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iris lilies
9-12-21, 9:21pm
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/29-Salmon-Falls-Rd_Hollis-Center_ME_04042_M48694-43320

If I were moving to New England in the Portland
, Maine area I sure would consider this adorable house. It’s not huge. It sits on a river. Oh boy is it ever cute.

Teacher Terry
9-12-21, 9:48pm
It’s a super cute house! Love the river. Not a fan of the wallpaper they used.

Tybee
9-12-21, 10:03pm
It's very overpriced for what it is, and I don't think you would like where it is, either--it's pretty rural, and can get really desolate really fast out that way.

bae
9-12-21, 10:20pm
That's funny, I was Zillow-perving on Maine real estate recently, and it just the other day offered me up that one!

Tybee
9-12-21, 10:24pm
I think, IL, you'd be happier on the coast because the towns are so neat. Bae, you too, for obvious reasons. IL, look around Damariscotta, Wiscasset, Camden, and Belfast.

iris lilies
9-12-21, 10:27pm
That's funny, I was Zillow-perving on Maine real estate recently, and it just the other day offered me up that one!

weird coincidence, eh?

The author of Rebecca of
sunnybrook Farm
lived there as a child.

iris lilies
9-12-21, 10:29pm
It's very overpriced for what it is, and I don't think you would like where it is, either--it's pretty rural, and can get really desolate really fast out that way.
Ok, that is good to know. I don’t want to live in the country, so I did like the fact neighbors were right next-door and across the street.But yes ICan see where it’s desolate.

bae
9-12-21, 10:32pm
I was born in Maine, and had been vaguely investigating the idea of moving to some small coastal or island town there. Likely just a castle-in-Spain thing :-). But there are some lovely spots around the state, wow!

Rogar
9-12-21, 10:38pm
Not for me, but I did enjoy browsing the photos and day dreaming of a place without drought and smoke from fires. I picture a place built in 1825 having some special upkeep and heating issues.

Tybee
9-12-21, 10:45pm
My brother lives on an island right next to Portland, and like you, must deal with the ferry, which can get really dicey during tourist season. I am intrigued by Islesboro (but realistically can't do ferry) and north of Belfast area, Blue Hill.

There are so many gorgeous choices.

IL, now it makes sense that she gave Hollis this library:

https://salmonfallslibrary.com/

That makes the price of the house make more sense.

iris lilies
9-12-21, 10:48pm
My brother lives on an island right next to Portland, and like you, must deal with the ferry, which can get really dicey during tourist season. I am intrigued by Islesboro (but realistically can't do ferry) and north of Belfast area, Blue Hill.

There are so many gorgeous choices.

IL, now it makes sense that she gave Hollis this library:

https://salmonfallslibrary.com/

That makes the price of the house make more sense.

Well I don’t know that the fact she lived there should add a lot of to the purchase price. But it’s interesting tidbit.

Tradd
9-12-21, 11:16pm
Cute little house. I wouldn’t want to live so close to a river.

sweetana3
9-13-21, 6:10am
Tradd, my Dad lived on the Feather River and, as an engineer, did a survey to make sure the other side was lower and would flood first. Of course, in CA the main issue is drought but he was downriver of a big dam.

NewGig
9-13-21, 10:27am
'i have a really good friend whose brothers live on Cranberry. His family had a summer house there forever.

iris lilies
9-13-21, 4:21pm
It’s a super cute house! Love the river. Not a fan of the wallpaper they used.
For wallpaper, it isn’t completely awful in some rooms. Damn wallpaper is just so hard to get off though and the entire house is covered with it.


The wide plank floors are giving me life. And then the marrow clapboard outside… Fabulous.

sweetana3
9-13-21, 7:36pm
I love that house. Reminds me completely of decorated rooms in 1930's Home and Garden magazines I had when we had a 1939 house. I am pretty tired of white houses with minimalist furniture, barn doors, etc. All the flippers here must use the same decorator. But I cannot live in the country. Must have a lot of peeps around me for comfort and a lot of services near.

catherine
9-13-21, 7:51pm
I agree it's an adorable house. I think the wallpaper is very much aligned with a vintage country farmhouse look (not modern shiplap and cutesy signs and galvanized metal trinkets). Not that I would choose the wallpaper necessarily for myself, but as IL said, what a pain in the butt to remove!! Sometimes it's like separating two thin plies of paper. I had that in our NJ house and I wound up covering it with a textured paper. Otherwise I would have had to replace the drywall. But beautiful features and the architecture on the outside is is great. Lovely. But there are a lot of beautiful old homes in New England, IL. Come on up!

Jane v2.0
9-13-21, 9:30pm
Friends and I fantasize about buying a compound, and that would do nicely. Waterfront--lovely!

jp1
9-13-21, 10:17pm
Tradd, my Dad lived on the Feather River and, as an engineer, did a survey to make sure the other side was lower and would flood first. Of course, in CA the main issue is drought but he was downriver of a big dam.

Some parts of California have the worst of all worlds. One of the places we were once considering for retirement but have now pretty much eliminated is Guerneville in the Russian River area of Sonoma county. Being in coastal California drought is a major issue. But so is flooding. Most recently in 2017, the last year that California had a decent amount of rain. Before that the last big flood there was some time in the 70’s. Not that long ago. Yes, we could find a house that is at a high enough elevation to not personally be at risk, but I’d just rather not…. Especially since drought is also an issue. I’d rather find somewhere that neither are quite such an issue. And maybe even eliminate wildfires and/or earthquake while we’re picking locations.

iris lilies
9-13-21, 11:11pm
Some parts of California have the worst of all worlds. One of the places we were once considering for retirement but have now pretty much eliminated is Guerneville in the Russian River area of Sonoma county. Being in coastal California drought is a major issue. But so is flooding. Most recently in 2017, the last year that California had a decent amount of rain. Before that the last big flood there was some time in the 70’s. Not that long ago. Yes, we could find a house that is at a high enough elevation to not personally be at risk, but I’d just rather not…. Especially since drought is also an issue. I’d rather find somewhere that neither are quite such an issue. And maybe even eliminate wildfires and/or earthquake while we’re picking locations.

new england!

I have already sworn I would not live north of interstate 80, so I won’t. And I won’t live west of Kansas City but for the Oregon/washington coast.

But I like everything about New England. I like hardly anything about things west of Kansas City.

Teacher Terry
9-14-21, 2:02am
I lived in upstate New York for 2 years and it was beautiful. Worse winters than Wisconsin though.

catherine
9-14-21, 8:20am
I have such a strong sense of place at this point I'll never leave New England willingly. I've never moved from the NE for jobs or school. I've tinkered with the idea of moving to a different state or region, but I know I never will, and frankly I'm kind of surprised at myself. I consider myself slightly more adventurous than that. But New England is home--I even felt a little homesick for New England when I lived in New Jersey! So I'm glad I'm back.

Our first winter spent up here on the lake last year tells me that I not only can survive the winters, there's something about the wildness of it that I love. I'm not worried about getting older and having to navigate ice and snow yet. I have my snowshoes.

Tybee
9-14-21, 11:32am
It's horrible but not even a year here and I am loving it back to empty again, with the summer folks gone. So yeah, don't come here, you don't need incredibly beautiful clear air and nice people and antique housing stock and reasonable property taxes and endless miles of trees and glassy ponds that reflect the sky perfectly--seriously!

Teacher Terry
9-14-21, 11:44am
Out of the 5 states I have lived in where I lived in both Kansas and Texas was ugly. I know there’s pretty parts of both states. The others were pretty. I hate small town and rural living. Also not a fan of real winter anymore.

The last real one I experienced was my mom’s last Xmas in 2008 and it alternated between. -30 wind chill, warming up enough to snow, cold again, warmer so created ice and then snow on top so you couldn’t see the ice, rinse and repeat for 2 weeks. I don’t own boots and only use my winter coat and snowshoes for when I go to Tahoe. In the property tax department I am also very spoiled.

catherine
9-14-21, 12:00pm
It's horrible but not even a year here and I am loving it back to empty again, with the summer folks gone. So yeah, don't come here, you don't need incredibly beautiful clear air and nice people and antique housing stock and reasonable property taxes and endless miles of trees and glassy ponds that reflect the sky perfectly--seriously!

I remember when I was "interviewing" the sellers of our house here, and I asked her "What's the best part of living here" and she said, "When everyone leaves for the winter." I thought that was so funny! But now I get it.

Our next door neighbors weren't here for three of the four years we've been up here now (hard to believe!!). There were all kinds of stories about them--they only liked to stir up trouble--they were dictatorial and unfriendly, make sure you don't park your car on one blade of their grass!! This might be the ONE DAY they come here and you'll be in trouble!!

Well, these legendary meanies all of a sudden appeared last fall. DH and I were really bummed--were we going to have NEIGHBORS that winter?? And what kind of neighbors?? Fears about them had been instilled deeply.

They are our good friends now. I don't know where all that talk came from. We are about the same age, we share stuff, we sit around and talk. They are very, very good neighbors. They ask before they trim then part of the trees that are hanging over their lawn, they are coaching DH on how to grow (legal) marijuana plants, and overall, we get along great.

Moral of the story: Don't believe everything you hear about people--even if a bunch of people are saying the same thing.

Now, knowing we're friendly with them, the neighbors who bashed them are saying, "Don't trust them. They'll stir up trouble."

We'll see.

Tybee
9-14-21, 12:02pm
I just think it's so cool that you are there year round now! Well done. I am going to get some straw bales to put around our house this year before the cold weather hits, and then have it to garden in the spring.

Tybee
9-14-21, 12:06pm
IL, check out this one if you wanted Hollis Center:

https://www.redfin.com/ME/Hollis/18-Moderation-St-04042/home/97651641

Love the street name.

iris lilies
9-14-21, 12:20pm
IL, check out this one if you wanted Hollis Center:

https://www.redfin.com/ME/Hollis/18-Moderation-St-04042/home/97651641

Love the street name.

Cute house. The 1997 renovation was unfortunate. I wonder what flooring is under all that lino

Tradd
9-14-21, 1:35pm
I have such a strong sense of place at this point I'll never leave New England willingly. I've never moved from the NE for jobs or school. I've tinkered with the idea of moving to a different state or region, but I know I never will, and frankly I'm kind of surprised at myself. I consider myself slightly more adventurous than that. But New England is home--I even felt a little homesick for New England when I lived in New Jersey! So I'm glad I'm back.

Our first winter spent up here on the lake last year tells me that I not only can survive the winters, there's something about the wildness of it that I love. I'm not worried about getting older and having to navigate ice and snow yet. I have my snowshoes.

I have that sense of place with the Great Lakes region. I grew up and went to college in Michigan. Then moved in 1996 to IL.