An honest guide to house rentals around Bangor: where our own houses are, what to check before you sign, and how to ask us about one.
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Canuck Investments rents apartments in Bangor, Brewer and Orono and a small number of single-family houses in Orono. We do not have houses for rent in Bangor itself right now.
We could bury that and hope you fill out the form anyway. Better to say it plainly: our houses are in Orono, about ten miles up I-95 from downtown Bangor. If you need to be inside Bangor, our apartments are the realistic option.
Orono is home to the University of Maine and sits just north of Bangor. The houses we rent there are single-family homes, not apartments described generously as houses.
They do not come open often. Tenants tend to stay, and when a house frees up we usually hear from people who already asked us to keep them in mind. The useful move is to tell us now and check back.
Our Orono rentals page covers the town and how to inquire, or you can send an inquiry for an Orono house directly.
Most rental housing here is apartments. A lot of it sits in older houses divided into two, three or four units, especially around downtown and the Tree Streets. Those look like houses from the sidewalk, which is half the confusion: a listing can say "house" and turn out to be the first floor of one.
Single-family rentals turn over slowly. An owner who rents a whole house usually keeps it. When it does come open, it often goes to a friend of a tenant, a neighbor, or someone who called months earlier.
The housing is old and winter is real. Plenty of Bangor housing predates the Second World War, so ask about heat, wiring and the roof. A house also means a driveway to plow, which is why plenty of renters pick an apartment with a plowed lot.
| What matters | Renting a house | Renting an apartment |
|---|---|---|
| Space | More rooms, more storage, often a basement | Less space, but less to heat and clean |
| Outdoors | A yard, sometimes a porch | A shared lawn, a balcony, or none |
| Heat | The whole building's heat, usually on the tenant | A smaller space, some utilities sometimes included |
| Snow and lawn | Who plows and mows has to be in the lease | Usually the owner's arrangement |
| Maintenance | More systems: roof, furnace, well, septic | Fewer systems inside your own unit |
| Privacy | No shared walls | Neighbors through a wall or floor |
| Parking | Usually a driveway | A lot, a garage, or on-street parking |
This is not a list of what we have available. It describes the areas people ask about, so you can narrow the search before you start calling.
Downtown Bangor is walkable and dense, with restaurants, the waterfront, the library and the riverfront concert venue. Most housing is apartments in older buildings, and street parking is part of daily life.
The Tree Streets and West Broadway have historic homes near downtown. Many big houses were divided into apartments decades ago, so this is where "looks like a house, rents like an apartment" shows up most.
Fairmount and the West Side are quieter, with more single-family homes, yards and driveways. Good if you have a car and want space without leaving the city.
Brewer sits across the Penobscot with its own downtown and a quieter feel. We own apartments there; we do not have a house for rent in Brewer.
Veazie, Hampden, Hermon, Old Town and Holden ring Bangor within a reasonable commute, each with its own water, trash and parking rules. If you need a yard and not a Bangor address, they belong in the search.
Most expensive surprises in a house rental are things a tenant could have asked about in ten minutes. Ask, and get the answers in writing.
Houses around here heat with oil, natural gas, propane or electricity. Ask what it uses, where the tank is, and whose name the heat account is in. If it is yours, ask what last winter cost. If it is oil, ask who owns it at move-in and move-out.
Bangor water comes from the Bangor Water District, Brewer from the Brewer Water Department, and Orono from the Orono-Veazie Water District. Some houses are on a private well and septic, which changes who pays when a pump or leach field fails.
A house lease should say who plows the driveway, who shovels the walk, and who mows in summer. "The tenant handles it" is fine if you agreed to it. It is not fine to discover in January.
Maine caps a residential security deposit at two months' rent (14 M.R.S. §6032). The owner must return it, or send an itemized statement of what was kept and why, within the period the lease states (at most 30 days), or within 21 days on a tenancy at will (14 M.R.S. §6033). Normal wear and tear is not a lawful reason to keep it.
Walk the house with the owner before you move in and write down anything already worn or not working, with dated photos. If it was built before 1978, federal law requires the owner to disclose known lead paint hazards and give you the EPA pamphlet.
Ask how many vehicles the driveway actually fits. Bangor overnight street parking runs on odd/even alternate-side rules rather than a blanket winter ban, but the city can still declare a citywide ban for snow clearing, when every vehicle must be off the street. Brewer and Orono set their own rules.
Electricity in Bangor, Brewer and Orono comes from Versant Power. Natural gas, where the street has it, comes from Unitil. Ask which accounts to open and on what date.
Canuck Investments LLC is a landlord. The company owns what it rents and has rented homes in the Bangor area since 2009 from its main office at 92 Oak Street in Bangor. It is not a real estate brokerage and does not act as an agent for renters, buyers or sellers.
Philip Henry's wife, Stephanie Henry, is a licensed Maine real estate associate broker affiliated with NextHome Experience in Bangor. She is not an owner of Canuck Investments LLC. The licensee disclosure sets out the full statement.
Not right now. Our single-family houses for rent are in Orono; in Bangor and Brewer we rent apartments. We would rather say that plainly than send you through a form for a house that does not exist.
In Orono, near the University of Maine. There are only a few and they do not come open often, so ask early and check back.
We do not publish rents, because they depend on the property and the term. Tell us what you are looking for and we will give you the current number for a specific property.
Ask us about the specific property. Pet rules are set per house rather than as one blanket policy, and we will tell you what is possible before you apply.
Start with the rental inquiry form: town, bedrooms, furnished or unfurnished, move-in date and how long you need the place. If a property fits, we will set up a tour and walk you through it.
Tell us the town, your dates and how many bedrooms you need. If we have a house that fits, we will tell you. If we don't, we will tell you that too.
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