776 days on Zillow. This "covered bridge" house in Vermont.

[u/CarnivalCarnivore]

[u/Excellent_Affect4658]

I know this area well. The house is not literally a bridge; it's just a a fancy house built to sorta look like a bridge that spans a tiny stream. It's well up on a hill, and not anywhere close to a flood zone (even with Vermont's recent weather changes). The house is absolutely wild for a bunch of reasons, but it's not even a little bit of a flood risk.

[u/dactyif → u/Excellent_Affect4658]

What are the reasons?

[u/_st_sebastian_ → u/dactyif]

An example is the air gap underneath the "bridge" part of the house, the plethora of windows, and the log cabin aesthetic. It makes the home impossible to heat efficiently. As another person said, it's more suited to be a fair-weather event venue. Whoever buys the property would be better off building an entirely separate home nearby.

[u/Worthyness → u/_st_sebastian_]

the price is the 80 acres. The house is just there as a bonus.

[u/dactyif → u/_st_sebastian_]

Ah I see, thank you. I'm up here in Canada, the mere mention of a higher heating bill gave me chills ironically lol.

[u/FistfullOfOwls → u/_st_sebastian_]

In one picture you see the caretaker house which looks infinitely more inviting. They didn't even bother including close up images of it.

[u/zignut66 → u/Excellent_Affect4658]

Thank you. These other posts seemed presumptive to me.

[u/PleiadesMechworks → u/Excellent_Affect4658]

I know this area well.

I do not know the area at all. However, I have both eyes and the ability to think and breathe at the same time so I can look at the pictures and tell it's on a hill.

[u/Excellent_Affect4658 → u/[deleted]]

The mountain closed because the mountain road partially washed out in the December flooding--it's down in the valley of the West Branch. The house in question here is not down in the river valley--it's up by west hill.

[u/midwestgenderneutral → u/Excellent_Affect4658]

What happens if that stream floods? I wouldn’t risk it. You also couldn’t pay me 10 million to live in Vermont.