Maine Cottage on Moosabec Reach, Furnished and Ready — $134,500

The reach is what you're here for. Moosabec Reach runs right through Jonesport, and this cottage puts you close enough to walk to the water without paying direct waterfront prices. From the kitchen and an upstairs window you get glimpses of the ocean. Not a panoramic view, but the water is there, visible, and that counts for something on a Maine working waterfront.

The house is small. 820 square feet, one bedroom, one bath, built in 1950. It reads as a seasonal place, the kind of cottage people have used for decades as a summer foothold on the coast. The interior has been refreshed recently. New paint, new flooring throughout, updated light fixtures, a new vanity, toilet, sinks and faucets. A glass-top stove and refrigerator are both brand new. Nothing fancy, but clean and functional and done.

Everything inside is included in the price. Furniture, furnishings, all of it. You could pull up with a bag and stay the weekend. Whether that's a selling point or just how it worked out, the result is that you're buying a ready place, not a project.

At 820 square feet there's no extra space to think about. One bedroom is one bedroom. If you need room for a group, this handles two people comfortably and gets tight beyond that. As a solo retreat or a couple's seasonal base, the size works. As a full-time primary residence, you'd want to be honest with yourself about it.

Jonesport is a working fishing town on the Downeast coast. The West End neighborhood puts you near the water and the rhythm that comes with it. Lobster boats, the smell of salt and bait, the sounds of a harbor that's actually being used. It's not a resort town, and the $134,500 price reflects that. For what you get on the Maine coast, with the water this close and the interior already done, that number is worth sitting with.