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‘Whimsical, however elegant’: Victorian Maine dwelling belongs to a storybook

By Clinton Hoyt
March 11, 2021
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An cute Victorian dwelling with tons of historical past is in search of a brand new proprietor to move out. Situated roughly 45 miles north of Portland, ME, the house is available on the market for $ 399,000.

Inbuilt 1876, the charming Lee Road dwelling within the waterfront city of Wiscasset, ME was a part of a love story.

The present proprietor and her late husband have owned the home for no less than 27 years and operated it as a mattress and breakfast referred to as “Excessive Word”.

“They lived a really romantic life there,” says the itemizing agent. Anna charlotte.

He grew grapes and was an opera singer. She was a seamstress with plenty of hobbies. Collectively, they ran the inn, till he died unexpectedly.

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The home has three or 4 bedrooms, relying on how it’s arrange. Regardless of what number of rooms it has, it spans 3,700 sq. ft with a three-story tower similar to the house of one of many itemizing agent’s favourite fictional characters.

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“As quickly as I walked into this home, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, if Pippi had been American she would have lived in Maine at 26 Lee Road,’ Charlotte says. “This home is just like the bigger model of Pippi Longstocking’s home in Sweden. It is simply very fancy, however elegant on the similar time.

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The house is stuffed with pops of vivid coloration all through, with fireplaces as the point of interest in lots of rooms. It’d require a little bit of beauty work and possibly a kitchen overhaul as properly.

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Charlotte says what was as soon as the unique kitchen now serves as a small front room.

The present kitchen was added as a part of a Nineteen Eighties transform and would not fairly match the texture of the home.

“It is not true to fashion,” she says. “These are home windows from the 80s, cupboards from the 80s and an American kitchen.”

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The bedrooms are giant and share a rest room with an authentic sunken bathtub. The bathtub is on the identical stage with the ground and gives the look that it may very well be very troublesome to get out and in.

“There was an awesome man who lived in the home. For those who take a look at him you may see the steps go up, so he saved banging his head on the attic stairs, and that is why he kicked it down, ”Charlotte explains with amusing. “I did not get out of it, however I definitely would not need to get in.

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The principle home connects to a carriage home with a studio above. That is the place the present house owners lived whereas they saved the principle home as an inn.

The home sits on 2 acres, and the distinctive turret offers an ideal place to learn and take within the views. There’s additionally a shed, which Charlotte says might home horses or chickens.

In a short while available on the market, the home has already obtained a number of affords, however the proprietor has not but accepted any.

Charlotte believes that whoever buys it can possible flip it into a non-public residence once more.

“You possibly can really feel the story certainly,” she mentioned.

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