Peacock House
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Wow indeed. I'll take it as is.
Questions:
Weatherboard needs repainting every decade?
Is the lowish(?) price because of the location... severe winters?
back of beyond?If the siding is wood then yes, you have to keep it painted. I have a house like that, clad in genuine Western Red Cedar. One the mark of a quality build, now it’s kind of a throwback. Looks nice but likes to rot and requires a lot of maintenance.
By now the siding on that house may have been changed to vinyl. Very popular these days and for good reason - nearly indestructible and requires no maintenance other than periodic washing.
I was all set to hate it when I moved to Ohio - who wants a plastic house? - but it really is the material of choice for the climate.
Bernard knows the area better than I do but I'd wager it’s pretty much summer resort town. Not much work to be found in the immediate area and the winters can be brutal.
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That’s a lovely house, I really like the outside as well and that little … what do you call, a playhouse?
I always wanted to attend Summer Keys or another adult piano camp! Is Summer Keys still going?
I notice that the listing says the furnishing are available for purchase, I wonder if they’ll include that Yamaha!
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That’s a lovely house, I really like the outside as well and that little … what do you call, a playhouse?
I always wanted to attend Summer Keys or another adult piano camp! Is Summer Keys still going?
I notice that the listing says the furnishing are available for purchase, I wonder if they’ll include that Yamaha!
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If the siding is wood then yes, you have to keep it painted. I have a house like that, clad in genuine Western Red Cedar. One the mark of a quality build, now it’s kind of a throwback. Looks nice but likes to rot and requires a lot of maintenance.
By now the siding on that house may have been changed to vinyl. Very popular these days and for good reason - nearly indestructible and requires no maintenance other than periodic washing.
I was all set to hate it when I moved to Ohio - who wants a plastic house? - but it really is the material of choice for the climate.
Bernard knows the area better than I do but I'd wager it’s pretty much summer resort town. Not much work to be found in the immediate area and the winters can be brutal.
@Steve-Miller said in Peacock House:
If the siding is wood then yes, you have to keep it painted. I have a house like that, clad in genuine Western Red Cedar. One the mark of a quality build, now it’s kind of a throwback. Looks nice but likes to rot and requires a lot of maintenance.
By now the siding on that house may have been changed to vinyl. Very popular these days and for good reason - nearly indestructible and requires no maintenance other than periodic washing.
I was all set to hate it when I moved to Ohio - who wants a plastic house? - but it really is the material of choice for the climate.
Bernard knows the area better than I do but I'd wager it’s pretty much summer resort town. Not much work to be found in the immediate area and the winters can be brutal.
Tell me about it. We're getting repainted next month. Again. Third time.
And getting new carpet upstairs.
And a new tankless water heater.
And the driveway sealed.
And a huge window glass unit replaced.
And the basement re-finished.
Renting looks better all the time.
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@Steve-Miller said in Peacock House:
If the siding is wood then yes, you have to keep it painted. I have a house like that, clad in genuine Western Red Cedar. One the mark of a quality build, now it’s kind of a throwback. Looks nice but likes to rot and requires a lot of maintenance.
By now the siding on that house may have been changed to vinyl. Very popular these days and for good reason - nearly indestructible and requires no maintenance other than periodic washing.
I was all set to hate it when I moved to Ohio - who wants a plastic house? - but it really is the material of choice for the climate.
Bernard knows the area better than I do but I'd wager it’s pretty much summer resort town. Not much work to be found in the immediate area and the winters can be brutal.
Tell me about it. We're getting repainted next month. Again. Third time.
And getting new carpet upstairs.
And a new tankless water heater.
And the driveway sealed.
And a huge window glass unit replaced.
And the basement re-finished.
Renting looks better all the time.
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I stayed here the second year I attended Summer Keys in Lubec, Maine. (I'm 99% certain this was the B&B, it was after all quite a while back.) It's for sale.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/27-Summer-St_Lubec_ME_04652_M47978-40923
Those two visits to Summer Keys were wonderful. I loved, loved, loved the sound of the fog horn at night.
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Wow indeed. I'll take it as is.
Questions:
Weatherboard needs repainting every decade?
Is the lowish(?) price because of the location... severe winters?
back of beyond?@AndyD I would say location more than winter weather. The winters there are probably about the same as here where I am, maybe a tiny bit warmer due to proximity to water. Summer temps are a bit cooler than here though, although that could be changing.
But it's way up the coast of Maine, as far east as you can go in the US, on the Bay of Fundy. (I went whale watching in the Bay the first year I visited.) They are the first in the US to see the rising sun.
It's a wonderful place to visit. Campobello Island (Canada) is right across the bridge. Roosevelt's cottage is there. The tides are very high, up to 20 foot ranges. It has all the visual, aural, and olfactory stimulations of a seacoast area.
The nearest hub would be Machias, about 12 or so miles south. The University of Maine has a campus there. But the population of Machias is still only a couple thousand.
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That’s a lovely house, I really like the outside as well and that little … what do you call, a playhouse?
I always wanted to attend Summer Keys or another adult piano camp! Is Summer Keys still going?
I notice that the listing says the furnishing are available for purchase, I wonder if they’ll include that Yamaha!
@ShiroKuro Yes, Summer Keys is still going. They've expanded a lot since I went in those earlier years of its existence. Back then it was piano and voice. Now there are programs for several instruments including flute and cello. I have a few friends here in NH who go (in fact one is there this month sometime), one for the piano program, the other for the cello program. I'm planning a revisit within the next few years.
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Some day I'd love to stay in the area and travel around the East Coast.
And a second time for the West Coast.The US does like its cladding. We just bought some thermowood cut to match to repair one of the three sections around our front first floor windows.
Should be durable...even before we paint it
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I think that’s what we call composite lumber. It’s available here too as Hardi Board or Azak.
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I'm thinking it's real wood.
https://internationaltimber.com/product/thermowood-radiata-pine-2/
