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Randal L. and Therese K. McCormick property

179 Brewer Road, Robbinston, Maine 04671

 

  • We would like it to be known that the online listing sites can only specify that the original home was built in 1960.  The original house includes 1014 sq. ft.  The addition to the original structure was built in 1984 and covers 1440 sq. ft. (+720 sq.ft. basement)

  • 7.2 acres      Tax Map 9, Lot 27     

  • Taxes 2019:   $1,134.27

  • 400’ driveway, house nearly hidden from Brewer Road traffic

  • Exposed framing: 4” x 14’ beams; 4” x 8” rafters and floor joists

  • Cathedral ceilings with V-match pine, painted fresh in January 2016

  • Split levels

  • 3 bedrooms (+ “TV room – potential bedroom)

  • 2 full bathrooms

  • 6’ x 8’ sauna - lined w/ native white cedar, off master bathroom

  • Total living area space = 2428 sq. ft. + 720 sq. ft. full basement + 760 sq. ft. deck and porches  =  3,908 total space

  • East porch: 260 sq. ft.

  • South deck: 240 sq. ft.

  • West screened in porch: 260 sq. ft.

  • 7’ x 30’ lean-to shed on North wall

  • 8’ x 10’ outbuilding enclosed + open air firewood storage 

  • 16’ x 16’ woodshed, metal roof

  • 6‘ x  8’ storage shed on 20’ x 26’ asphalt firepit area

  • 6’ x 8’ garden tool shed

  • Well, tested July 2018, supply lines replaced 2013, new Jet pump ~2008

  • Septic, rebuilt 2010, pumped Aug. 2018

  • Maintenance records available, water and radon testing passed, and home inspection with mitigations completed.

       

Foundation:

  • Concrete wall crawl space under original 24‘ x 26’ house, dirt floor covered with plastic - walls and floor re-insulated in 2015

  • Concrete floor in basement of addition, painted with epoxy floor paint in 2012.  Basement walls are 3’ high solid concrete with wood framing above to ceiling.

Main Structure Construction Materials:

  • All walls in addition are 2 x 6 with fiberglass insulation PLUS all walls have had ½” sheet rock applied before wall finish for extra fire protection. 

  • North wall is 2 x 6 studs, ½” sheetrock inside, + ¾” V-match pine – exterior is 7/16” waferboard + 1” board and battens = total wall thickness is over 8”

  • Roofing is metal over asphalt shingles

  • Siding is eastern white cedar shingles on all but the North wall which is painted, spruce boards and battens.

  • Custom stairs with southern yellow pine treads

  • Solid birch tongue and groove floors on main and top floors

  • Smoke and CO detectors throughout

Heating:

  • Fuel oil fired, forced hot air furnace, tiled-lined concrete u-block chimney

  • Vermont Casting Vigilant wood stove.  Chimney: tiled lined, surrounded by concrete u-block, 1” air space, then bricked floor to roof, all set on a massive concrete pad in the crawlspace.  Chimney cleaned yearly.  Most recently in June 2019.

  • Water heater – propane

  • Porches / Decks:

          - East facing front porch

          - South facing deck

          - West facing screened porch – w/ wood framed plastic sheet panels to install for                   the winter months

 

Kitchen 

  • Raised one step up from living room

  • Custom oak cabinets with pull out shelves in lower units

  • “Hi-Max” (Corian alternative) countertop

  • Italian hexagonal floor tile

  • Propane 4 burner GE range w/oven w/easy access panel to the rear for repair

  • Kenmore refrigerator w/ bottom drawer freezer

  • Propane fueled light above for power outages

Dining Room

  • Raised up one step from the living room/main floor

  • Solid red oak pre-finished tongue and groove flooring

Living Room

  • Italian hexagonal floor tile in entry

  • Carpet throughout

Laundry Room 

  • Spruce tongue and groove flooring

  • Crosley washing machine

  • Crosley electric dryer

Loft 

  • New carpet

  • New V-match white pine wall, east

  • Ceilings painted Jan. 2016

  • New windows, east

Master Bathroom

  • Ceramic tile floor

  • Large 3’ x 4’ mirror

  • Custom-made oak cabinets

  • Custom-made oak wainscoting

  • Neo-angle fiberglas shower

  • Ceiling exhaust fan

Attic

  • Drop-down stairs

  • Decked with plywood

Exterior

  • Metal roof 2000

  • New metal roofing, trim on east porch, Aug. 2016

  • 2 new windows, above east front porch

  • New cedar shingles, soffit, fascia, window trim, fresh caulk, ice and water shield, east face above porch

  • All trim and north wall painted summer 2015

  • New paving stones at front stairs

  • Rebuilt deck railings/sunbursts and stair treads July 2016

  • Landscaping around the south and west hedges, stairs and porch Aug 2019

Garage/workshop/ living quarters above      29’ x 30’

  • Metal roof

  • Garage door opener

  • Workshop & upstairs are insulated and heated with propane wall mount    heaters

  • Concrete floor in garage

  • Insulated wood floor in workshop

  • 2 x 6 framing walls and roof system

  • Built-in workbench with shelving at rear of garage

Accoutrements 

  • House nearly hidden from the road down a 400’ driveway. Nearest neighbor is ¼ mile away.

  • Road noise is minor and traffic is minimal = peaceful.

  • Great place to raise a family.

  • Large yards, easy mowing

  • 12 miles from Calais, 15 miles to Eastport

  • 1 mile to the Robbinston boat landing / Passamaquoddy Bay

  • ½ mile to access Maine’s extensive network of ATV trails

  • Hummingbirds are plentiful at porch feeders and visit consistently from May-Sept.

  • Nesting mourning doves reside in nests on porch beams.

  • Wildlife sightings in the yard: deer, moose, bears, foxes, hares, raccoons, porcupine

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