SOLD Historic Home with Pond | Maine Real Estate

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United Country Lifestyle Properties of Maine

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Price $239,000 | Call Carmen McPhail at (800) 286-6164
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If you love old houses like I do, then you’ll see the charm and potential of this 1910 cape located in rural Bucksport Maine. From the humble eat-in kitchen to the sloped roof second floor this home has character, emits a homey-ness reminiscent of Gramma’s house and yet is functionally intact. The first floor full bath with cast iron tub (the claw-feet are all that’s missing to add even more of a nostalgic feel) a nice sized bedroom with closet, a laundry room and a sunny den/study with built-in bookcases, shelves and a mantle compliment the living room and kitchen. The full height half basement contains the utilities - a fairly new electric hot water heater, oil-fired forced hot air furnace, a root cellar cupboard for storage of vegetables and canned goods and the electrical panel - which should be updated to breakers from its current fuses). The home does need some maintenance and attention - the oak floor in the living room is bumped up in a couple places, the tiles need replacing in the bathroom, and the kitchen cupboards and counters are in need of replacing, but the bones of the home are good. There is both a private well and septic on site as well as a shed and workshop area. All this sits on 56± acres of land with frontage on Brook and includes a small farm pond as well as some nicely wooded areas with trails for walking.
Bucksport Maine is located in eastern Hancock County and fronts on the Penobscot River just inland from Penobscot Bay. The 2020 census has the population at 4944. Bucksport offers limited shopping and eateries and boasts a nice marina on the Penobscot River that is deep enough for almost any size personal vessel. This home is located just 3.5 miles from the downtown business district and only 20 miles from Bangor/Brewer or Ellsworth and 24 to Belfast - making it an easy commute if you prefer to live the rural life and work in the city.
Nearby attractions include the Boat landing on Verona Island - Access to Penobscot River & Penobscot Bay for fishing or boating adventures. It is also just a 15 minute drive to Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust Lands - 5,000 acres of mountains, woods, and water managed for wildlife habitat, sustainable forestry, and community trails. There are many local lakes - including Silver Lake, Alamoosook, Toddy Pond, and others just minutes away. Other area attractions include Fort Knox & The Penobscot Narrows Bridge just 5 miles away (the Fort was built 1844 to protect Penobscot River Valley against British naval incursion and the bridge boasts the tallest public bridge observatory in the world!
Come take a look at this turn of the century cape and the surrounding 56± acres and make your dream of homesteading, gentlemen farming, hunting your own back yard or just rural life in general come true!

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@evespector3972 5 ай бұрын

I love the property. So beautiful.

@valliesmom8362 6 ай бұрын

My mom grew up in Bucksport, I still have cousins on Millvale Rd. I know this house, have driven by it for all of my 72 years.

@phyllisjasinski6622 6 ай бұрын

I thought what a beautiful property. And home what more can a man ask for. Great showing ❤❤❤❤❤

@lifestyleproperties 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@karlsteingall6832 6 ай бұрын

Cool house! Lots of character and charm! Thanks for sharing, you folks are a great team!! Look forward to seeing more!

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@thomascreeley867 6 ай бұрын

What a great property.

@michellelyon3149 6 ай бұрын

I absolutely love old houses. This property could be stunning. Thank you for the tour!

@MountainMAMA455 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful lot and house has nice character. Love the legend story too.

@lifestyleproperties 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@MrRebar15 6 ай бұрын

*United Country Lifestyle Properties of Maine* Beautiful piece of property, thank-you both for taking the time to show us around. GOD Bless.

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@guyinpajamapants6892 6 ай бұрын

This house was for sale a few years back I think. It looks familiar.

@lifestyleproperties 6 ай бұрын

No it has been in the family for a long time.

@robertamurphy1124 6 ай бұрын

They burned her??? That means the place is cursed!

@wayneC7 6 ай бұрын

I love this property ❤

@lifestyleproperties 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@dfoltz268 6 ай бұрын

Wow that is a nice piece of land! House definitely needs some work but looked like the roof was newer so that's a great start! Ill be up in a few weeks to check this out if its still around. Thanks for the video as always they are very helpful for people like me looking for properties that are 1200+ miles away!

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@RickHardcore 6 ай бұрын

Great work!!

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks

@awadventures6230 6 ай бұрын

Quite a bit of work needs to be done to the home, but I love the land. No one mentioned the school bus! 😂

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

@@awadventures6230 no extra charge for the bus. Thanks for watching.

@sarahmaio613 6 ай бұрын

What is the zoning laws on this property? Are farm animals allowed?

@melinda5777 6 ай бұрын

I really like the way both of you show properties and land! I really want to move back up there but I would be alone. I live alone here, but it's different. I know people.❤

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@meanderingsofavengaard7732 6 ай бұрын

This is actually reasonably priced. If you leave out the house...there is a well, septic, electric with 56 acres, a pond, it's not in tree-growth, trails, close to a lot of wonderful places and amenities. That's a little over $4k an acre in a prime location on a paved, maintained, road. Yes, the house needs work. Most old houses will need maintenance over time. It has good bones, you just need to bring it into the 21st century. It made me think of my Ma-maw's house in southern Texas. All that home-cooked food and love makes those kitchens priceless. Fixing it a little at a time while developing the land makes it a little more manageable. The electric, some of the flooring, the kitchen update, some of the rooms themselves. Unless you have mold or termites it shouldn't really be too bad in the grand scheme of things. And you could live in it while doing the work so there is that as well. Start with the electric and then do it one project at a time. Watch marketplace, craigslist, and the like for people looking to part with new cabinetry and stuff to repurpose. I saw one channel where the youtubers got 45K worth of kitchen cabinetry that was nearly brand new for less than 5K. That's a steal and could easily be done with this house. Taxes are a little high but to be honest with the cost of living going up all over the country it stands to reason that municipalities are hiking up the taxes to get their slice of the pie. The property may qualify for homestead exemption for the person who would want to go that route so that's a chance to lower the taxes a little. You may be able to work with some local tree harvesters and get a bit of extra dough that way too in order to clean it up in the overcrowded areas. The property has a lot that could be done if you have the imagination and creativity to do it. Carmen, I loved the snark about the basement and the fuses. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves and the things we find or life would be really dull.

@lifestyleproperties 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@kathywedzik4905 6 ай бұрын

Taxes are so high

@lifestyleproperties 6 ай бұрын

No they are not. Just over $2,500

@b.r.2266 6 ай бұрын

"It needs an upgrade. You've been warned." 😂🎉

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks

@mca200tq 6 ай бұрын

The moment she mocked people asking about the basement, that's when I gave it a thumbs up lol.

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@ackack612 6 ай бұрын

...makes perfect sense. Indeed, how completely inane that potential buyers might want to actually see the very underpinnings, the bones that are so integral to a house! The abject absurdity, I'm gobsmacked!

@lisavizzini9609 6 ай бұрын

This property is a money pit...

@lifestyleproperties 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@ackack612 6 ай бұрын

Both the home and land/lot were well presented with a great history lesson to boot! I even like the address...the street and the town, just sounds cool, don't you think? I can't help but wonder though, were this a 2, even 5 acre lot and house offering what the price might be...ie, what's the house really worth? The amount of work (also pronounced money) the house requires is substantial, as Carmen said, "you've been warned"...net net, price per acre seems high, just thinking out loud. (Worth noting, consistent reluctance to show basements as viewers wonder why...and then copping an attitude, ON CAMERA . Really? How professional, yet so very in line with a number of women on this channel who act similarly. And why not, it comes from the top, right? Phil's gonna be pissed at me which stinx because I hold him in such high regard, the consummate professional. Mea culpa, mea culpa, Phil.)

@perrybonney9090 6 ай бұрын

The state tree 🌲 of Maine is the white pine. When they say that Maine is the pine 🌲 tree state, it is specifically the white pine they are referring to is the white pine. And THIS “🌲” is NOT a pine tree. Looks like a fir tree, to me. Back in the day, the white pines were for the kings navy. Since they grow tall and straight, they were used as the main mast on tall (sailing) ships, of the Royal Navy (UK).

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@perrybonney9090 6 ай бұрын

@@philmcphail2228 You’re welcome! Back in the late ‘60s/early’70s, I checked out and read the classic Maine novel “Pines for the King’s Navy”, from the bookmobile.

@philmcphail2228 6 ай бұрын

@@perrybonney9090The book mobile. I’m sure that is no longer with us😢