Tasteful friends: 'High Note,' an 1876 Wiscasset, Maine house, $399,000

Are there sharks in that river?

How do you say Wiscasset? wiss-CASS-uht?

It’s definitely a nice building but what’s with the weird decor? The random and aimless placement of the chairs in the first floor is creepy for some reason. Also that horrific tub that’s embedded in the floor... NEXT TO THE TOILET? Yuck!

There's not a single room in it that looks comfortable.

It's a lovely Victorian, but I'm betting there are a lot of plumbing problems with the winter freeze and cooling problems in the summer. For a lake house it's oddly fussy. Too much work...

Except for the kitchen it's a wonderful home. I would have to make sure I didn't drink while bathing though or that tub would freak me the hell out

Yeah. That's a reminder that a sunken bath is good only when is it first raised up a bit, or has broad steps leading down into it. In any case, it's dead wrong there.

Ornate Victorian architecture is among my very least favorite styles. So, no.

I've been through Wiscasset on my way to Boothbay Harbor. I absolutely adore Maine, and it's remarkably similar to my home state of West Virginia.

Anyway, if I were going to spend that kind of money for a home in Maine, it would be a more modest18th Century home, much closer to the water. I LOVE the austerity of the Saltbox style, and it's at the top of my list of preferences.

It will look a thousand times better when the furniture is removed, and most of the pictures. Far too many pictures - and they have the effect of making the place weirdly claustrophobia-inducing.

I kind of like it. The kichen layout is small, but I do like the paint color. This would be perfect for someone into furniture upholstery 'cause that would have to be done. That is if, you get the paintings and the furniture too? The frames are great.

Is this a nice area of Maine? Looks like it is near a lake too.

Great house, but the kitchen looks like it's in an RV. Remove all the crap, paint, add new furniture, and it's great. Those upstairs bedrooms with the large windows are very nice.

First, there is too much artwork. Second, it is almost entirely ordinarily framed prints behind glass of more well known paintings. Coupled with the mish-mash of furniture, odd wall colors, and general clutter it makes the whole place look dreary.

The sunken tub is bizarre.

Absolutely, R7. This bathtub installation is just as bizarre as it is impractical.

Hideous to start with and made worse with every "improvement" over the last 145 years.

That entry and hallway.

And I know they can/would be ripped out immediately, but that rug on the stairs is enough to require an exorcism and burying the stairs in hoodoo salt for three months.

The realtor needs to be fired. The presentation is hideous.

Agreed, R16. I'm not a realtor, but sweet Jeebus I could do better with a drink in one hand and a dick in the other.

Wiscasset is known as "The Prettiest Village in Maine".

It's about an hour from Portland.

I have recently been horrified at how right wing some of New England is. Is this a liberal area?

Wisscasset is very pretty but Rt 1 runs right through the center of town. It is hell with traffic in the summer. Sometimes it is backed up for miles. They really need to reroute it like they did for Damariscotta.