Make your next address Seal Harbor, Maine! Located on Main Street in 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: oak and southern pine floors; living room fireplace; dining room built-ins; original panel doors with heirloom hardware; multi-windowed sunroom, wraparound deck, 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.
The classic executive-style home with 440' saltwater frontage on eagle-friendly Thomas Bay. Every particular in excellent condition, from thoughtful landscaping and lawn sweeping shoreward to the handsome-is-the-word inhome office. Long waterviews from most rooms, including a guest apartment with separate entrance, perfect for that deserving and indispensable employee or privacy-minded visiting friend or family member. Conveniently located within minutes drive of Bar Harbor airport, Acadia Park trails and carriage paths, Ellsworth shopping, Bar Harbor village's amenities and services, e.g. JAX Lab, Jesup Library, MDI Hospital, YMCA, etc.
200+/- seat established Bar Harbor restaurant on high-traffic, high visibility US Route 3. Over 100 on-site parking spaces. Also new wholesale bakery operation. Includes owner and/or employee housing on property. Large lot with some development potential. Contact bobbond@meetmike.com.
Here's a Bar Harbor rarity: A downtown turn-of-the-century (the 20th!) Victorian which much of the heavy-lifting and expensive renovation already done and paid for! All new wiring, including hard-wired smoke detectors; all new plumbing, including new furnace and baseboard; a new first floor powder room, new fixtures in the exisitng full bath, and a new 3/4 bath on the third floor; and a vitually new kitchen--to the original deep, white ceramic double sink and overhead cabinet were added lots of new white cottage-style cabinetry, new polished concrete countertops, new appliances, and new breakfast and keep-the-cook-company bar.
These are classic New England interior spaces, with high ceilings, crown moldings, hardwood floors throughout the ground and second floors, staircase with original balusters and treads, entry-flanking bay window, original Rumford fireplace with ceramic tile border and white mantle, original 2 over 2 double hung windows, orginal panel doors and hardware. The fireplace (unused, but we're hopeful that it can be made to safely work!) is in the large living room, which itself connects to an even larger formal dining room, which connects to the very large new kitchen. The second floor has the full bath serving four bedrooms, two largish and two medium sized. It would be fairly easy to connect the largest bedroom to the adjoining smaller bedroom, while converting the latter to a master bathroom and dressing room. The entire third floor, from which there is a dedicated exterior staircase for fire safety and private access, has been reconfigured as yet another bedroom, study, or family room. Along with the mentioned new bath, there's also plumbing in place for a private wetbar.
The exterior has received its own share of TLC. There's a large open covered porch for 3-season setting, with plenty of room for the traditional porch swing. Amazingly, there's a huge yard running from the house, situated against the west boundary, all the way to Roberts Avenue. What to do? Croquet court? 2-3 car garage with workspace above? Simple perennial beds and lawn? Our vote goes to a classically-styled carriage house starting at the easterly setback, buffering the house from the, admittedly modest, Roberts Avenue traffic--those B&B's can be just so busy!--forming a private courtyard between it and the residence. An elegant, graceful wood fence running between the two structures would contain the courtyard and complete the picture of a substantial village estate.
The highest and best uses of this fine property? First and foremost, a private residence, either for year round or seasonal use: the location is close to everything, yet impacted negatively by nothing. Alternatively, the zoning permits a small bed and breakfast: the second floor can readily be made over to four rooms with private baths; during the renting season, the owner would occupy the third floor space (from which he, she, or they could escape as needed down that private staircase). Zoning also permits conversion to a professional office building: there's plenty of onsite parking, often a hard-to-meet requirement of the ordinance.
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; the property is also zoned for a small bed and breakfast establishment.
Here's the affordable, easy-care Maine waterfront home of your dreams! Practically new, one-level, easy-to-get-around ranch with great views over saltwater Flanders Bay to the peaks of Mt. Desert Island 20 miles away. Your own 200 feet of easily accessed shorefront. Dig your own mess of clams for supper! The house is simplicity itself: open plan living room, dining room, and kitchen, with cathedral ceiling and double sliding glass doors highlighting the ocean view. Three comfortable bedrooms (the master has its own private bath). Downstairs a full walk-out basement, great for storing summer toys, overflow guest space, or the big space for kids to go when adults want some quiet time. Upstairs is the wide deck wrapping around three sides. And for those special moments when you want shelter apart from the house's bustle, there's a big screened gazebo with its own ocean vista.
All this just minutes from the cultural opportunities of Hancock village, with the amenities and shopping of county-seat Ellsworth a few more minutes up the highway.
If you've priced and visited shorefront properties, you'll recognize right away that this is the value to beat. Did we mention the outstanding rental history? Typically, the seasonal gross is $15,000 to $20,000. Make this your Maine getaway today!
GREAT NEW PRICE! Come to Great Haven where the living is easy. Instead of raking leaves, you could enjoy your view of Frenchman Bay. Instead of scraping trim, you could lounge by your pool. Instead of cleaning gutters, you could exercise in your private workout room. Instead of shoveling snow, you could finish up a project in your heated garage. Instead of praying the pipes won't freeze when you go away in winter, you could travel carefree knowing your home is in good hands. Choose our cool summers, brisk winters, or both--you'll love how easy living is at Great Haven.
Unit 1, named Hadlock Pond, has more spectacular, unobstructed views of Hulls Cove and the wide ocean beyond than any other Great Haven townhome. Unit 1's deck overlooks the Great Haven pool.
Unit 10 has an in-your-face view of Frenchman Bay from the third floor master bedroom suite.
Sweet! Twenty steps to the heated in-ground pool. Excellent vacation rental potential.
GREAT NEW PRICE! Mike's favorite unit at Great Haven. It's got almost all the spectacular ocean views of units 1 and 10, but really doesn't see or hear the cars out on the highway. Steps away from Great Haven's heated in-ground pool. And like all the Great Haven townhomes, and unlike virtually every other home and condominium in Bar Harbor, Unit 3 can be rented by the week to vacationers. Use it when you want, collect rents for all the other weeks. At $1800+ per week, the income can go a long way toward covering your mortgage and expenses.
NEW PRICE! This Great Haven townhome just becam a lot more affordable. Solid vacation rental history. Can convey fully furnished for next season's guests. Save the most popular summer weeks for your family, or take advantage instead of quieter times in June, September, and October.
GREAT NEW PRICE! There's a lovely ocean view from Breakneck Pond's living room, deck, and third floor bedroom, yet you're protected from the Great Haven pool's bustle and neighbors' cars. So sit back at the end of the cul-de-sac and enjoy your quality construction, nicely designed kitchen, plentiful storage, oak floors and cabinets, Corian countertops, and drive-under garage. Visiting in winter? You'll find the new gas-fired hot water system efficient and economical. Summer resident? Lots of room on the deck for the BBQ of your dreams. Want a little help with the mortgage and property taxes? Unlike most Bar Harbor properties, you can rent Breakneck road by the week to summer vacationers. At $2000+ per week, the rents add up fast!
This handsome contemporary styled log home was built in 1989. Sharing 3.5 wooded acres with The Lookout at Ireson Hill. This free-standing single family home is part of the Ireson Hill Condo Association, and receives the same level of maintenance-free living associated with condominium life. Lawn care, snow removal, and garbage service are all included. It's central location is convenient to Bar Harbor and Ellsworth. Highlights include multiple decks and porches, skylights, cathedral ceilings, lovely brick hearth, and partially finished daylight basement that could easily be converted into a rec room, additional bedrooms or workshop. Seasonal mountain views are wonderful. There is multiple vehicle parking, private well and septic system. This 4-bedroom, 2 full bath home has a comfy sunroom, living and dining room, wood floors and carpeting. Hardwood floors just refinished and kitchen and dining room vinyl upgraded. The established landscaping with many flowering shrubs also gives you ground space for the family gardener to expand upon. The price is as sweet as the property itself, at well under $400,000.
GREAT NEW PRICE! Nearly the least expensive Great Haven unit, Long Pond offers every amenity except a waterview. However, walk out your door, take half a dozen steps to your right, and there's the Atlantic! Life is tough! While missing the view, you can console yourself with Long Pond's quality construction, open plan, sunny spaces--including a home office nook off the living room--heated garage, hardwood floors and cabinets, and Corian countertops. Like all Great Haven units, and unlike most Bar Harbor properties, Long Pond can be rented by the week to vacationers. Take a good look at this bound-to-appreciate investment!
NEW PRICE! Reduced from $339,000. It's really fun when the two single-family detached homes in a mini-condominium are so completely different. Set in the back portion of the lot, Unit B is buffered from the bustle, such as it is in the small resort town, of Ledgelawn Avenue. Unit B also has its own secluded deck and garden area. Inside, the floorplan's more open than Unit A, with hardwood and tile flooring. On the ground floor, there's also a large bonus room for your office, den, or 4th bedroom, and a large bath/laundry. Upstairs there are three well-sized bedrooms and two baths, and an enormous attic for extra storage. All this with Bar Harbor at your fingertips!
UNBELIEVABLE NEW PRICE! Tucked away from both side streets, our Somes Pond unit is among the most private and quiet. It also shares the many positive features of Great Haven: quality construction, sunlit rooms, open floor plan, drive-under garage, and quality appointments like oak flooring and Corian counters. Plus Somes Pond has a side yard that's great for picnics and steps away from the Great Haven heated pool. Unlike most Bar Harbor homes, Somes Pond can be rented by the week to vacationers, which is a lot of income to put toward your mortgage. Somes Pond offers tons of value at just $315,000.
Six new classy townhomes steps away from Southwest Harbor’s public pier and the shops of many world-renowned yacht builders like Hinckley, Ellis, and Wilbur. Private, wooded, elevated site with potential harbor and mountain views. All utilities underground. Common garden space and wooded trail. Village shops, restaurants, library, gof course, medical services minutes away. Less than a mile to famed Seawall picnic area and campground in Acadia National Park.Full Town approvals--construction to start with first order. Grab the best view now!
Four new condominium homes with lovely montain views. The beauty is in the details. Every 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home has oak floors, gas fireplace, and quality Anderson windows. Solid doors have handsome brushed chrome lever handles. Closets are large with installed shelving. Vintage style lighting fixtures lend a touch of class. New dishwasher, refrigerator, hooded range, and washer/dryer combo are included. Each home has a private deck. The 3-story building is serviced by an elevator. At The Lookout your security is assured as the building has a full sprinkler system, hard-wired smoke alarms, well-lit comon areas, electronically controlled garage and building access. The Lookout is turnkey and affordable as allare priced under $300,000. Two homes have already sold and the owners say they love the life at Ireson Hill!
Stroll to Southwest Harbor’s world-class waterfront from this stylishly renovated home. Great harbor views from LR, BRs, huge deck. Shared garden. Enjoys all the benefits of the Hyewood condominium community, while retaining the privacy of a single-family detached residence. Acadia National Park, Seawall, restaurants and shops of Southwest Harbor village minutes away.
• 2 bath
• 1554 sq ft.
• basement
• 2.19 acre lot size
FIRST TIME ON THE MARKET! Pretty Otter Creek is just across the country lane from this very secluded contemporary home. Tiptoe on the stepping stones and you're in Acadia National Park! Launch your canoe, kayak, or motorcraft at the nearby public ramp. There's more: mountain views to the east; fruit trees, perennial beds, organic garden beds; lots of mature oaks, poplars, and spruces for privacy.
The house itself has many happy parts. There's a quality sunroom that, facing south, is useable 9+ months of the year. An attached garage to tuck your car or boat away for the winter. Upstairs is a big, open-plan space with kitchen, dining area, living room, all under a beamed cathedral ceiling. Theres a brick hearth and mantle, presently home to the gas-fired Jotul stove. There are big nearly floor-to-ceiling windows facing the mountains, with customized window quilts that can be dropped to keep heat in on cold nights. Off the central area are a large bedroom and bath.
Downstairs is a roomy studio apartment with its own bath, separate entrance, laundry access, and propane heat. Keep this space ready for visiting family and friends; offer it as caregiver quarters; or rent it for income as the current homeowner has for many years. Its proximity to Acadia Park, and Bar Harbor village less than 10 minutes away, makes it ideal for summer worker individuals and couples, and college students during the academic year.
Or simply combine the upstairs and downstairs units into a single home, easy with the existing interior stairs that connects them. Then you'd have one of the sweetest 2-bedroom getaways or retirement homes for the price on MDI.
Four new condominium homes with lovely montain views. The beauty is in the details. Every 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home has oak floors, gas fireplace, and quality Anderson windows. Solid doors have handsome brushed chrome lever handles. Closets are large with installed shelving. Vintage style lighting fixtures lend a touch of class. New dishwasher, refrigerator, hooded range, and washer/dryer combo are included. Each home has a private deck. The 3-story building is serviced by an elevator. At The Lookout your security is assured as the building has a full sprinkler system, hard-wired smoke alarms, well-lit comon areas, electronically controlled garage and building access. The Lookout is turnkey and affordable as allare priced under $300,000. Two homes have already sold and the owners say they love the life at Ireson Hill!
This one's really interesting! Two houses, one year-round with central heat, the other classic summer cottage seasonal. Both used forever as overnight and weekly (or longer) vacation rentals; use is grandfathered and thus can continue. Primary customers have been large groups (Scouts, church youth groups, family reunions) needing a lot of beds at affordable prices. Always a part of Hinckley's Dreamwood Cottages complex, which will continue to take reservations and manage for 2008 season. Continued use of Hinckley's inground pool is planned.
Nice chunk of off-season income from renting "Yellow House" to College of the Atlantic students. The Yellow House has period woodwork, panel doors, hardwood floors, other fixtures, so would make a charming Bar Harbor home for owner, who could rent the seasonal cottage for income, or use it for family overflow. Lots of options at a very reasonable price.
NEW PRICE! Reduced from $269,000. Custom designed and lovingly built for Scott’s Mom! This newish contemporary ranch sits among apple trees on quiet Shore Road. Convenient one-floor living. Porch, sunny deck, attached garage, lots of storage, ROW to ocean—you’ll be proud to call this home.
Cute as a button, tucked away on one of Bar Harbor village's tidy, no-traffic residential side streets. Lots of renovations and improvements over the years, including a new furnace in 2006. Boasts 2 off-street parking spaces and a yard--both coveted features.
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 twin townhomes conveniently located midway between Bar Harbor village and the head of Mt. Desert Island. Best buy for your bucks on MDI!
• 2.5 baths
• full basement, full attic
• ceramic tile flooring, wall-to-wall carpeting
• fully applianced
• private deck
• oil hot water baseboard heat
• bedroom floor laundry
Brand new twin townhomes conveniently located midway between Bar Harbor village and the head of Mt. Desert Island. Best buy for your bucks on MDI!
• 2.5 baths
• full basement, full attic
• ceramic tile flooring, wall-to-wall carpeting
• fully applianced
• private deck
• oil hot water baseboard heat
• bedroom floor laundry
NEW PRICE! Large lot in still rural feeling neighborhood of Town Hill. Your choice of two septic sites. Easy access to building site. Protected wetlands, protective covenants. Come build your new home hear and listen to the roosting barred owl from your deck!
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!
FANTASTIC NEW PRICE! There's a couple of miles worth of protected land to your rear when you build on this very private, very pretty lot in rural Bar Harbor. 100+ year old white pines. Septic site already cleared. Buffered from any road noise by 300' of mixed woods. If you love a park-like setting and wildlife in your dooryard, this is your spot!You won't find a better lot for the money!
Build your dream home in popular DeGregoire Park. This seaside neighborhood has been evolving since the 1920's when DeGregoire Park was conceived as an early semi-planned community of small holdings. Eighty years later, there are rustic cabins and Victorian cottages cheek-by-jowl with architect designed contempories, with everybody pretty comfortable. The setting is unique: one looping modest (and Town maintained) road that's off the heavily beaten track to Bar Harbor and unknown to all but the most infored touristas. It's one of the few places you can walk your dog or walk yourself anytime of the year unharrassed by traffic, with a reward midway of glorious sweeping views across Frenchman Bay to Hancock Point and the Schoodic Peninsula. Plus, those clever early developers granted every fee holder a right-of-way to the shores of Frenchman Bay! Housesite is cleared and driveway installed. Note that house must connect to the Town sewer as a condition of getting a building permit.
Companion to Lot A DeGregoire Park, for those who prefer the comfort of tucking their home into mature woods. Served by the same driveway as Lot A, and eventually by the same sewer line. Lot B also has that priceless deeded right-of-way to the shore of Frenchman Bay. One of the least expensive build lots offered on MDI, this or any season.
Where in Hancock County are you going to find a cute, year round home in a classy residential neighborhood within walking distance to Ellsworth's vibrant Main Street? This firmly rooted, added-to mobile home fits the bill! Use it yourself, rent it out, replace it with a more traditional home--lots of options. The price is certainly right!
Road cut out and building site cleared for this elevated wooded lot. Access via Bayview Circle, which is directly across Route 204 from the 18-hole Bar Harbor Golf Club. Conveniently location with easy commute to Ellsworth, downeast, and all MDI employers and Acadia National Park.
Owned by Atkinson Builders, Inc., this lot is "build to suit" only, meaning John Atkinson and his experienced crew will build the custom house you want, in any style. Very reputable, Atkinson Builders in known for constructing finely crafted homes at fair prices. Portfolio available for review.
Inis Mor means elegant. Rarely does mass attain to grace, but somehow Inis Mor achieves this state.
As much as it is elegant, Inis Mor is practical. The tongue and groove pine floors have held up well to the trails of active children and pets. All the many bedrooms are served either by their own en suite baths or a bath that is readily shared.
Set in Bar Harbor's most prestigious neighborhood, between Compass Harbor and Sol's Cliff, off the Old Farm Road, this home is conveniently close to downtown yet decidedly eyond the hubbub.
Talk about well maintained: this 1998 saltbox looks like new! It’s got loads of great spaces: 2 huge bedrooms upstairs, plus another on the first floor; formal dining room; handy den/TV/play room between the kitchen and deck; and colossal basement. All on 2.59 private acres on exclusive Pine Heath Road.
Lots of ways to generate income at the Gray Elf: 2 1BR and 1 2BR units in original building; just installed 2 bedroom house; historic 1,000 sf building right on the highway to Bar Harbor village that is grandfathered for retail. Zoning permits two more dwelling units on the property: there's a perfect spot for a duplex behind the existing structures. Town sewer, water and many upgrades.
NEW PRICE! Tucked away on a quiet side street in the village, this newly constructed home wants to be your Acadia getaway. Full basement, fenced yard, pine floors, cute fountain in landscaped dooryard. Heats for just $500 per year!
Gorgeous lot on very private road. Soils tested for 4 bedroom house. Foliage all mature white pines. Tons of wild blueberries. Amazingly for Maine, land is sandy and dry.
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