1900 Detroit Maine Farmhouse with Legal In-Law Apartment Above Garage — $129,900

The garage apartment is the reason to look at this place. It sits above an attached deep garage, has its own private entrance, a full bath, and a kitchen, dining, and living area in one open room. That is a legal accessory dwelling unit on a property priced at $129,900. You can use it for family, rent it, or just have the space. Whatever you do with it, it changes the math on what this property actually is.

The main house is a 1900 farmhouse in Detroit, Maine, three bedrooms and two baths across 1,920 square feet. The agent copy says it has plenty of character but needs repairs and updates, which is the polite way of saying come in with eyes open and a budget. How much work it needs is hard to say without walking it, but the framing is honest enough that you should plan for more than paint.

Out back there is a fenced yard. Good for a dog, good for keeping some separation between your space and the neighbors'. The garage is deep, which means actual storage or workspace, not just room for one car and a lawnmower.

Detroit is a small town in central Maine. Newport and Pittsfield are both under ten miles away, and either one gets you to I-95. So this is not a remote situation where you are driving forty minutes for groceries. It is rural without being isolated.

At $129,900 for four beds, two baths, 1,920 square feet, a garage, a fenced yard, and a separate living unit, the price reflects the condition. This is a project. If you want something ready to move into without lifting a hammer, look elsewhere. But if you can handle the work and want a property with a second unit already in place, this is a straightforward case for looking harder.