104 Echo RoadBrunswick, ME 04011Price: $795,000

Designed for easy living, this comfortable, energy-efficient 3-bedroom, 2-bath home features a bright, open first floor made for gathering. The custom kitchen flows into the dining & living areas & onto the front porch, back deck, out to the lawn & artist's shed beyond. Set along a quiet gravel road in the Two Echo Co-Housing Community, 104 Echo Road is surrounded by mature landscaping that provides privacy and easy access to neighborhood paths and gardens. The first floor includes an entry mudroom with built-ins, ¾ bath, bay-window dining area, hardwood floors, large windows, low-emission wood stove, radiant floor heat and a heat pump. Upstairs, the large, sunlit primary bedroom offers garden views and its own heat pump. Two additional bedrooms and a hall bath complete the second floor. Wool carpeting continues into the roomy attic, with windows on all four sides. Nearly 3,000 SF of flexible space across four floors includes a well-lit basement with laundry, exercise and play areas, workshop, storage and mechanical space. Improvements include solar panels & battery backup, a new kitchen and mudroom, updated baths, two heat pumps, two wood stoves, insulated basement and attic, custom cabinetry, office shed, mature gardens, in-ground dog fence, wood/bike/garden shed and an expandable 3-4 bd septic. Two parking spaces convey, with room to build a garage. Two Echo's 27 homes share 92 acres of woods, gardens, fields and play spaces, along with a Common House, where the member-run community gathers socially and shares in caring for the neighborhood, features a dining hall, commercial kitchen, guest room and playroom. Brunswick and Freeport are 10-15 minutes away; Portland is about 30 minutes.