Nice but the first photo? I thought it was going to be a horror movie! yikes!

Where‘s the whimsical floating staircase? Oops, never mind, I spy.

I love the green wall color in the bedroom.

I love it, too! It looks like it’s been there for at least decades.

Being challenged geographically, I had to google the Aspotogan Peninsula to find out where it was. Great house, but probably not warm enough for me.

I love how, even though it’s open concept, they use techniques to separate the rooms. The beams of course, but also ceiling height. Some may think it’s a tripping hazard, but the step down from the kitchen to dining seems to make the dining feel more separated, without taking away the kitchen view of the water.

And I just love the master bath, it is just lovely.

I have died and gone to Heaven!

BRB asking my husband if we can move to Canada.

I love this house!

LOL Cedar shakes/like red wood fences, in other words unfinished wood gets a silver look some say is scary other's like. I lean to scary. Either way it's a beautiful home...so you told us what it cost..what would the market say it is worth today?

I see nothing scary there whatsoever ... to the contrary, it's lovely, warm, and welcoming looking. I think it's beautiful!

Great movie location! I'd be happy to rent it out when I wasn't living there :)

What a beautiful home! Kswl-approved move-in ready 😎

It was just the first photo, looked dark, silhouetted against the colors of the sky, with the chimneys climbing up . . . As soon as I saw the second photo I was entranced.

Oh, my. Perfection. 🥰

Nice!

The last I looked the only Canadian province where a retiree can get Citizenship was Montreal.You do have to invest in the province interest free for 5 years.

Found the right home at last, eh? See, I spoke Canadian.

Now that is really well done. Nice to see an inside that matches the outside.

I really do love how the inside matches the outside, and it seems much smaller and cozier in the pictures than the expansive interiors and square footage would suggest. I'm still wondering where is the fridge? Around the corner from the main area?

I think the exterior is stone, not cedar shingle. Agreed Gooster, it looks a modest size outside. Allison, the front entry remind me of your last house.

More here: https://www.facebook.com/ForTheLoveOfOldHouses/photos/pcb.2119928828273159/2119926954940013/?type=3&theater

This is so me! The (lack of) color scheme. I even own one of these demijohn! And I have a curtained cabinet too!

Thanks everyone for your commentary on the home! I particularly love the grounds and the way they have made the accessory structures look historic as well.

The Aspotogan peninsula is not particularly close to anything but there are a relatively high amount of high end homes there and it is lovely with a few beaches as you go around. It’s right on the Atlantic ocean so although us Canadians frequently swim there, it is quite cold and most high end homes would probably also have a swimming pool.

I included the last photo of the bathroom because I thought it was interesting to have an acrylic tub shower combo in such a high end home.

Can’t believe I didn’t include the listing link...

http://www.duckworthrealestate.com/p0387-private-oceanfront-escape

The video “tour” (not very informative)

https://youtu.be/X6F7VXvxUzs

And most importantly the 3D tour!

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=SNQwDzmvLTo&referrer=http://www.duckworthrealestate.com/p0387-private-oceanfront-escape&back=1

Mtn, Oh, I love that angle even more! I shared a bit on another thread about our last house - the new owners painted everything in the kitchen white (but not the island). The coffered kitchen ceiling beams WHITE, but not the LR beams. Not sure about MBR beams. The trim, windows or doors left stained. Also painted the LR FP mantel white. There is a HUGE ZEBRA print hanging over the LR FP. They replaced the granite in kitchen with white something (not marble), and tore out the range backsplash and antique iron seal from the NYC bridge and did white whateverthehellitis backsplash. The black hutch/coffee station is now painted medium gray. I was horrified. Everyone that has seen the photos thinks it is awful. Our son ran across photos the painter posted on his FB page. I could have lived the rest of my life without seeing. Our ex-next door neighbor said they have not changed the exterior (thank goodness), so now it's going to be a shock to go from outside to inside. If they wanted a modern house (per their IG/FB accounts) why did they buy an English cottage?! Yes, I am still bitter.

Allison, I’m so sorry. That’s heartbreaking. :(

i feel like the ceilings are too low for those massive beams...I had a cluttery, claustrophobic vibe in those rooms. The rest of the house seems fine...very strange to me to see a stone beach house! 😂

Robo, enjoyed the 3D tour. Thanks for sharing. Not sure why there are the step up areas in some bedrooms. Don't care for those at all. That view is killer. DH now wants to move to "big water," as he jokingly refers to the ocean, but I'm sure Canada is out of the question!

It's disjointed to me; the bedroom drywall and plainness don't vibe with all those beams which are too low, and overall the styling is clunky and those chandeliers, overall a pass for me. Feels claustrophobic. Love the outside.

Oh no, Allison, not the backsplash. Barbarians.

Thankfully, the new owners (10 years now) of our first house have done very little to it, and maintain it quite nicely.

I do love the house but 50 min from Halifax is really a drawback imho. Way too far to babysit Penny and Emmett.

Wow, that is beautiful, thank you for the 3D tour!

That‘s an interesting faucet at the (big) prep sink. Do you think the pump handle actually works, or do you really have to reach over the counter to turn the handles?

I love how the back door faces the road and the front door faces the water. I think that’s like your Maine house, MtnRd, and I know it‘s common for lake houses in the Great Lakes states.

It really is a beautiful house!

Its a lovely house, but after seeing the 3D view, I'd have to change the kitchen flow. That counter (truncated a bit already to allow less of a barrier to the fridge) that blocks the cooking area and the cleanup area would drive me to distraction. Its like a wedge between coffee area, fridge, micro, cleanup, plate storage and the cooking area. A simple furniture-style table/skirted island could have been used.

I've had real beams like that, on a lower ceiling (and even lower, where you bump your head). Normally if they are that thick and big they are spaced further apart. And of course, they inexplicably disappear in the living room and then resume again in the downstairs bedroom.

Allison that breaks my heart to hear about what they have done to your beautiful home😂. It has always been one of my favorites!

I like it, but it is way too cold and remote for me. And those transition steps seem meaningless and unnecessary.

Allison, when I first read what the new owners had done to the inside of your former home, I wanted to cry. I don’t know how you can un-see that.

I like it less with the 3-D tour...somehow it seems smaller than the listed square footage. Some of the mystery is gone I guess.

Oh my gosh Allison who are you? This is my dream home. We live in Chester, Nova Scotia. I would have kept it exactly the way you created it. We could never afford that amount, mini version, maybe. My husband and I are dreaming that we might be able to buy it someday.

You may be confused?

Robo posted a listing and we are all commenting on it; no one here created the house or has even stepped foot in it.

But we share your fondness, for the most part. : )

But also hi from Halifax :)

Oh, okay, thank you for clarifying. I did misunderstand. I look at homes out around this area all the time and dream, ha ha. Thank you, again. I really do appreciate it.

@Cynthia Mckoy-Page, sorry for the confusion! Someone mentioned our last home, so I posted about changes the new owner had made.