Landvest Camden Office

Finally, after a long wet spring, summer weather has arrived and Camden Harbor is active with the schooners and day-sailors beginning their voyages, yachts being rigged and the [...]

A luxury rental to call your own...at least for a week!

Families have been coming for generations, friends make it an annual getaway, couples tie the knot here, and fishermen dont miss the Derby. The love for Marthas Vineyard stretches from coast-to-coast and brings passports from all over the world. The captivating smell of saltwater is [...]

High Island

(originally named High Isle) acquired its name from the hilltop in the center of the island which is the highest point within the Muscle Ridge chain of islands. Until late in the 19th century, High Island was mostly uninhabited except for occasional seasonal use by fishermen or a fishing [...]

Looking for that perfect gift for Valentines Day? In the second of our Valentine's Day blog series, Looking for Love? we suggest looking at some of our incredible waterfront properties because, as we all know, living at the beach is good for the mind, body, and soul. [...]

RIDING THE FERRY, the Margaret Chase Smith, back from Islesboro in late December on a gray overcast day with stiff NE winds, gale warnings and snow in the air made me take a long look at where I was. Penobscot Bay, while always beautiful, can be a challenging environment in the winter and I was glad that the Shada was safely stored indoors [...]

April 2010- August 2012

While looking for a two-bedroom home requiring no maintenance, the current owners drove by the Dark Harbor House and instantly fell in love with her. There was just one catchshe had (at that time) 13 bedrooms and was in declining conditionbut that problem dissolved, at least in the owners' minds, when they saw the [...]

An Islesboro Summer Cottage: the Beginnings

The original owners of the Dark Harbor House, an Islesboro summer cottage, were George and Ellen Philler, from Philadelphia. Mr. Philler was the President of First National Bank of Philadelphia. He became acquainted with the property through friends who had an interest in the Islesboro Land and [...]

THE CAMDEN MARKET IN CONTEXT

AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL SEASON and the last quarter of the year, the 2016 Maine real estate market is coming into focus. A look at the overall statistics for properties listed above $1,000,000 shows continued strength in southern Maine, a solid improvement in the mid-coast region and ongoing softness in the [...]

"I've often thought if someone were coming to visit America for the first time, I'd send them to... Islesboro Island, where there's a great Victorian inn called Dark Harbor House, a gracious place with no phones, and fireplaces in all the [...]