New shingle style contemporary perched 100+ feet above Frenchman Bay in premier Sols Cliff. Eagle eye views of Porcupine Islands to far Schoodic Peninsula. Sunrise-lit, elegantly finished, comfortably proportioned spaces. Great room with fireplace. Full length shoreside deck. Superb ocean view from main floor master suite. Full finished walk-out basement with own water views. Superb craftsmanship throughout.
Six-unit Victorian apartment building on prime historic location near Bar Harbor waterfront and across the street from restored Bar Harbor Club. Currently used for seasonal worker housing. Use is "grandfathered non-conforming" as Multifamily II, which means that can be converted to as many as 6 condominiums units, either within existing structure (bad idea!) or in new replacement structure (great idea!). Also location within walking distance of harbor and village amenities would be perfect for an estate-quality residence.
Solid sunny home in popular subdivision. Front lawn, garden space near rear deck, mature woods insure privacy. Great central location with easy commute to JAX, Southwest Harbor boatbuilders, Trenton and Ellsworth employers. Cute family room, kitchen with special baker's workspace, well proportioned formal dining room and living room with propane stove, first floor bedroom and full bath. Upstairs two very large bedrooms share 3/4 bath; extra storage, too. All tied together by dark hardwood floors that look brand new. Full, bone-dry basement with inside and outside access. Plus attached high-posted 2-car garage with auto openers. Turnkey condition!
Best of both worlds! Maine Northwoods style cottage in heart of Bar Harbor village. Big lot in low traffic neighborhood just 1 block from downtown amenities. Open floorpan with 2 large bedrooms on ground level, 1 BR's up. Cathedral ceiling living room is a gem! Newer oil furnace for hot water baseboard heat; woodstove, too. Nicely landscaped with super curb appeal. One car garage and small shop. Zoning permits converting large bedroom to studio apartment with separate entrance: great for guests, live-in family or caregiver, rental income.
Sturdy home in heart of Bar Harbor village. Walk to YMCA, Glen Mary pool, ballfield, playground. Big living room, workable kitchen, separate dining. Big Mmudroom! Home office off Master. Deck and backyard next to ballfield. And a true village rarity: your own 2-car garage!
Nicely appointed downtown townhouse on quiet dead end street within walking distance of everything. Own laundry, storage in basement. Shared yard. Lots of off-street parking.
Almost new townhouse on quiet dead end downtown street. Walk to everthing. Good floor plan. Private laundry and lots of storage in basement. Shared yard. Pleanty of off-street parking. Two unit condominium.
Near Kebo Golf Course, this neighborhood's a Bar Harbor best kept secret! Sunny house protected from development on south side by Water Company parcel: Free lawn! Handy mudroom entry. Big deck accessed from dining and living rooms. Open plan first floor. Kitchen modest, but very workable. First floor small bedroom with full bath next door. Three bedrooms upstairs--one a wood panelled Master--and a half bath: room to install a shower! Full basement with laundry. Exterior is low maintenance vinyl. Nice tree shaded lawn. Parking for 3 cars. Very little traffic. Close to Eagle Lake entrance to Acadia. Downtown and elementary/middle schools just downhill. Price competitively!
Pretty wooded lot with convenient central location for commute anywhere on MDI or off-island. Building site set well off road for maximum privacy. Protected to east by hundreds of undevelopable acres. Lots of wildlife, including nesting barred owls. Ancient white pines to be preserved. Protective covenants apply. A true Bar Harbor bargain!
Own your own nature preserve. Most of the lot is wildlife habitat, but there's a nice, dry building site in front. Old woods road would make a great driveway. Deed use of shared pond. Lots of trails to explore. Protective covenants. High quality, low price.
Admired by millions of visitors on their ways to and from Bar Harbor, this handsome yellow New England farmhouse with matching barn is something of a local landmark. Built in 1868, many of its original features have been preserved: period staircase, double-sidelighted entry door, birch and wide-pine floors, post and beam built barn. On the other hand, all the mechanical systems are modern, as is the large country kitchen and just renovated attached apartment. An enterprising new owner may wish to take advantage of the property's curb appeal and visibility by starting an in-home business: Bar Harbor zoning just changed to allow bigger "home occupations". The property is also zoned for a small bed and breakfast establishment. ALL NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS AND NEW ROOF!!
Here's what happens when you start with an 1850's cape, add an apartment for great grandmother, then convert the upstairs to another apartment for Mom and Dad: a tidy 3-Family on the remaining 2.8 acres of the historic "Stork" homestead. Long and consistent rental history. Occupy one of the apartments for year-round or seasonal use (there's a mountain view from the upstairs 2-BR). Or just rent it all out as investment property.
Another interesting twist! Bar Harbor zoning permits one of the apartments to be decommissioned, i.e. the cook stove taking out, and for it to be replaced by a single-family detached dwelling. There's a great housesite--elevated, sunny south-facing, overlooking the large pasture--where the old greenhouse sits now. You could build your retirement home in one of the quietest and most centrally located (Nature Conservancy's Bragdon Preserve nearby; just a few minutes to Bar Harbor village or off-island)neighborhoods on Mt. Desert Island. And let the rents pay off the mortgage!
What else? There's a huge old barn that triples as garage, workshop, and storage building.
Did we mention that the Seller strongly prefers to owner-finance your purchase.
Brand new construction to be completed Spring, 2010. Plenty of sunshine! Big corner lot in a turn-of-the-20th century tree-lined neighborhood on the outskirts of downtown Ellsworth. Close enough to business district to walk to stores like Rooster Brother, Pyramid Jewelers, The Grand Auditorium. Short drive to all other shopping, medical facilities, etc., and less than 30 minutes from Bar Harbor and Acadia. Yet just far enough from Routes 1/3 to avoid traffic noise and congestion.
House exterior designed for low maintenance and to blend into existing neighborhood. Interior has lots of contemporary touches, including open floorplan, huge entry mudroom and laundry, library/sitting room on second floor landing. Full headroom for all second story rooms. Full basement and attic storage, too. All systems are new, including oil-fired hot water baseboard heat. Public water and sewer.
House sited on east side of lot, so plenty of room for a garage, gardens, etc.
A true bargain in Bar Harbor! Walk to Conners-Emerson K-8 and Parson's Lobsters, close to Kebo public golf course and entrance to Park Loop Road. Roomy mid-century family home, a little quirky but solid. Large kitchen with brick hearth and woodstove hookup perfect for antique range. First floor bedroom and half bath for guests. Full walk-out basement. Pretty plantings and big backyard bordered by year-round stream. Newer deck for sunsets. Oversized garage and workshop suitable for home business. Off-street parking for two cars. Space for boat in side yard, too!
Seller reduced to this unbeatable (and scarcely negotiable) price in order to move on. Be the one to get the deal!
Largest undeveloped lot available in coveted DeGregoire Park neighborhood. 10 minutes from downtown Bar Harbor, but in a peaceful world all its own. Except for savvy locals--like yours truly who in winter walks the mile long traffic-free loop for exercise and fresh air with his wife--only DP residents know it exists. One of the last planned enclaves developed on the coast of Maine, circa 1926, DeGregoire Park was envisioned as a summer community of modest cottages on camp-sized lots 50' X 125'. Several of the original cottages remain, while others have been converted to or replaced by more traditional homes. At the bend of the loop, there is a breathtaking view across Frenchman Bay northerly to Hancock Point for all to enjoy. And all lot owners have a deed access to the shore: while the path down the face of the bluff is a bit challenging, the reward of the pebble beach justifies the effort.
This lot offers three choices for develpment. The lot's already been cleared at the top and the driveway installed for a 4 bedroom single family residence on a private septic system. Alternatively, if one chooses to connect instead to the Town sewer system, then the lot can be split into two legal lots. Build on one, sell the second to offset costs, or hold until the kids are ready to build their own place. Thirdly, and again if on the Town sewer, zoning permits as many as 6 apartments to be built on the property. There is always a demand for 2BR year round rentals in Bar Harbor. At roughly $32K per unit ground/sewer cost, and $800 - $850 monthly rent per unit, this is one of the best paying investments one can make in Bar Harbor.
Large nearly 2 acres lot on main highway between the head of Mt. Desert Island and all points south, east, and west, e.g. Somesville, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Bass Harbor, Bernard, etc. The part of the lot abutting the highway frontage, about 1.5 acres, is open and flat, with a small manmade pond; the rear .5 acre is wooded. The parcel is in the Town Hill Residential Corridor zoning district, in which a number of commercial uses are permitted, including agriculture; gardens, greenhouses, and nurseries; and roadside stands. Semi-commercial uses are also permitted, including home occupations. This is a perfect opportunity, rare on MDI, to locate your business in the high-visibility, high-traffic part of the lot, and your home in the protected wooded rear portion. You could be open for the summer season!
You can't buy a view like this anymore in Bar Harbor: 30 miles away to the sun setting behind Blue Hill mountain! Lots of blueberries and ladyslippers in season. Lightly wooded lot makes building less costly and your view forever within your ocntrol. Pink granite ledges. Your choice of septic system sites. Main driveway already in place--all you have to do is put in a short spur to your housesite. Zoning permits building 40' up from original grade: The view just gets more and more spectacular the higher up you go. Great neighbors to each side who will value your privacy as much as their own.
MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION! Was $579,000. Now $399,500!! This is a serious bargain for Main Street, Seal Harbor, one of the Downeast coast’s most exclusive villages. This 4BR/2 bath colonial is footsteps away from Seal Harbor beach and harbor. You’ll appreciate the many comforts: bamboo, oak and southern pine floors; living room fireplace; dining room built-ins; original panel doors with heirloom hardware; multi-windowed sunroom, wraparound deck for 3-season entertaining, drive-under garage, and huge basement. Many recent upgrades include new clapboard, thermalpane replacement windows, and paved driveway. And there's another bonus: this property's backyard abuts Acadia National Park! Stanley Brook is just into the woods. NOTE: THIS IS A SHORT SALE. ANY REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BANK.
"West of Eden" is all about classic Maine Victorian farmhouse style updated for comfort and convenience. Boasting a pastoral view of the old Smith Homestead across the lightly trafficked highway, West of Eden is located a short bike ride, or even stroll, from Seal Cove harbor, the famed "Algerine Coast," Hodgdon and Seal Cove ponds, the many peaks of western Acadia, and miles of Park maintained hiking and biking trails. There's even a summer shortcut across the Park that leads directly to Southwest Harbor, with its restaurants, galleries, and shopping.
Once the village parsonage, West of Eden was upscaled in the 90's (19, not 18!) to a comfortable bed and breakfast inn, with an emphasis on healthy macrobiotic foods made and served on premises. The restaurant exited with one of the proprietors, but the new owners maintained the high standards of the B&B while greatly expanding and upgrading the original structure. They kept all that made the farmhouse so charming: hardwood floors, built-in cabinets and drawers, period trim and finishes, original wavy glass windows, granite and slate paved basement. But they constructed a large and light filled master suite on the ground floor which perfectly blends into the existing lines of the house; converted the upstairs ell, for 100 years just an attic, into a second master suite, with skylights and bonus sleeping loft; and built onto the west side off the country kitchen a large enclosed porch for guest breakfasting and just plain hanging out. Lastly, they installed their beloved Garland gas chef's range into the kitchen, along with a comfortably massive baker's island. Add to the mix an upgraded heating and hot water system, as well as new wiring, new roof, and new cedar shingle siding, and what you get is a classically vintage home absolutely ready for gracious living in the 21st Century.
What does the future hold for West of Eden? One might continue the B&B tradition, as there's always a demand from modern day Rusticators for the peace and natural beauty long since departed from the tourist and cruise ship beset Bar Harbor side of Mt. Desert Island. Or one might claim West of Eden as one's personal summer retreat, sharing its understated delights with only family and carefully selected invitees. Or one might simply transport West of Eden to its longstanding status as a most gracious and comfortable home for all seasons.
Here's that affordable Maine Coast hideaway you've been seeking. Unlock the door, drop your stuff, head out to nearby harbor, shopping, restaurants. You could make it bigger, but sometimes small packages are best!
Cute cabin nestled in the woods of MDI at a fair price. Not fancy, but everything works: 3BR septic system, drilled well, 100 amp entrance, woodstove, 3/4 bath, spiral staircase to BR above, enclosed porch. Use the cabin as a 3 season getaway now. Someday build your dream home with spectacular views uphill on the big 3.1 acre lot.
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