Welcome to your 5 acre dream homestead in the highly sought after coastal community of Hampstead, NC and Topsail school district. This charming 1800 sq ft. one and a half story cottage offers a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home, with an unfinished room above the 2-car garage that is plumbed and wired. This turn-key property offers space for your family indoors and out. Inside, you will find granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances and a laundry room/pantry combo. The master bedroom and bathroom feature new built-ins, walk in closet, and a large walk-in shower. Outside, delivers everything you could wish for in a coastal homestead. Acreage surrounded by the Holly Shelter Game Lands. A cozy screened in porch off the dining room was recently rescreened with a pet and insect resistant screen so you can enjoy the surrounding wildlife all hours of the day and night. For your four-legged family members there's even more options, including a fenced in dog run with several dog doors to access the home. An Invisible fence also goes along the property line with 3 collars. Equestrian? Your new home offers a 3-stall horse barn and a large tack room with room for a 4th stall. Each stall has rubber mats, wall mounted hay racks and livestock wall buckets. A large loft area for hay/feed storage. Two Electric fence controllers. A second driveway with a gate goes directly to the barn. Some of the recent upgrades include a new HVAC system in 2019, well holding tank in 2020, matching lean to addition with 3 fully powered bays to barn in 2020, energy saving 5.76 kW Q Cell 20 year Solar system installed in 2021 with Generac PWR Cell 10 year battery backup system that currently backs up the kitchen, master bedroom and master bathroom during power grid outages (Generac PWR Cell is expandable for additional batteries to back up the entire house), energy saving R-39 blown insulation in 2021, energy saving solar attic fan in 2021, new 40 year architectural shingle roof in 2022.