House of the Month

pair of Adirondack chairs to see Vinalhaven and Camden Hills.”

The two-acre retreat also includes a guest cottage carrying the sobriquet The Woodshed. No misdirection here: ”It used to be the woodshed!” Today, “it’s bright and sunny with plenty of windows, a living room, full bath, eat-in kitchen, and two bedrooms upstairs, one fairly large and often rented by honeymooners.”

There are also two cabins. “The Oil House [yes, formerly the oil house] is a oneroom cabin with a bed in it and a porch with absolutely great views over the rocky ledge. Matt’s Shack has views of the light tower and Kimball Island.”

Other goodies include the “large boathouse, pier, ramp, float, mooring, storage building, and approximately 700 feet of bold, deepwater shore frontage,” all of which is ecologically guilt-free: “All the power required to run the compound is produced onsite with photovoltaics, a windmill, and a generator. Water is drawn from the sea…through a… desalination system yielding three gallons of crystal-clear water per minute which is stored in a 3,000-gallon cistern,” Smith says. Total price tag for going green here was “about $76,000,” according to the seller, Jeff Burke.

Antiques, appliances, bicycles, and a “25-foot vintage canopied launch and two vehicles” complete this dream, made possible by “daily scheduled ferry service from Stonington” year-round. Hardly just any port in a storm. Taxes are $3,104. Visit www.swanagency.com. n