SACO – This small coastal city is best known for its beaches, its excellent schools, and its traditional, pleasantly walkable downtown.
The rural, northern end of town naturally shares in these benefits, while also providing a lifestyle of peace and privacy. Here is a home that offers all these advantages, and a great deal more.
Built in 1987, the spacious and spotless Colonial has been faithfully updated ever since, especially by the present owner, from the roof to the Buderus boiler and the top-end pellet stove in between. Those items are just two years “old.” The kitchen, with its handsome hickory cabinets and two-level breakfast bar with cooktop, was redone in 2008, but the Bosch dishwasher and French door refrigerator are new.
A dozen years ago, a great bonus was added: An 800-square-foot, two-bedroom, in-law/rental apartment above the three-vehicle garage. The bright, carpeted unit has a separate entrance, and a balcony off the kitchen, and is ideal for use by a multigenerational family. It is also noise-insulated from the garage. Rented, it could modestly be expected to bring in $15,000 annually.
The home blends fine original features, such as hardwood flooring, a formal dining room, and a floor-to-ceiling brick hearth in a two-section living room that opens out to a huge deck, with its newer touches. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a bath with a jetted tub; downstairs, a great family/recreation room, a third bath, and a handy office.
The home, at 45 Rocky Hill Road, Saco, sits well back from its private way, nicely screened on a well-landscaped open acre ringed by the woods of a 4.25-acre lot. The property is listed for sale at $475,000 by Deborah Meek of The Tru Brit Realty Group at Keller Williams Realty in Portland. Taxes are $6,880 (2016-17).
For more information or to schedule a showing, please contact Deb at 553-2662 or at dmeek@kw.com.
The Friday feature home is produced by the Marketing Department of the Portland Press Herald. Please send feature home suggestions to jrolfe@pressherald.com.
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