A custom-built property that once served as a model home for a bankrupted builder is up for sale in Clinton.
Priced at just under $600,000, the 6-bedroom, 3-bathroom home is on a wooded 15.5-acre lot just off the I-95. It was built in 1996 by a custom home building company that used the property both as its headquarters and a model home that prospective clients could tour, according to listing agent Lindsey Brann.
“They made a business out of it,” Brann, an agent with Integrity Homes Real Estate Group, said. “The main floor was the house; they used the finished basement as their office. People would see it and then order their custom house.”
But the model home was foreclosed on and repossessed by the bank in the early 2000s after the builder went out of business. In the years since, the home has been used as a private residence and has had four owners since then, Brann said.
Its current property owners are a Georgia couple who moved out to the area to work a two-year contract at the Sappi paper mill in nearby Skowhegan, Brann said. They’re selling now that their contract is up. Though the property was only listed Tuesday, its fine craftsmanship and attractive features have already attracted prospective buyers.
It’s certainly the stateliest property for sale in Clinton right now, where home values are around $244,000, according to Zillow. It has a volleyball court, a turret and an above-ground pool surrounded by a new patio and a hot tub. It also boasts polished interiors, a wraparound deck, gorgeous hardwood flooring and detailed woodwork throughout, a chef’s kitchen and plenty of natural light afforded by vast windows and soaring ceilings.
“It’s a pretty special property,” Brann said.
With a half-bathroom on the ground floor, Brann said part of the property could be transformed into an in-law apartment, something more and more Maine homebuyers are looking for when they purchase a property either to accommodate family or generate rental income.
There’s also a 1 1/2-story garage and a massive pole barn on the property where Brann said the bankrupted builder once stored building materials. That barn could make a great space for a car enthusiast, hobbyist or a place for a new business to take root — hopefully one more successful than its first inhabitant.