Grand house up for auction

[Jay Jolliffe]

If you have a few million you can bid on it. I worked on it for 8 yrs in total..Four yrs as the cabinet maker, doors, window seats anything with raised panels. The Japanese Shoji, bed & other cabinets. I don't take credit for it all but most of the fine wood working...Mostly made from Mahogany. Kitchen cabinets are Jotba & the cabinets int the carriage house are Purple Heart....It was fun doing it because my wife & I designed the woodwork & the owner gave us free rein. Shame it's a auction.....I come here & look at everyone else work...well here you go...
https://vimeo.com/decaro/review/140809124/418df7d18c

[Kent Adams]

If you have a few million you can bid on it. I worked on it for 8 yrs in total..Four yrs as the cabinet maker, doors, window seats anything with raised panels. The Japanese Shoji, bed & other cabinets. I don't take credit for it all but most of the fine wood working...Mostly made from Mahogany. Kitchen cabinets are Jotba & the cabinets int the carriage house are Purple Heart....It was fun doing it because my wife & I designed the woodwork & the owner gave us free rein. Shame it's a auction.....I come here & look at everyone else work...well here you go...
https://vimeo.com/decaro/review/140809124/418df7d18c

Spectacular house and even more spectacular location and view. Who is the owner and why the auction? Its a no reserve auction, so probably no debt on the home.

[Jay Jolliffe]

The house is owned by John Blin...Wants out ...over 10 million into the house. I became the caretaker after working on it for 3 1/3 yrs . Creeping bad health forced me to resign.

[Harold Burrell]

I. Cannot. Imagine...

I can't even imagine living like that. My word...I wouldn't even be able to afford visiting that place. Very, very nice.

[Brian Tymchak]

ah, pocket change... :p

surprised that the art is included in the deal. owner must really need to unload the property.

[Mel Fulks]

I don't like the primitive exterior design but there is a lot of good work there. That organic style is,to me, organic in the same sense as Steve McQueen's movie "The Blob". Seems like all of those "money is no object" houses are not lived in for long before there is no money to live there. My favorite feature is the garden bridge,and I love that color. The house will be hard to sell because of its design but WILL sell because of good work by talented craftsmen.

[Greg R Bradley]

Jay,

Your work is fabulous. It must have been nice to work without a budget for a person that appreciated it.

[Ian Moone]

One Powerball!. :D

[Clarence Martin]

Website says Bidders need $50 Grand just to register for the auction . Taxes are over $25 Grand. Either 14 or 18 acres, Not sure which. Nice place, but how do they deal with septic systems on that Island ? Just dump it in the Atlantic? Is it well water ? How are they heating the properties on that Island ?

[Jay Jolliffe]

No dumping in the Atlantic. There are strict rules here. It has 3 wells, 1 for the house & 2 for the garden. The house has 2 lg boilers that are oil. It also has 40,000 gal under ground water tanks that are feed by one of the wells for a fire hydrant. Everything has to be delivered by a ferry.....

[jared herbert]

Please let us know how the auction turns out!!!!

[Tom M King]

Stephen King should be notified.

[Matt Day]

Wow, what an estate. Not exactly the auction (had woodworking tools) I went to yesterday where the house and property sold for $38k!

You should be proud of your work!

[Allan Speers]

I. Cannot. Imagine...

I can't even imagine living like that. My word...I wouldn't even be able to afford visiting that place. Very, very nice.


I would offer to take you, Harold, but my private helicopter is in the shop this week. :(

[Kent Adams]

The house is owned by John Blin...Wants out ...over 10 million into the house. I became the caretaker after working on it for 3 1/3 yrs . Creeping bad health forced me to resign.

The view is certainly one of a kind and the home is exceptional. I don't know the area, but I could see a home like this going for $15-18 million in a warmer climate with that view. I'm just not sure if it will fetch that in Maine. I'm going to guess $8 million max after looking at comparables on Zillow. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1-Clapboard-Is-Falmouth-ME-04105/2109758659_zpid/

[Mel Fulks]

A couple in Virginia spent over 110,000,000 (yes,one hundred and ten million) for a custom house . Went broke and I think Trump bought it for about ten million. Some of these things do not do well for original owner.

[Allan Speers]

Ah yes. Donald trump - Man of the people !

[Ian Moone]

I've lived at sea on more than one island.

What I can tell you is that, its not all it's cracked up to be!.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/troutylow/Fly%20West%20Moore%20Island%20Wilderness%20Fishing %20Lodge/Image168.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/troutylow/Fly%20West%20Moore%20Island%20Wilderness%20Fishing %20Lodge/P1080052.jpg

I'd take a look but the squirrel is in the shop for its annual maintenance.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/troutylow/Fly%20West%20Moore%20Island%20Wilderness%20Fishing %20Lodge/P1080062.jpg

But the view never gets old.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/troutylow/Fly%20West%20Moore%20Island%20Wilderness%20Fishing %20Lodge/P1080035.jpg

[kevin nee]

Sorry to hear of your bad health. Kevin

[Jay Jolliffe]

Well I guess that auction has been called off until spring...Don't know why. Maybe not enough time to show it or interest. Landscape is going to take a beating over the winter...

[Greg R Bradley]

Well I guess that auction has been called off until spring...Don't know why. Maybe not enough time to show it or interest. Landscape is going to take a beating over the winter...

Will that give you enough time to raise the money to buy it for yourself? :D