Oh my gosh, I was actually looking at this place online yesterday. Looks very different when you show it on your video. That place looks like its a good size, but the area around it looks kind of sad and depressing. Thanks for showing it!
Look at that property in the spring you will see really how wet it is cut the price of that one in half an then take a little more off and you will have a real price
Agree, the sellers need to pay for all the cleanup. Wood siding has never had preservative on it and who knows how much damage is in that roof. The entire roof might need to be replaced.
It's been very dry in Pa. Creek level is extremely low. The swamp area in Maine might have much more moisture normally. I wouldn't post a video about any property you might really want to purchase until you buy it. You don't need people messing up the sale. Do you listen to T-bone and Heather on the radio. I think they are in Maryland someplace. You could give a low ball offer on the fixer upper and then hire the Maine Cabin show to make it look new again.
No, I don’t know T-bone. I may do a pre-built cabin and finish the inside myself. Looking for land. All the cabins I’ve viewed under $125,000 need a lot of work.
That would be quite the project! Being close to a water source can be both a pro and con. Wonder if the road in is maintained in the winter. Always pays to see things in person! All the best in the continued search.
Yes, I did'nt realize so many people wanted to see property in Maine. I do enjoy the visits and I enjoy looking for property. I just wish I could find what I am looking for.
Proximity to a road (and power?) are major assets. TLC is fairly easy to do over a year or so. The accommodation is good and spacious - including a basement storage area. IMHO, this is the best property so far - BUT it may look different "in-the-flesh". Love your vids!!!
That place looks like crap. The electrical is junk, plumbing junk, they had a roof leak and didnt fix the interior and that's not to mention the general lack of care for the whole building.
@@Backyard_Chickens Maybe best to secure a nice size piece of land that looks and feels right to you. Then think on a structure you can build or bring it in if have good road access. May save a lot of headaches from the ground up and new drilled well. Later it will maintain a good value for resale etc.
@@tedrichards683 Yes, I have been thinking that also. I did look at some land on my last trip. I plan to return to Maine soon and look at another piece of land with 40 acres. Unfortunately, a lot of the land is very long rectangles.
@@Backyard_Chickens 5yrs ago we where looking for a offgrid cabin/land. I quickly realized that basicly any structure added $50k+ nearly all of them where total teardowns too. I ended up paying $1900 an acre and built my own 20x32 2 story cabin for under $25k. This is NYS. Buy raw land and build the cabin your self.
People aren’t living in these things 365. Mainers spend their weekends at camps like these. If you’re retired or work from home, you’re still only getting about 9-10 months depending how much snow plowing you enjoy.
Very important test the well water for PFAS forever chemicals so you can have clean and save consumable water. The realators don't or afraid off these questions also the new settlement law is that you don't have to sign up w/one realator so you don't get locked in and you only pay the one realators commission not buyer and seller. Know and study the laws be advised the state has been buying a lot off farmland from farmers due to PFAS in ground water. That's why I've been on the fence about the state. Safest isnorthern Maine for water and there's new news from Maine DNR for hunters to not consume wid game caught in different places in the state due to PFAS in the meat of the deer and turkeys etc. May God bless you on finding the right lot and safe .
The listing says 1 full bath but there's no septic or even composting toilet, just an outhouse. That's an automatic "avoid" for me. If they can't tell the truth about the obvious things, I'm just going to assume the ceiling is full of black mold and walk away. Funny note: Nothing in the cabin has been touched since the listing photos were taken, including the tossed sheets in the loft.
Yeah, I was thinking that it looked swampy. I've liked some of the other properties that you looked at better. But, still a good price for 13 acres and a drilled well.
I actually like the other one that you looked at the last one that you had a nice view. That one there is going to be nothing but trouble. It was never taken care of, you have swamp land close to the cabin in the property line, previous roof leak that was never fixed on the inside, so you don’t know how much wood is rotted. Nope nope no I wouldn’t even bother. No way know how. But that’s me. And the basement smells musty that means the water table is up pretty high, so I’m just about guarantee you put a shovel in the ground outside that basement. You’re gonna hit dampness if not water.
Maine 's kind of tricky to buy if you don't know the area... I'd be thinking of getting a place near a town at first til you get the lay of land, and buying a homestead property will be a lot easier.. The further north you get in Maine life becomes very cold, lonely, and dangerous. I'd be looking at NH, not Maine. No State income tax or sales tax... Maine is very expensive .
@@black_dog_barks I’ve make 5 trips now. I’m getting much better at navigating the area I’m looking in. Visiting is key. I’m planning several more trips this year. There’s more and land and cabins I want to look at. Taxes, much cheaper than Maryland. Thanks!
When people keep a house in this condition, it scares me. I feel like they haven't maintained anything properly. There are a lot of issues you find when you move in. So Dennis' advice is good, RUN! lol
@@Backyard_Chickens Even though I really liked the house, the layout, the front porch, but it's scary. And then you have the swamp back there, who knows about that ?! Yeah, keep looking.
Nooooo, on the steps i didnt realize when i bought my place that stairs are NOT your friend😃as you get older mine kill me I've lived here 36yrs when you make lists before you go up or down or leave stuff at the top to take as you go or con somebody else to do it for you as THEY go up or down🤣 you'll avoid em every year your there I'd pass it up just on that have fun looking though👍
Put the wood stove in the center where that pole is in the middle. Make more cabinets where the stove was. Make an alaska room on the left of the porch going in the living rm. Have one front door, not two save heat. Take that round thing in the corner. Move your steps on the other h er side.
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I can see the swamp trees, but, was the place clear-cut. I wouldn't make an offer unless that place was cleaned up, that's up to that realtor. I bought a place with clutter, and I wouldn't close the deal until the junk was hauled off. It was hauled off. I can't make out what those metal poles are in the cellar, are they pole jacks in the cellar or permanent support? Pole jacks can not be used as permanent support. How's the roof? Did you go around the foundation where wood meets concrete? A few goats would help with the brush. I'd forget the 'outhouses' The well is a plus, but, it has to be tested, the realtor should do that. ' I wonder what the obligation of the realtor is anymore. Bring a few hundred feet of string with a weight to test the depth of the wells, and an ice pick to test rotten wood. or wait for warm weather to see where the carpenter ants are. The price is ridiculous I don't understand why you are buying at the top of the housing market when the housing at some point is going to drop., Best~ and thanks for sharing, this is right up my alley!
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You’re right, “ most of this stuff is just cosmetic”, remove the clutter, maybe power wash the exterior, it would be a nice place. I would have a contractor look at the ceiling for some ideas. I consider that swamp a plus, nice open area to observe wildlife. Basement just needs some cleaning and airing out. Lots of storage down there. I like this place a lot.
The insulation in the ceiling is a major red flag. If it got wet before they fixed the roof (?) then it all would need to be removed/replaced. Huge job, removing the ceiling to get to it. Overpriced in my opinion, far too much work.
Over $8000/acre? Is that a good price for swampy land in that area? The house looks like it has good bones, but man, that's a lot of tlc needed to bring it back. All the mold is worrying also. If it was me, I'd tell the realtor "Next".
That ceiling can be opening a can of worms, that insulation looks bad and since water travels down hill there more than likely bigger problems and since it's open mold and critters,alot of dead brush around the perimeter has to be cleaned up its a fire hazard,the swamp means swamp smell, bugs,snakes mosquitos, and the long driveway I learned on my property the guy who did snow plowing works mon thru Friday 2hrs away so I was on my own and for $100 a year I don't know,but where I am its snows 2 maybe 3times a wk so that's a long drive way to clear,the electrical is a no go,heck I went off grid all the way,plumbing there is bad news
