971 High StreetWest Gardiner, ME 04345MLS Number 1569535

Horse owners, domestic farmers, and homesteaders take notice! This unique property in the conveniently located and favorably taxed bedroom community of West Gardiner is ready to meet all your agricultural needs, while also offering an energy efficient and well-cared for home with many recent updates. The massive post & beam barn reportedly built in the 1850's was recently renovated & adapted to meet the needs of housing horses, w/ 1st floor laid out for function & the massive loft area able to store 1200+/- square hay bales. 2017 barn updates include metal roof, vinyl siding, replacement windows, wiring and frost-free water. A spacious hillside pasture offers cleared grazing spaces, veteran apple trees, and fencing equipped with electrification if desired. Cape style farmhouse built in the 1940's offers a private back porch running the width of the house, a spacious fully applianced kitchen w/ informal eat-in breakfast nook and separate formal dining room, which like the kitchen is drenched with natural light. The living room hosts a super-efficient Harman pellet stove nestled on the hearth ready to heat things up. Off the front is a cozy enclosed porch. A newly renovated bathroom designed w/ division between washroom and bathing room w/ vanities in each space, and washer & dryer stored conveniently out of sight. Upstairs two end bedrooms offer decent sized living space, & third smaller bedroom perfect for a nursery, small bedroom or in-home office. There are multiple heating systems to accommodate preferences or budgets. A recently added heat pump hot water heater efficiently delivers all the hot water needed. Other systems include the 2020 installed septic system, drilled well, circuit breaker w/ recent generator hook-up, 2020 shingled roof & insulated basement, & recently serviced chimney. The 5+/- acre parcel is optimized offering ample space to meet the needs of farming, w/ room for gardening, plus potential additional buildable lot to town specs.