I just bought an abandoned camp in Maine. WHAT HAVE I DONE? 

The plastic tote is for water. Most likely a rain catchment system since you have solar and propane to run the stove, which means you have an off-grid cabin. Keep the white propane heater because it is a new one it is not old

I absolutely love this camp! I'd rather have something just like it more than a mansion in Hollywood (or anywhere else.)

Please fix it. It's a beautiful property it has so much potential. The view is to die for.😊

Looks like a keeper . The potential to have a warm and comfortable fully functional cabin is there. I would take this in a heartbeat and a large part has already been done. Go for it man!!

I’d call Maine Cabin Masters and have them update this cabin it has potential.

Shoyld have been titled "City boy buys a cabin" laughs. Beautiful, couple bucks and little bit of elbow grease and it will be a palace! Nuttin to it!

I've worked on a lot worse in the 1980s and 90s. As in the whole cabin sitting on the ground because the posts rotted out. The sills had to be replaced. Yours is in good shape for one built in 1938. I doubt zoning would allow a new one to be built that close to the water. A previous owner spent a lot on windows, doors, appliances, etc. I'm surprised that propane fridge was not stolen. You have a solid start. I'd start at the bottom and work up. Jack it to be level and well supported. Then close it in with the wood shingles repaired and a no-leak roof by end of summer. That pattern of cedar shingles takes extra time. The original builder put some love into it. Then you can do the interior on colder autumn days. Good luck. I am jealous. Thanks for the video. I am subscribed.

I love this place. What a fantastic waterfront cottage. Once finished this place will create some dream summer vacations. The fishing will be amazing.

That is not an old heater on the second floor, it's brand new in current. It is actually a very high efficient gas heater and you really might want to consider using it. Clearly the tank is for water. You can catch rainwater off the roof with it.

As a Mainer, “going to camp” is life no matter the time of year. Winter and Fall for hunting and Spring and Summer and Fall enjoying the peace and warmth. This has great potential to be finished nicely without alot of money. Good luck! ❤️👍. I had a cat named Bagel 🤣❤️👍

Looking forward to seeing your camp on the next "Maine Cabin Masters" show. :-) Seriously it looks better than I first thought it was. Thought there would be more critters inside.

Wowsers you were one lucky guy yes hold onto it and bring her back to glory you can enjoy in your retirement!! God bless you

I'd sleep in a tent on that open air deck for that kind of peace and tranquility. And I'd call a structural engineer first. What a wonderful new adventure!! Enjoy! 😃

Ventless propane heaters are great! Use it...don't throw that away!

I’ll check the basement out first to see how the foundation is then start there and start going up check the roof you may have to replace it. The big white container is for Water. I definitely would have the wiring checked before I put the insulation in. Just a thought. Great fine!!!

Totally fix it up !! can't wait to watch the progress, glass of wine and a sunset 👍

Firm up the foundation, make sure the roof doesn't leak, and the sky's the limit. Lots of potential there.

Call the guys that had the tv show, Maine Cabin Masters. Not sure if they are still in business, but they did really awesome rehabbing. Sure wish they were still programming!

I LOVE Maine, and I think you should renovate the house and keep it as a second home. It is way too beautiful a place to sell as I see many possibilities!

You're going to document your renovations and Maine wildlife. We're going to watch. Good luck.

Thats not a old gas heater. Thats what they use for backup heat. You should install and have it connected to a large propane container. So its not old.

I would tear it down, keep many materials to reuse and build a simple cabin to take its place. Beautiful location!

Oh how i love Maine. Keep it and fix it up. The view alone is priceless.

Beautiful - I'm just an old bird now (83), but this ticks all my boxes - just get plenty of 2x6 or better to upgrade everywhere the 2x4 are trying to do their thing & work a bit at a time until you have it all done - the setting is wonderful. Having lots of upgrade stuff already stacked & waiting gives you a headstart for a spring attack on this place ! Love it - my whole life has been several similar attack sessions, so this doesn't scare me at all - altho lack of muscles nowadays would make it a family project or just another dream ! Hope the new owner enjoys his project !

Those woodstoves may look small but they work. There are calculations to see if it is big enough. But that woodstove is really economic with wood. That is definitively a plus. Congratulations. I bet your purchase will be life changing.

You are so lucky to have found & bought this amazing cabin. Definitely put a porch on it to enjoy your stunning views…and maybe screen it for when there are mosquitos, etc. Congratulations…enjoy.😊

Beautiful find! Please keep it & keep us in the loop on the progress.

That's actually a good heater! Don't throw it out Maine is cold and to keep things properly running heat is important.

Cool tour. Use it and have fun! Enjoy time with family and friends there.

I cannot wait to see the work you do to your beautiful place, I love your humor, don’t lose it!!!

Well yes that’s pretty cool. I live in Maine. I was born when that camp was born. I was gone for 40 years so I’ve been here for 40 years 20 before and vmore than 20 since returning. Yes. Keep it. That pond looks good. The camp is an absolute horror of a mess you’re right about that very dangerous everywhere, but you’ve got a footprint close to the water and you can do something somehow while you’re enjoying those sunsets.

Hey, Matthew, congrats on your find! What a sweet spot. I'm glad you're going to keep it and put some love into that neat old place. Can't wait to see how it goes!

Congratulations! I love it!

Wishing you all the best in your camp.

The room by the window with the view looks like you could do a long bench and inside the bench make storage for wood. It looks like a perfect sunroom. I had one just like it growing up. You could also replace the wood burner with a River stone fire place. If you’re going to spend time fixing it up…winterizing it might be a good investment idea.

You're a lucky man, keep it! I'd love something like that and you already met the dog requirement. :)

It will be very cute when finished.

I see the potential. Just needs patience and plenty of cash!

Keep it…fix it up. I just sold my house on a Maine lake to move to a 55+ community. I miss lake life terribly. You won’t regret keeping this cabin and fixing it up. Life on a lake is fabulous!

Beautiful Camp! Congratulations 🎊 With that waterfront you have a true asset which can only appreciate via hammer, nail, and dreams. PS. The guy who Did go into the creepy basement door, Gives FREE HUGS on Fridays! ✌️😆💨☕️

You better call Chase Morrill and the Maine Cabin Masters to re-do that bad construction you bought. The Maine Cabin Masters will make that place worth your investment plus !!theres a lot of big trees that need cutting next to Cabin. Nice waterfront you got there. Bagel loves it !

Good Gosh that is so worth fixing up. That view!

This will be fun to watch. Congratulations it’s a beautiful spot.

Has so much potential. We are remodeling our cabin. Loving every minute of it.

I hope you keep it. You are a very blessed man! I wish you many peaceful days there!!

Where in Maine? You should call cabin masters to help restore this place 😊

You can do it! Make it a fun family & friends project. It will be great memories for all. Chat with a builder consultant and get a plan. Location is perfect.

Definitely keep it !! Finish it out would make an awesome airbnb & vacation spot for you and your family and just maybe retire there when the time comes. The white container is for holding water you can also run a water pump and hose out to the lake hooked to a generator. Lovely Place and Lucky find. Wishing you all the best 🛶🏕️

Depends how much you paid for the cabin. When I make a offer on a property if the structure is in need of a lot of work I try and just figure what's the land value. Good luck 👍

I love it! 💝

Congratulations sir. Happy you bought a camp and it has an awesome view of the lake!!! 😊👍

If that fish doesn't sing I'll think you got ripped off, lol! Best wishes in your new camp! Beautiful site.

Time to cal in the Maine Cabin Masters! They will go under there and jack level that camp! ❤

Keep the camp for sure! What an adventure. Remember it's the journey, not the destination!

awesome!!!!! has so much potential

Omgosh; u need to keep it and redo it! Can u imagine being there in the fall when the trees change and the view with everything covered with snow? Its magnificent!

This is beautifully perfect in so many ways! Roof and support first, would be my idea. Then, I would make sure I had electricity done safely with more outlets than I think I would need. Then I would make sure windows had screen replaced on the porch and were at least caulked around. I would make sure the woodstove is safe to use, which means not only pipe out and sturdy, but the space under and behind it needs something that is fireproof, like tile or even metal. Door on basement also. But then I would use all that insulation, definitely, it gets cold there in winter, and can be hot in summer, so that would help. That lake is so clear. In all actuality, I probably would go fishing right away and cook up some fresh fish! And, I would have to put my feet in the water too! I hope you have a wonderful time there!

There is a lot of potential and supplies that have been left to enhance the cabin. Good find👌

That place has the makings of a beautiful cabin, some elbow grease and a couple of good tradesmen, and the surrounding landscape is spectacular.

Wow! Love the beautiful character and life feeling to this durable home! With some TLC... it will be Awesome!!!

Oddly, just before this video (by Suggested), I was watching a video "How to detect an Envious Person"....LOL Busted! You are very Lucky to have such a wonderful place, as a Gardener and as a person stuck in the Desert SW, call me Green with it!

Hey! It’s already gutted. That’s helpful. First thing get a structural guy out there so you don’t end up with a houseboat. Great music!

I have great memories of spending summer vacays at a cabin in Maine on a lake my great uncle built by hand with the help of my uncle. Pretty rustic but we kids spent all our time beach front. Fix that place to your liking and enjoy or rent out to families to make incredible memories.💞

Well, we know what you've done. What you're going to do is work hard to fix it up and then you'll enjoy it. Maine is such a beautiful place. I envy you. Good luck and enjoy!

This would be amazing if you fixed it up. It's a million dollar view. That propane gas heater isn't ancient they sell those still. It would easily heat a cabin that size especially with a wood stove. I'd switch the wood stove to a hearthstone though. Looking forward to seeing what you decide for the place. Best of Luck.

I love it! I would fix it up!! It’s lovely! You could have such a lovely lake life 3/4 of the year! I envy you this project! Maine looks similar to B.C.! I’m invested now….lol❤️🇨🇦

Retired carpenter here.. check the bones and make sure the structure is safe first. Seems like there were all over the place with their efforts. I love it.. what a place to relax and unwind. Just a quick safety point- back in the 80's my cousin and a handful of other kids died in a cabin just like this when the propane refrigerator(which you have) EXAUST broke in the night and filled the cabin with carbon monoxide. They all died in their sleep. All the best to you!

My wife is from around Madawaska me. There are several around long lake. Her mothers was prime and only sold for 150k. Last I was there there were some abandoned homes. The weather had gotten in one and the slab was lifted pretty high. Strange to see. Beautiful lake lot with a home just left.

My wifes aunt and uncle bought a fixer upper camp on a lake in maine years ago and now its worth a bundle!! It needed lots of work and had lots of dead mice in the walls but its beautiful now!! Uncle is a handy man so.they saved a lot of money that way!! They love it up there!!

The big tank is for water. Somewhere in that sketchy basement must be a way to attach it with a pump.

My fiance's family is from Maine and we go up every couple of years. Camp life is amazing!

I'm blessed to have two friends how each have a camp on the same pond. the pond is a bit smaller than your pond but still heaven. I cherish the time I get to spend there every summer.

Tons and tons of potential . Count your blessings . Make it your own and enjoy the journey . Good luck .

Great find - take your time, make a list, finish one thing at a time from the list. The great discouragement comes when you try too many things simultaneously. I would start with the roof, then foundation and sealing the crawlspace/basement, then the insulation, then the interior, etc....

The tank is most likely for your water. I don’t think it’s an above ground septic tank. Also, check the foundation, you may need to reinforce it. And install French drains. Definitely renovate

omg.......its beautiful........ you got a nice piece of heaven there..... cannot wait for updates.... Congrats....and enjoy......

Love it! It will be a nice cozy little home. I would maybe keep it or rent it out? But it’s beautiful there 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😀

Beautiful cabin with a ton of history and potential and a fabulous view. Congrats on your purchase.

Beautiful I would love to see the progress you do to your new camp house!♥️

Love it congratulations. Iam glad your keeping it what a great place !

Definitely renovate! I would love to see the journey. It has the bones to work with and that view!

nice camp!

We had a similar cabin in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The heart💓 of the cabin in winter is the cast iron wood stove. Have fireproof liner underneath it like metal. We had an outdoor latrine and cooked on s bigger cast iron stove. Oil lamps. A big screened in porch is great. I would make sure everything is really supported but after that, it's no emergency.

The cabin had so much potential. Can’t wait to see what you do.

Ooh, I love it!

Bet your 'basement ' is a root cellar/for veggies etc...refrigeration! Wish I had one!

Nice, I would love this project

We purchased a cabin in Northern Michigan a few years ago. I dates back to the late 40’s when auto workers had disposable income and many people built them for weekend getaways. It was abandoned for about 15 years and was in rough shape. I figured we shoveled about 80 lbs of raccoon crap out of the upstairs!

The foundation is kind of scary, but I see a lot of assets. Does it have land with it?

You wanted ideas so here you go. I would bring in a structural engineer to let you know what needs to be done first to meet the codes of the area. When the work is being done you might consider raising up the ceiling about one or two feet because of the beams holding up the second floor and if your budget allows raise the roof up about two feet and have the roof line changed so it does not slope as much as this would help the Camp sell faster. If you make it an All Season home then it would sell really fast because of the West facing lake views. Oh and pay someone to go under the house to see what is there - lol lol. Also see if you could put in a septic tank too.

Very cool looking camp with great views. Just take your time fixing it up the way you would like it and it will give you great memories. Congrats!

Thank you for not going into that basement. My mind was yelling " creepy, creepy."

Looks like it’s got good bones and for all intents and purposes, will be a nice little get away!

As a Mainer for 34 years, for me the best parts of being upta camp are swimming or fishing, reading a book on the screen porch, or taking a nap on a rainy summer day listening to the rain pounding down on the roof. The latter may be my favorite.

Keep it!!!!!!!!!!! Old building plus fabulous views =heaven!

Adorable great find its a keeper after you do your own touches it looks cool

Interesting. Needs a lot of work. How much acreage did you get along with the improvements? If I might ask.

This is awesome camp to fix up the way you want to,,

Love it. Just perfect little fixer upper. I bet you’ll be proud of the insulation when gets cold. Both heaters are great

Keep it!!! Don’t sell it! Enjoy it!