Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Gentrification of the Lakes Region

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Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Gentrification of the Lakes Region


The big question that I have for you today, dear readers, might seem trite. But please indulge me. Will granite countertops make living at the lake more enjoyable?
The bigger question is: Does a vacation home here in Maine have to have all the conveniences and lavishness of one’s year round home back in Massachusetts, New Jersey or wherever??
I often see folks “from away” bitterly dissappointed when they view a half million dollar camp on Long Lake and find it wanting of the creature comforts they enjoy at their home back in the suburbs of Boston, New York or wherever.
“For a half million dollars shouldn’t there be a master bedroom suite?”“This home has no walk-in closets, or guest bathrooms or his and hers sinks!!”“Where’s the garbage disposal, the dishwasher and central air conditioning??”
“Where’s the full walkout basement, the 2 car garage and Anderson windows?”
It is culture shock for many but the truth is, we are in the lakes region of Maine where suburban sensibility takes a back seat to Yankee pragmatism.
The old Yankees would figure that because vacation homes are mostly used in“summah” why would anyone spend the money to build a year round home for a few weeks of use each year?
Furthermore why would anyone heat a lake home year round on the chance that they might use it a weekend or two over the course of the entire winter?? With heating oil at over $4.00 a gallon does it make sense??
A few years ago I visited Maine with the family after being away for a few years. Getting the rental car at the Portland Jetway I soon found US 302 and headed Northwest on a perfect moonlit night. The moonlight was so strong I swear I didn’t need headlights.
Arriving at the lake after 10:00PM we quietly opened the car doors and were greeted by the smell of the pine scented air. The cool of the woods was seeping out of the pine and hemlock forest and was seemingly kept at bay by the moonlight. We couldn’t wait to get inside the camp with the welcoming pine interior and fieldstone fireplace. We were eager to settle in the old rockers on the screened porch, to watch the moonlight shimmering on the water and finally, to hear the soulful cry of the loons calling to each other from across the lake.
Yes, dear reader, Maine isn’t about master bedrooms suites, his and her sinks,or granite countertops. Maine is a special place. Get to know her. She’ll always be there for you.
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