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
