37 Hales Woods Rd, Brooklin, ME 04616

Contemporary 3 bed 2.5 bath home on two lots totaling 4.1 acres. Built in 2008 and finished in 2013. The attention to detail can be enjoyed in the solid mahogany and birch floors, wainscoting, crown molding, custom stain glass, and pocket doors. Outside, some of the Blue Hill peninsula's tallest, thickest trees mean lazy, sun-dappled days. There are also 17 sugar maples, black cherries, butternuts, beech, chestnuts, elm, red pines, and on and on. Low-care gardens wrap around the house and the 80-plus Japanese maples make the fall color last and last, beginning in early September and stretching deep into November. There is an orchard out back with black raspberries, sour cherries, sweet cherries, purple raspberries, high bush blueberries, and honeyberries. The house is bookended by a wrap-around front porch and a screened rear porch. Communal areas also abound inside with a cathedral-ceiling living room, a reading room, and a media room. It's also energy efficient, with south-facing skylights, double-honeycombed blinds, the most energy-efficient doors on the market, eight-inch walls, and insulated curtains.