Year-Around Renting/Life on Mount Desert Island (Bar Harbor: 2013, rentals)

[TheLemurGuy]

Hello All,

My wife and I will likely be relocating to Mount Desert Island in late fall/winter of 2013. We would like to rent for a year before purchasing a home. I have been perusing various websites and it appears most rentals are for winter/fall but do not include summer (this makes a lot of sense, as Bar Harbor is a summer town). However, we are actually going to be living and working there long-term and full time, so we would like to know anything anyone can tell us about year-around rentals (12-month leases). We would like to live on-island, but not necessarily in a certain community (we are open to anyplace on-island). Any information about this, and about life on the island in general, would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

[slyfox2]

Are you moving there to work or are you moving there to retire(I know you said "living and working" but that doesn't mean that you meant working for a living?

However, despite the rental situation, Bar harbor is only a "summer town" to those who haven't experienced it in the winter.

[TheLemurGuy]

Hey, thanks for replying! I'm going there to work full-time, with a job already in place. We would really like to rent for a year to make sure it is a place we want to stay long term, which is the source of the question about year-around leases.......

[slyfox2]

I sent you a private message.

[TheLemurGuy]

Yep, got it, I just direct messaged you back! Thanks!