An idyllic setting on a small island 5 miles from the mainland of Maine is now out there for $1,975,000.
“I neglect how stunning it’s on the market, particularly on a blue sky day. It is one of the stunning properties I’ve ever seen in my life,” says the itemizing agent, Jamie O’Keefe. “What’s cooler than residing in a lightkeeper’s home on the ocean in Maine?”
Inbuilt 1907, the quaint Victorian home on Lighthouse Highway on Isle Au Haut, ME, was for the island’s lighthouse keeper.
It has 4 bedrooms and two bogs—all with views of the glowing blue water.
“All of them have the views of the water, which is basically fairly superb. A few of them have views of the ocean and the lighthouse,” O’Keefe says, including that the bedrooms are an excellent measurement, despite the fact that the house is over a century outdated.
The bogs are primary, however present all of the requirements—and extra.
“The views from the lavatory must be seen to be believed,” says O’Keefe. “You are taking a look at crashing surf and offshore islands. It is fairly spectacular.”
The lighthouse was additionally erected in 1907. It is often called Robinson Level Gentle, as a result of it was constructed on land as soon as owned by Charles E. Robinson.
The 40-foot tall lighthouse stands sentry on a rocky outcropping. It is owned and maintained by the city of Isle au Haut—so it’s not a part of the sale.
“You get to take pleasure in this stunning view of the lighthouse in your entrance yard—with out having to pay for the maintenance,” O’Keefe notes.
On this small, distant island within the Gulf of Maine, the property and the lighthouse stay comparatively non-public.
“It is not like a lighthouse on the Jersey Shore or Cape Cod, the place you’re going to have 1000’s of vacationers coming every single day,” O’Keefe says. “Right here, you could have a customer a day in the course of the excessive season come and take a selfie in entrance of the lighthouse.”
The home has been used as an inn and a trip rental. It’s used solely as a summer time house at current.
“It does have some warmth, however you could not keep there year-round,” O’Keefe explains.
What the house at present lacks in heat, it would make up within the ease of shifting in, when the winter climate melts away. The home comes absolutely furnished, with all the pieces you’d want.
“It is very rustic, however in a very nice situation. It truly is a throwback in time,” says the agent.
Talking of throwbacks, there’s additionally an outhouse, which nonetheless works and was initially constructed for the principle home.
The island has a small year-round inhabitants that will increase in the summertime. It’s solely accessible by non-public boat or a each day ferry.
For ease of getting backwards and forwards to the mainland, the property comes with a boathouse and its personal deepwater dock.
For these inclined to out of doors pursuits, the placement is tough to beat.
About half of the island is a part of Acadia Nationwide Park, with mountain climbing trails, O’Keefe factors out, so the country environment is in no hazard of being disturbed. The checklist value contains an SUV and an ATV that may show you how to get across the tiny island.
The home is off the grid, with photo voltaic and generator energy. A reverse-osmosis system supplies the house with water initially from the ocean.
A purchaser who needs to accommodate a number of company has a number of choices. On the sting of the property is a secluded two-bedroom guesthouse with a kitchen and residing area, in addition to two separate sleeping cabins, one among which is named the Oil Home.
“It was initially there to retailer the oil for the lighthouse, again within the day,” O’Keefe explains. “It’s a little whitewashed cabin with a warmth range and just a little porch, overlooking the water.”
The principle, 2,500-square-foot home is listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations and was working as an inn often called the Keeper’s Home from the late Nineteen Eighties till 2007. The present proprietor purchased the property in 2012 and rented the home to vacationers.
It’s now prepared for somebody new to take pleasure in.
“It is most likely one of the stunning locations I’ve ever seen in my life. You both stroll up or drive up that highway, and also you see the home with the ocean past the lighthouse and each stress simply melts. It is magic,” O’Keefe says.