344 Blodgett RoadPittston, ME 04345Sale Price: $291,000

Riverfront custom-built 1989 Colonial-style 3BR/2BA home, with attached 2 ½ car garage and breezeway. Passive solar, warm, bright and airy home features exposed center chimney and open loft with space for office or art studio. Standard pine floors throughout. Full unfinished attic could be converted to living or play space. Attached oversized garage has a woodshed and chicken house (or storage shed) on south side House has attached foundation built off the full, walkout basement, ready for purchased or custom greenhouse. House has automatic propane powered generator. Property is home to a mature orchard with six varieties of apples, plus pears, raspberries, blueberries, grapes. House faces the Eastern River which is tidal and excellent for flat-water canoeing, with a slow, reversing current. The river has a tide of about four to five feet, and seasonal smelt and alewife runs. It is navigable by small boat, and empties into Merrymeeting Bay at Dresden. From the homesite on Blodgett Road, you will frequently see nesting eagles, beavers, otters, woodcocks, geese, and many varieties of ducks. Even the occasional seal can be spotted. The night sky is dark, with very little ''light pollution.'' The Blodgett Road is town owned and well maintained, and very quiet, with pleasant walking on the road, and also on the waterside trails of a nearby land trust preserve. House sits on 10 acres, with 500' road frontage, and 600' on the Eastern River. Sellers are also selling 88 adjacent additional acres (see MLS#1448680.)