87 Grassy Hill Road, Old Lyme, CT 06371

Grassy Hill Road is the kind of Old Lyme address people go looking for. Rogers Lake sits across the way, and that changes how a house feels. You notice it in the light, in the quiet, in the fact that the water is part of the daily routine instead of somewhere you drive to. Summers here mean the resident beaches, the white sand one included, kept for people who actually live in town. That's the part locals talk about. The house dates to 1969 and runs close to 3,000 square feet, and it uses the room well. The primary bedroom stretches nearly thirty feet, enough for a chair and a desk by the window without crowding the bed. A second family room upstairs means the kids' end and the grown-ups' end don't have to be the same room. Downstairs the kitchen and dining area open across the back, and a fireplace anchors the living room. What you'll use most is the deck: over 350 square feet of pressure-treated decking running toward the trees, where a Saturday in July tends to end up. Coffee out...