IDEAL FOR LIVE IN PARENTS
862 Main Street
Eliot, ME 3903
108-152381
$349,900.00
3571 sq ft
Come Home to Maine! A Spectacular, true Post&Beam Gambrel. Includes a separate apartment with garage that would be perfect for family members or for rental income to help with your mortgage! This wonderful home has plenty of features! Where to begin? Located in historic Eliot, Maine, this home is conveniently located just across the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, NH. Eliot is equidistant between Boston, MA and Portland, ME approximately 1 hour each way. This home is convenient to Rtes. 95, 1 and 236. As mentioned, Portsmouth NH with its many fine restaurants, cultural events,&tax-free shopping is only minutes away! Eliot shares its school system with neighboring South Berwick, ME and it is highly rated in the state of Maine. Locally, the school system is known as MSAD 35 (Maine School Administration System). You can check the distance from the house to all the local schools from the home page of this listing. The house sits on an open, level, well landscaped, one acre, corner lot. The backyard is partially wooded.The main house is a classic, 11 room, 3 bedroom, post&beam Gambrel. The home is almost completely furnished with gleaming hardwood floors, vinyl tile is used in the two kitchens and all of the 2&3/4 bathrooms. Front entry to the house is through a large, 18' x 11' atrium with a Cathedral ceiling. Off of the atrium is a glass enclosed room containing the hot tub, perfect for relaxing at the end of a long day. From the atrium you can also enter the main house kitchen, the back screened porch, or the kitchen&dining area of the attached In-law apartment/income apartment. The main house kitchen is fully applianced with the refrigerator less than one year old. A partial island which can be used for dining separates this kitchen from the dining area. Down the hall from this kitchen is a 3/4 bath with washer&dryer featuring a laundry chute from the Master bathroom above. A closet and stairway to the finished basement complete this hall. At the end of the hall is where you'll find the great room, with its gleaming floors, brick wood stove hearth, cathedral ceiling and balcony from second floor. This great room is sunfilled from 3 large skylights and plenty of windows! Turn the corner from the great room and find the front door with porch and the stairway to the second level.The second floor offers two large bedrooms, the Master bedroom and a full bath. This bathroom can be accessed directly from the Master or from the hall leading to the Master. All bedrooms are sunny and have gleaming hardwood floors. A nook opposite the bathroom looks down over the front section of the great room. The Master bedroom measures 15 1/2 ' x 12. The 2nd bedroom is 12' x 12',and the 3rd is 12' x 11'. All have ample closet space.On to the basement! There is approximately 500 square feet of finished living space in this walk-out basement. It is finished in traditional knotty pine woodwork, not paneling! The finished area includes a 11' x 9' "other room", a huge walk-in closet/storage area, and a fitness/office/game room measuring 24' X 17'. A wood stove is ready to ward off the chill while exercising or working. There is also a double door glass slider which opens onto a back deck.The remainder of the basement is dedicated to the heating and plumbing systems. This home can be heated by dual boilers. One is fueled by oil, the other by either wood or coal. The oil system can act as a back-up to the wood/coal boiler or vice versa. The house has 6 heating zones ending at cast iron radiators in the main house&basement. The oil fired system is fueled by dual 330 gallon tanks and there is a special coal bin in the garage capable of storing 5-6 years worth of coal. Hot waterfor the house&the hot tub is provided by the wood/coal furnace (oil back-up) or if you are not burning, use the included electric water heater. The house has 200 amp service, underground utilities and town water and sewer. The house is wired for cable, Internet and music.Attached to the left side of the main house is a separate In-Law or income apartment. This portion of the property contains a one car garage under with plenty of storage space. The apartment has a separate front entrance leading into the first floor kitchen. This kitchen is 11' x 6' and is also fully applianced. The refrigerator is also less than 1 year old. A full bath is located off the kitchen and a 11' x 11' dining area with gleaming hardwood floors. The stairs leading up to the apartment bedroom and living room has an electric chair lift which can easily be removed for storage, if not being used. At the top of the stairs is the bedroom. Measuring 11'x 10'. This bedroom is fully carpeted. In the hall leading to the living roomis a closet/storage area. A sunfilled living room, measuring 19' x 12', also fully carpeted, completes the apartment. It is estimated the apartment could generate up to $900 per month rental income.We're not finished yet! To the left of the wing containing the apartment is a huge, 24' X 30', two car garage. The garage has its own electrical panel on each level and an automatic door opener on one of the doors. The unfinished second level is supported by a steel beam. A "hay loft" door opens to overlook the driveway.Please take the photo tour of this spectacular property to see for yourself the many features of this house.