First time offered! This custom-built three-bedroom, two-bath Saltbox, privately situated on 13+ acres in Gales Ferry, offers total Southern exposure with active (solar panels) and passive energy. This home provides abundant light throughout with a galley-style kitchen and lots of pantry storage, a living room with a wood-burning fireplace, a dining room, a first-floor bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, full bath, and two identical 13x8 rooms that bookend the first floor. Upstairs are two spacious bedrooms, a full bath, and lots of closet and eave storage space. Gleaming hardwood floors throughout. Recent updates include a new roof and skylights, a new boiler, recently installed Mitsubishi mini split ductless AC (& heat) units, Sunrun solar panels, a recently installed whole-house Champion generator, freshly stained cedar siding, and a new asphalt driveway. There is also a spacious two-car detached garage with loft storage, a full walk-out basement, a central vac, a wood-burning stove, and a potting shed. All of this set on 13+ acres (possibly subdividable) in the heart of Gales Ferry yet conveniently located within minutes of Mystic, the Subase, Electric Boat, Coast Guard Academy, and major highways.