A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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Electricity
On her third try, Deb has finally made contact with the right person in the CMP office and we’re now scheduled for a site visit on 8/30. The word from the assorted contractors is that CMP’s field engineers are great,…
Read More“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” – Seneca
In pulling together our scrapbook, there was one one house that we kept revisiting. Not perfect, but just something that “connected” with both of us. More interestingly, it’s a house that’s here in Maine and designed by a local architect….
Read More“Have you thought about electricity?”
We’ve driven, biked and run past the property thousands of times. And over the last few weeks, we’ve trooped over every square inch of its 30 acres. But it wasn’t until a local builder — and the third one to…
Read MoreWe’ll Call Our Motor Court “Ramblin’ Rose”
On 08/16/12 8:03 AM, Steve wrote: —————— Neighbor* – Really can’t speak to it. We’ve definitely been looking at the property, but I know that there are others. Only time (and money) will tell if we’ll be your new neighbors….
Read More…And the word is out.
On 08/15/12 5:28 AM, Neighbor wrote: ——————– Hi Steve, A rumour is circulating that you’re buying the field next door to our house here in the neighborhood. if so, congratulations! It’s a great community. Heading to Baxter State Park today…
Read MoreWasn’t Quite Expecting This….
We’ve decided to keep a shared worksheet of what we’d like to have in our next house. Part wish list, part necessities, we’re hoping that it’ll make the contractor/designer/architect’s job easier and — with any luck — identify places where…
Read More“You May Delay, But Time Will Not” – Benjamin Franklin
One of the first questions we need to figure out is “when?” We’re a bit on the bubble. On one hand, we’d really like to get going. The house is prepped for sale. Thanks to the buyers who flaked out,…
Read MoreNow the hard work starts…
Purchase & Sale is now in hand. Took a couple of back and forth tries with the seller, but we’ve now got a signed P&S for what we think is 32 acres. In the meantime, we’ve got to get a…
Read MoreHow this whole thing started…
Long story, short. After looking at real estate for the last couple of years, we’ve decided to finally “pull the trigger” on a new house. Since making that decision and in the course of three weeks : We’ve negotiated to…
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A House In A Field 