A dilapidated mansion built more than a century ago has hit the market for just $80,000 - but it needs extensive work to restore. The 4,305-square-foot six-bedroom house can be found in a quiet corner of Frankfort, Maine, and was built in 1864. The home, however, has been vacant for years - falling on hard times after the previous owner planned to restore it into a bed and breakfast.
His death in 2022 saw it passed to a relative, who is now set to sell the historic property. Racked with water damage and structural deterioration, the home was recently branded a 'ghost house' by one wary resident. Scroll down for video: The 4,305-square-foot six-bedroom can be found in a quiet corner of Frankfort, Maine, and was built in 1864 The home, however, has been vacant for years - falling on hard times after the previous owner planned to restore it into a bed and breakfast 'Someone please save this house,' the local wrote, sharing the listing on a community Facebook page.
'It's a total gut job,' added listing agent Suzanne Chase of the home, in a Friday interview with the Bangor Daily News. Two days before, she told Fox ABC Maine while stood outside the downtrodden domicile, 'It's the only one that's left in this architectural design.' To save it, first 'you'd have to fix the roof', she said - citing the 'funnel' of water 'that's putting all of the [rain] into the third, second, first floor and even the basement.
' 'Fix the roof and then everything else [follows],' she said, conceding that such undertaking would be as costly as time-consuming. The $79,900 asking price reflects this, she said. The listing adds that 'the materials used and craftsmanship can still vaguely be seen[,] but decades of abandonment and lack of maintenance have taken a rough toll.
' The historic estate is listed as a 'former beauty that is 'currently in need of a massive clean out [and] extensive renovations and...
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