Cottage Near Lake For Sale By Owners
Liberty , Maine, USA
2-4 Bedrooms, 2 Full Bathrooms (Click here for a detailed summary below).
Inspiring Eye Lid Dormer
Asking $300,000 for a modestly winterized house and 24.4 acres of land (as surveyed). Oil and baseboard heat. Contact Bo Atkinson, dawn to dusk, EST. Telephone 207-342-5796. boa1@pivot.net (Click here for a detailed summary below).
Southerly view from house. The house is centrally located, approximately 20 minutes from Belfast; 35 minutes from Augusta, Waterville, and Camden; 1 hour from Bangor; 1.5 hours from Portland. About 3.5 hours from Boston.
Historic photo of Libertyville taken from near our house circa 1900 by Joseph & Jeremy Dieffenbacher. Lake St George is seen to the left. Most of the trees which currently block much of this view are included in the 24 acre deeded parcel. (Click here for a detailed summary below).
Original, exposed hand hewn beams in kitchen and dining room revealing a cathedral ceiling (with a sky light).
Field presently includes a few fruit trees on a sunny, southerly slope. (Click here for a detailed summary below).
Most of the woods have not been cut in many decades (except for very light selective cutting).
Right Of Way on the deed: Passage rights to private shore line on Lake St George.
Also: The nearby State Park includes a Public Boat Access with a trailer ramp sloping into the water.
The two-car garage is next to a paved, plowed town road. House is on historical Stagecoach Road. (Presently it is a private road but once was the main east-west highway between Augusta and Belfast, the predecessor of modern Route 3.)
A disclosure list of known technical conditions will be available. Please contact us for more information at 207-342-5796 (dawn to dusk EST). Bo Atkinson, part owner. bo1@pivot.net No solicitors or spam, please.
Summary
House has southeastern exposure with delightful view of fields, hills, and woods. Originally built in the 1800s; last upgraded around 1978.
Kitchen/dining room has cathedral ceiling with exposed 8X8 beams and solid wood paneling, a window wall, a sky light; entry room has solid wood paneling and huge soapstone sink; wooden floors throughout house; custom-built darkroom with built-in sink, counter, and cupboards; attached Lord & Burnham greenhouse with baseboard option; flagstone floor; brick-laid patio. Eighty-five foot drilled well has excellent tasting water, (tested at 6 gallons per minute). Three other wells on the property are presently unused. An additional, recently prepared house site is included in the deed (for sale of house and land).
Other amenities: Beautiful and original stone "grotto" hearth support, stone well cover with carved access hole; two sculpted planting basins; 3-tiered spring well cover sculpture; active vegetable garden; various flowering shrubs; a Wingaurd Pinnacle Perf Satellite Dish on back roof, hidden from view.
Area Attractions: (More may be added in time.)
Home made style ice cream shop and dinner, a 5 minute walk from this house, (also a variety store with gas/fuel)
Lake St George is known for fishing of trout, bass and salmon.
Near to a popular antique tool store: Liberty Tool, and collectable items store Grand Ma's Attic
A rural Maine museum: Davistown Museum
Near to Liberty Graphics" popular T-shirt printer with a retail outlet.
Not far from The Camden Snow Bowl , countless boating and recreational locations.
A cell phone tower and land lines provide telecomunications to immediate area.