Lakefront House For Sale on Mousam Lake, Acton, Maine: Perfect for Family Vacations

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Lakefront House For Sale on Mousam Lake, Acton, Maine: Perfect for Family Vacations

Exterior Front.

Three Level Year-Round House Overlooks Premier Mousam Lake, Acton, Maine

Sunsets and loons will make your day at this Maine lakefront house for sale on Mousam Lake in Acton. Located at 182 Avenue D, the house features three levels of living space, providing plenty of room for you and the entire family to stretch out.


Tom, the current owner, tells the story best about the history of this property: “I purchased the property in the summer of 1994. I had been looking for a place on Mousam since the spring of ‘94. I was excited to hear of the place through a friend of mine in North Berwick who knew one of the previous owners. As the story was told to me, there were four single guys who bought the property together and shared it for awhile. Like a lot of partnerships, it didn’t work out and while they were in the midst of renovating the lower camp (back then there was a camp where we now park on the hill and another on the foundation that the existing home sits on now) an argument ensued and they all just left, leaving everything right down to food on the table, stove and in the fridge and cupboards.”
Tom continues, “The place sat empty for years and continued to fall into disrepair, eventually being condemned by the town. When I went up to see it the first time, I was a little overwhelmed with the amount of work required but it was the perfect location on the lake. It’s one of the widest spots on the lake and has nice views looking up and down the lake with sun on the lakeside of the camp from sun up until approximately 3 p.m. The water is deep enough in front of the camp for good swimming and boating.”
View.
“A deal was made and finalized within the next few weeks,” he explains. “The first order was to tear down the two camps, which we did in late August of ‘94. A funny memory was when we were tearing down the lower camp people would pull up on the lake in their boats cheering and thanking us for cleaning up the mess. Several kind folks even stopped by with cold beers for us to express their gratitude for removing what had been an eyesore for many years. A man who owns a camp on the lake came by in his boat one day with some pictures of what the place looked like in its glory (it was a sharp looking place then) stating that when he was a kid his folks used to rent the place for a week every summer in the 1960s and early ‘70s. He was to bring me copies of those pictures but unfortunately never did.
“After we got it all cleaned up,” says Tom, “a new septic system was installed and construction began in late October ‘94. Bud Morin from Newfield  built the place and did an excellent job. We spent our first weekend in the house on Memorial Day weekend in ‘95. We spent most of our time out on the deck, and still do!”
Overhanging the deck is an old oak tree that serves as a canopy and provides shade from the sun. The deck wraps around from the side of the house and across the front.
From the parking area above, walk down the steps to the back door of the three-story house. You’ll find yourself in the large kitchen of this 1,764 square-foot house. Sliding doors provide a view of the lake and lead to that deck I mentioned above. Between the kitchen and living room is a half bath tucked under a staircase. You can easily pass from one room to the other either over the two-step landing or at the other end of the staircase.
Living Room.
A coal stove adds ambiance to the living room and heats the entire house so you won’t have to use the furnace if you don’t want to burn oil. Another set of sliding glass doors brings the blue of the lake and sky inside.
One of the luxuries of this camp is central vac–clean-up made easy.
Upstairs are four bedrooms. Yes, that means plenty of space for you and the kids, relatives or friends. You may even want to turn one room into a study. All of the bedrooms are carpeted. Two overlook the water, while the other two are on the backside of the house. There is also a full bath on this level.
From the first floor, you’ll also find stairs to the walkout daylight basement. You can leave it as is and use it as a recreation room, or do a wee bit of updating and turn it into a family room. A half bath is also located on this level, making it the convenient place to change when the kids come in wet and sandy from playing by the lake. Again, sliding doors lead outside, this time to a cement patio shaded by the upper deck.
Though in recent years, Tom has been offering the property as a rental, it will be easy to move into and make the space your own. The house is year-round and Tom recalls many winter weekends spent snuggled by the coal stove or out on the lake ice fishing.
Fishing off the dock is also excellent. “Whether it was hanging out at camp and listening to the loons at night, fishing ( we catch good-sized fish all day long right off the dock), swimming or boat rides tubing, skiing or just going to the Acton Trading Post for gas and ice cream,” says Tom, “there are just too many fun memories to talk about.” You can get to the Acton Trading Post by car or boat.
The one thing Tom might change is to extend the dock another ten feet, thus making it easier to tie up a boat.
As Tom approaches retirement, he realizes it’s time for a change. Selling this property where his family has had so much fun over the last twenty years will be difficult, but it’s the start to simplifying his life.
His decision provides an opportunity for you to own your own little slice of Mousam Lake.

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