Maine
Maine Island Property Yet to Seal a Deal
0 Wohoa Bay in Addison, Maine (Daring Coast Properties, iStock)
A 540-square-foot dwelling on a treeless island off the Maine coast that attracted a whole lot of callers and a half-dozen showings continues to be out at sea greater than a yr after it hit the market.
The property in Wohoa Bay off Addison, Maine, also referred to as Duck Ledges Island, was listed final spring for $339,000 and continues to be in the marketplace with Daring Coast Properties. The itemizing describes the one-and-a-half acre island as a weekend retreat that includes ledges “loaded with seals for fixed leisure” and nice views and says it’s a brief boat trip from the Jonesport public marina.
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The one-bedroom cottage has a mixed front room and kitchen, together with a loft bed room. Some caveats: It lacks indoor plumbing, warmth or gasoline, and house owners can’t safe common insurance coverage for the island or dwelling due to storm surge and hazards reminiscent of a winter nor’easter. It garnered nearly 100,000 likes on Zillow Gone Wild, the Instagram web site.
(Courtesy of Daring Coast Properties)
The proprietor, William Milliken, a Jonesport selectman and Daring Coast realtor, has additionally owned the property on and off for the previous 14 years. He advised WGME earlier this yr that nobody has pulled the set off on a suggestion even after receiving all of the inquiries. Miliken didn’t reply to a request for remark.
One situation: Milliken has insisted that potential patrons spend an evening on the place to make sure they’re snug with their buy. The island has a 2,000-watt generator for lighting and electrical energy, in addition to restricted mobile phone connectivity and web.
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A science trainer was the primary to personal it and put a cell dwelling on the island within the Nineteen Seventies, WGME reported. Milliken and a buddy purchased the island and put in the present home in 2008, offered it to another person, then purchased it again. He’s on the brink of rid himself of it as soon as extra, although.
“Amazon doesn’t ship right here,” he stated to WGME. “However you possibly can simply get away from the whole lot and understand how huge planet Earth actually is.”
(Courtesy of Daring Coast Properties)