FALMOUTH FORESIDE – Here behind a picket fence and wonderful gardens is a seaside gem: a classic Maine cottage that has recently been completely and lovingly restored, so that it offers a new owner the happy prospect of a year-round home that needs absolutely nothing done.

More, as a property in the Casco Terrace Association, it comes with 250 feet of oceanfront, and a dock, just across the lane and down the sloping lawn. There is mooring potential as well. Since 1900, from pretty much every window the cottage has looked out over the blue bay to Sturdivant and Clapboard islands, an assortment of ledges, and the open ocean.

Step up from the new mudroom (with half-bath) and you’re in a bright, white kitchen whose newer cabinetry has been crafted to match the original, by Casco Bay Woodworks. The dining room is around the corner, L-fashion, and the living room with brick, wood-burning fireplace, is at the front, naturally.

Opening from the dining room through two French doors – one with removable panes that can be replaced by screens – is a spanking-new, L-shaped porch that adds 246 square feet of three-season living space; and facing due south, receives wonderful light and is essentially passive solar. Flooring is gleaming fir; the paneled ceiling, pine. A table for fine-weather dining fits beautifully into the space facing the bay. The porch also opens to the little lawn and wonderful gardens, a Zen-like retreat.

The upper floor is newly carpeted, and has good-sized bedrooms back and front, both with ocean views. The white-and-blue front bedroom features a low wall of built-in drawers and seat with storage underneath (all original) beneath the side casement window. The back bedroom has two closets and a cool “flashlight” ceiling fixture like those downstairs. The middle room makes a great office – not only for its built-ins, but also because its water view is limited (thereby increasing the possibility of work actually getting done). The full bath is very nicely finished, its oversized shower enclosure subway-tiled.

There is no basement, so there’s an enclosure for laundry and utilities at the back of the direct-entry garage (which is paneled, and one-vehicle; the other bay is the next-door neighbor’s).

The Falmouth Foreside home is listed for sale by KeeKee Bailey of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Baxter Boulevard location.

For more information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact KeeKee at 233-9333; 773-1990 ext. 132, or at KeeKee.Bailey@NEMoves.com.

Price: $625,000
Built: 1900
Rooms/bedrooms: 7/2
Baths: One full, one 1/2
Square feet: 1,003
Garage: One-vehicle, direct entry
Lot size: .070 acre
Taxes: $6,951

Produced by the Marketing Department of the Maine Sunday Telegram, the Home of the Week is provided at no cost. Staff photos by Derek Davis.

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