11.26 Acres with Off Grid Antique Post and Beam Cape $80k In Waldo County (Unity/Troy/Dixmont area)

A really lovely property that is for someone who is looking for a way to get started with homesteading/simple living/permaculture in Maine for under $100k.  We have come to realize it is more land than we want to work with and the house size does not meet our needs but will not break up the parcel.

The property is a mix of open fields and woods on a “corner lot” on a rural road.  There are over 50 antique apple trees (unknown varieties) and the fields and woods are teeming with wild food and herbs.  A seasonal stream runs through part of the property.  

The property is known for the amount of white tail deer always on it due to the apple trees and the entire property is currently posted.

Two fieldstone lined dug wells, 1 drilled well but the house hasn’t been replumbed yet.  The pipes run to the house.  The water has not been tested.

The immediate area around the house is not landscaped.  Saplings of apple, butternut, chestnut and walnut are heeled in.  There are 8, 3-year old blackthorns that we were going to use to make sloe gin with.  There is an approximately 100’ foot long hedge of 4 year old lilacs.  There are also several lilacs planted near the house.

Apiary of four hives is set up.  Bees are not included but are available to purchase locally.

The house is a full size Cape with small ell (and two outbuildings) that is partially restored/renovated to be intentionally used off grid.  It was a shell when we purchased it.  We finished gutting it to the sheathing and insulation has been installed.  There is no current septic on the property (the old septic is there) and we were using a composting unit.

Exterior work done includes replacing front door with classic Georgian paneled door, clapboarding of the front of the house, exterior paint (California and Benjamin Moore) and foundation work.  The black metal roof was installed in 2010 by the local Amish.

Existing antique floors have been refinished and are under protective paper.  
The house has been partially wired but not connected to the grid (no breaker box).

Dining room is shiplapped with real wood (not ripped plywood).  Mud room entry has lovely, craftsman made vintage Dutch door from a sea captain’s house in Portsmouth, NH and is also shiplapped and has authentic bead board ceiling.

Farrow & Ball paint used throughout the house where walls have been ready to be painted.

Also included with purchase is a full set of vintage metal St. Charles kitchen cabinets from a 1930s house in Bangor.  They are yellow.  We were going to have them blasted and painted white and topped with a stained wood countertop.

Photos available upon request.   Sorry, no owner financing.  Please feel free to contact me at psmith1721@comcast.net with any questions.