Built in 1970 high in North Country, the three-story house has a basement, a deck, and a loft that fits two king-sized beds. The 600-square-foot cottage sits on 7,841 square feet of land.<\/p>\n
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The living room and fireplace at 1 Nay Pond Island, Milan, N.H.Natasha Avery of Avery Photography![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HN5VNRP4ENHWTIODR5PQZCREZE.jpg\")
The kitchen at 1 Nay Pond Island.Natasha Avery of Avery Photography<\/p>\n
The house is fitted with solar panels, a backup generator, propane for its heat stove, a refrigerator, a water collection system (installed in 2020), a heating system (10 years old), and compost toilets. \u201cIt\u2019s fully off the grid and self-sustained,\u201d said seller Paul Doucette. <\/p>\n
The island home is only accessible by boat \u2014 a solar-powered boat comes with the property; the house also has its own dock.<\/p>\n
Doucette lives at the house 10 months out of the year. When the pond is icy, it\u2019s not safe to cross, so Doucette goes down to the Florida Keys. (He named the property Moose Key as a nod to his Florida home. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was previously named Otter Point, and otters do play on the island,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou [can] actually stay there for some of winter … while the water is freezing, that\u2019s when you go … elsewhere, when it\u2019s unpassable \u2014 unless you want to be stranded at the island,” he said, adding that he has stayed through the freeze before. \u201cYou have to prepare for it.\u201d <\/p>\n
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The dock and a boat at 1 Nay Pond Island.Natasha Avery of Avery Photography![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IZGRXLCNGRALPJDF63M4SZH4XY.webp.jpeg\")
The loft at 1 Nay Pond Island.Natasha Avery of Avery Photography<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery window you look at, it\u2019s just water, you can see wonderful, beautiful sunsets, sunrises,\u201d said Doucette. \u201cThe cottage is at least 30 to 40 feet above the water, because it\u2019s a big boulder that it\u2019s built on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doucette likes waterskiing on the pond, and the property also has access to two snowmobile trails, ATV trails, and plenty of fishing spots. While it\u2019s a remote getaway, there is a market nearby on the mainland (about 10 minutes by boat). Overnight parking is available at a lot in town. <\/p>\n
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The deck overlooking Nay Pond at 1 Nay Pond Island.Natasha Avery of Avery Photography<\/p>\n
Milan has fewer than 1,400 residents, and the community around Nay Pond is tight-knit with many seasonal residents, according to Doucette. \u201cWe all look out for each other,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Doucette is selling the property and moving to Florida full time to live on a houseboat.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful business opportunity for someone who would like to run an Airbnb. It sleeps eight people,\u201d said Debi Davis, of Re\/Max Northern Edge Realty<\/a>, who is listing the property. \u201cIf you have any in-laws that you just don\u2019t want knocking on your door, what a great place to be,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n