Waterfront, Lake Access, Acreage, Fireplace
13 Acres and 1,700 Feet of Brook Frontage, Fully Furnished — $139,500
8
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 9 | Waterfront + 13 acres + furnished + metal roof + paved year-round road access |
| Condition | 25% | 7 | One-owner, super-insulated build; systems not dated but construction quality described in detail |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 7 | $145/sqft listing vs. $174/sqft zip median — ~17% below; thin 7-comp dataset |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 8 | $139,500 vs. $239,896 zip median — ~42% below; waterfront/acreage comps may skew median up |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | DOM 77 days zip median, 33% price drops, sale-to-list near parity — mild buyer signals |
The number that stops you here is 1,700. That is how many feet of Trout Brook frontage comes with this place. Thirteen acres of mixed woodland wraps around the property on all sides, and the brook runs along the edge of it. For $139,500, you get the house, the land, the water, and everything inside the house.
The building itself is a 24 by 22 foot ranch, built in 1996 by one owner who paid attention to how it went together. Six-inch fiberglass walls, ten-inch attic insulation, insulated windows, metal roof. It is small, 960 square feet, but it was built to hold heat in a part of Maine where that matters. Oil hot air furnace handles the heating. There is a semi-finished walk-in cellar below. The construction quality is documented enough that the agent went into detail about the insulation specs, which is more useful than most listing copy you will read.
You walk in and you do not need to buy anything. The furniture stays. So does everything else. The agent put it plainly: go buy groceries and fishing bait. That is accurate. This is a place you can use the weekend you close.
The access is paved and year-round, which is worth saying out loud in this part of Maine. You are in the East Grand Lake region, with lakes in several directions and the Mattawamkeag River not far off. Danforth is one town over. The woodlot reportedly generates around a dozen cords of new growth per year, so firewood is not a budget line.
The market here has some softness to it. Median days on market in the zip runs 77, and about a third of listings have taken price cuts. This one has been sitting 77 days. None of that changes what the land and water access are worth, but it gives you room to have a conversation about price.
For a second home, a hunting and fishing base, or a permanent retreat on a quiet road in the Maine woods, this is a lot of land and water for the money.
