A view of Toddy Brook Farm, listed as “magical,” “transcendent,” “a slice of heaven,” and “iconic.”
The black Labs of Toddy Brook Farm’s previous owner were unwitting accomplices in its sale. They “came running out of the orchard as we were driving by,” Emily Drappi recalls. “It was a total Eden, and just exactly what I had dreamed of.”
A view of Toddy Brrok Farm in North Yarmouth
By marketing the 'gentleman's farm," real estate brokers are paying more attention to buyers' dreams.
A scenic view of the North Yarmouth property.
A look inside at the three-story barn at Toddy Brook Farm in North Yarmouth.
The North Yarmouth farmhouse has a gorgeous kitchen.
Emily Drappi and her husband bought the proptery last year for $1.1 million.
Toddy Brook Farm in North Yarmouth.
An overhead view of 14-acre Toddy Brook Farm in North Yarmouth.
A description of a 14-acre Freeport farm – which was actually advertised by LandVest as a “Gentleman’s Farm on the Harraseeket” – noted its “pastoral” grounds and “stunning” new kitchen that had “soaring ceilings” but also “rustic beams.”
A property advertised by LandVest as a “Gentleman’s Farm on the Harraseeket” notes its “stunning new kitchen.” Broker Gail Landry of Town & Shore Associates says buyers interested in gentleman’s farms often are looking for the juxtaposition of the old with the new, the modern with the historic.
The real-estate ad casually informed buyers that deer and flocks of turkeys might wander across the home’s “rolling manicured lawns.”
The listing for Skye Farm in Waterford touted its “true classic New England setting of 180 acres with rolling fields, stone walls, mature forest, beautiful landscaping and distant mountains.”
At one time, Skye Farm in Waterford has a famous orchard.
Skye Farm in Waterford had been owned by an investment banker who turned it into a boutique weekend getaway, adding a pond and a tennis court.
The property was recently sold to a family from Colorado who wanted to get off the grid.
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