It does when it’s almost in Canada. Caribou, Maine is not exactly where the folks from major cities are decamping to. You want granite in your house there you just go out in the front yard and dig some up…
-D > On Oct 19, 2020, at 7:52 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > A house with a new timber frame barn on 3 acres for 25K? That doesn’t make > any sense. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 19, 2020, at 12:29 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grimes+Mill,+Caribou,+ME+04736/@46.84643,-67.9452685,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cbcb790b146f9e1:0xdf571a886f0d60a9!8m2!3d46.8464319!4d-67.9430797 >> On Sunday, October 18, 2020, 9:13:54 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel >> <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Where exactly is this? >> >> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 7:54 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> As predicted dad and I have at least made an agreement to buy the farm next >> to ours. I'll make a graphic at some point but basically imagine it as a U >> where our existing land sits in the middle of the U shape. Its really weird >> how they broke it up all of which happened probably in the 1890s or early >> 1900s. >> The new land is about 72 acres, smaller than our existing farm but by >> removing a couple of existing fence rows we should be able to make a couple >> of the small fields easier to farm and thus easier to rent. >> There is also a house and barn, the barn is, I'm guessing, 30x60 or there >> about. Its beautiful, they built it over about a 10 year period starting >> maybe 15 years ago. Post and beam it'll last 100 years with minimal >> maintenance.The house is a whole different story, it was built probably in >> the 1880s and is laid out poorly. Two of the upstairs bedrooms share a >> stairwell but imagine you come out your door to a stairwell that stops >> perpendicularly in front of you, it doesn't open into the two rooms, just >> stops at a wall. If you were facing north you'd have a step level with your >> right foot but have to step down two steps with your left. You'd want to be >> awfully careful going to the bathroom in the night. ;) >> The plan is to portion off the house and barn with about 3 acres, currently >> we're thinking to ask $25k. If you tore the house down and put a new one on >> the lot you could have a really nice place on a big lot near the river for >> $125,000. Stupid thoughts keep running through my head... >> -Curt >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
