, sex, national origin, familial or marital status.