Barton | $628,000 ($849,000 CAD)
A two-unit home on nearly 16 acres
This two-unit 1979 home, with a total of seven bedrooms and three baths, is in the community of Barton and sits on a knoll overlooking St. Mary’s Bay, which eventually empties into the Bay of Fundy off Nova Scotia’s west coast. The town of Digby, with a population of about 2,000, is 10 miles east on Annapolis Basin, also off the Bay of Fundy, and offers shopping and dining particularly themed around Digby scallops, for which the town is known. Whale watching is the other popular tourism activity here.
There is year-round ferry service across the bay to Saint John, New Brunswick, where the largest airport is. Because of ferry maintenance, service is on hiatus from Oct. 15, through Dec. 2, this year. Digby has a small regional airport about three miles south of the town.
Size: 4,513 square feet
Price per square foot: $139
Indoors: The three-bedroom, two-bath main house has knotty pine paneling, wainscoting and wide-plank wood floors, giving it a lodge-like feel. The kitchen has been updated with stainless-steel appliances and Shaker-style wood cabinets and features a brick fireplace. The adjacent dining area fits a large dining table and has windows overlooking the yard. A glassed-in sunroom at the back offers three-season living. An unusual feature is the dome-shaped Kachelofen, a masonry wood-burning radiant heater. An upstairs bedroom features handsome wood built-in cabinetry and storage.
An independent four-bedroom apartment, connected to the main house by a workshop, has its own entrance, laundry, a full bathroom and a deck. It is currently rented out.
Outdoors: A winding driveway leads through mature trees and landscaped grounds to the house. The property includes an expansive lawn, a barn and a greenhouse.
Costs: $4,040 ($5,459 CAD) a year in property taxes
Contact: Kaleigh Everett, 902-292-9975, Sotheby’s International Realty
Chester Basin | $665,000 ($899,000 CAD)
A chic cabin overlooking Half Moon Cove
This three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath house from 1987 is just outside the village of Chester, on Nova Scotia’s South Shore. Set on an acre of waterfront land, the property is about 1 mile south of Marriotts Cove, a coastal community in the Chester Municipal District along the “Lighthouse Route,” and 3.5 miles from Chester Basin, settled in 1760. Chester Basin thrives on tourism, local craftworks, boat building and light industry. Also of local interest is the Chester Golf Club, a historic oceanside course established in 1914.
Halifax, Nova Scotia’s capital and most populous city, is about 40 miles east.
Size: 1,519 square feet
Price per square foot: $439
Indoors: Tucked into the woods and featuring knotty pine and beamed ceilings throughout the interior, the house has a distinct chic-cabin vibe. The first floor has bay views from the dining and living rooms, both of which offer access to the deck running the width of the house. Stairs lead from the deck to the water’s edge and a sand and pebble beach. The eat-in kitchen is open in format, with Shaker-style cabinetry and a door leading to the outside. The living room has a vaulted ceiling and a wood-burning fireplace. A 152-square-foot room just off that and separated by a hallway can be a bedroom, family room or home office. Three bedrooms on the second floor range in size from 81 to 152 square feet, and share a full bathroom.
Outdoors: The bay-front property includes a landscaped backyard, an in-ground pool, a changing shed, a pergola and a garden with wood steps into the woods.
Costs: 2,970 ($4,018 CAD) a year in property taxes
Contact: Sandra Bryant, 902-423-2769; Bryant Realty Atlantic
Uniacke & Rawdon | $665,000 ($899,000 CAD)
A glass bungalow on a lakeside cul-de-sac
Built in 2022, this three-bedroom, two-bath, lakefront bungalow sits on 0.8 acres in Loon Point at the Villages of Long Lake, a gated cottage community with 159 homes in its Phase 1 build stage; Phase 2 will add 141 more. The developer, Cottage Country, specializes in energy-efficient homes in lake areas. This one is 30 miles north of Halifax and close to Mount Uniacke, an unincorporated community in Hants County. The Uniacke & Rawdon region has a population of about 5,000 and is known for its wealth of hiking trails, lakes and rivers.
Hants County is the ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people and has a 400-year history as a home to African communities in Nova Scotia.
Size: 1,840 square feet
Price per square foot: $362
Indoors: The open-format great room combines the living and dining areas, and offers 20-foot-high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and a Stûv 21 wood-burning fireplace. An island that seats four separates the dining area from the stylish kitchen, which features a high-polished countertop and black matte fixtures.
The left wing of the house includes the 195-square-foot primary bedroom suite, with a custom walk-in closet. A hallway from the great room leads to two bedrooms of near equal size (138 feet) that share a full bathroom.
Outdoors: The 0.8-acre lot includes 85 feet of lake frontage, with a small dock stretching into the water. A small porch covered by a portion of the roof is accessible from the back door and a door in the primary bedroom.
Costs: $3,270 ($4,420 CAD) a year in property taxes
Contact: James Dwyer, 902-209-6291, Engel & Völkers
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