Buying a house

After looking at about 25 houses, and considering hundreds more via the web, we decided to make an offer on this one. It's an 1896 farmhouse, or New Englander as they call them here. It is in good condition on the outside, and the interior work is something we think we can handle mostly ourselves . The barn is dilapidated, but still usable. It sits on 1/2 acre in Friendship, Maine, a community of 1200 people principally involved in lobstering. The ocean, and the public landing are about 1/3 mile away.

This is the front(east) and north side of the house. Behind the lilac is a fairly large garden plot.
This is the back side from the nw corner. The red shed is structurally sound, but the roof is shot.

This the view from the SE corner. The southern side of the barn needs serious work. The house is vinyl siding, and its roof is in good condition. There's lots of room beside the barn on either side to park our motorhome while we're there.

This is looking from the SW corner. We have not yet settled on the truck and the contents of the barn and house. There are but a few pieces of furniture left in the house, and the barn is full of old tools and junk, like 2 wringer washing machines. We doubt that the truck is usable. We offered to take everything, but the owners are deciding what they want to keep.

If all goes well, we will take possession at the end of June. Then the fun begins. We have a nominal amount of work to do before we can live in the place, and we have to move all our stuff out of our storage locker in Danvers, Mass.

Kudos to Lauren Armstrong with Coldwell Banker Soundvest Realty in Rockland for providing wonderful support as we searched both in-town and rural locations for property that we liked. She's even storing a few items in her barn for us that we picked up at auction until we have a place to put them. You can't ask for better service than that!