1984 Masardis Home with Fruit Trees, Dual Heating, and River Access — $115,000

The location is the first thing to know. Masardis sits in Aroostook County, deep in northern Maine, and this house puts you steps from the Aroostook River for fishing and kayaking and close to ATV and snowmobile trail networks. If that kind of access matters to you, it matters a lot here.

The house itself is a 1984 three-bedroom, one-bath, 1,301 square feet. It has a covered porch, a detached garage, and half an acre with established fruit trees and berry bushes already in the ground. That last part takes years to build, and someone already did it.

Heating is set up two ways. There are multiple high-efficiency heat pumps that handle zoned heating in winter and cooling in summer. There is also a woodstove. In northern Maine, having two systems is practical, and having a woodstove as one of them is a reasonable choice. You are not dependent on a single approach when January arrives.

The half acre gives you room without being unmanageable. The gardens and fruit plantings are described as established and mature, which in gardening terms means you skip the waiting period and go straight to using them. The detached garage handles a vehicle, tools, or the kind of gear that accumulates when you spend time on trails and water.

The agent description is thin on interior details. What the listing tells you clearly is the outdoor situation: river access, trail networks, a productive yard, a covered porch, and a garage. The house is modest in size and straightforward. At $115,000 in a part of Maine where the outdoors is the main draw, it reads as a place built around how you spend time outside rather than inside.

If you are looking at this, you probably already know whether northern Aroostook County is somewhere you want to be. The property fits the place.