Even as demand for remote and isolated living soared amid a global pandemic, finding someone to rent a private island for $250,000 a week is a different challenge.

House Island, a 12-acre island off the coast of Maine owned by real estate investor Noah Gordon, has been on the market for about a month. The agent, Dylan Eckardt of Nest Seekers, is open to both buyers and renters taking over the idyllic space. While it costs a quarter of a million dollars per week to rent, there is no concrete sale price yet — he and Gordon put the home on the market to gauge interest.

Dylan Eckardt

“It’s a completely secluded, off-the-grid island that is also at five minutes accessibility from the airport and Maine,” Eckardt told Inman. “Since I put it on the market, we’ve gotten a lot of calls asking about exactly what you can do there.”

Gordon bought the property in November for $4.5 million in the hopes of using it to host weddings and other events. Situated in Maine’s Casco Bay, it overlooks both the ocean and the city of Portland and has three lodge-style properties, five beaches, a garden and a 10,000-square-foot turf for sports and other outdoor activities. It is steeped in New England history; an English colonist first built a house on the island in 1621.

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