According to the Washington Post, it's set amidst nine lush bayfront acres and includes extensive gardens, ornamental pools and spectacular views of the bay behind it - and it boasts among its neighbors Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

The facts are far from clear.

"I'd heard it was going to close either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week," Carroll Hurley, a funeral home owner, told the Post while breakfasting with his friends.

The current owner of the house wouldn't comment, telling the Post that he didn't want to talk about anything.

The Post admits that those closest to the alleged deal - Cheney's office, the purported sellers, the listing agent - aren't talking. Even Hurley admits he's not certain: "All I have is hearsay. It wouldn't stand up in court."

Either the Cheneys are coming or a lot of people have bad information, the Post reported, adding that Police Chief Ed Henry - one of Hurley's breakfast mates - even referred to the place in question as "Cheney's house."

Cheney's potential neighbor, Donald Rumsfeld, bought a weekend house in St. Michaels two years ago for a reported $1.5 million.

The Post writes that his neighbors like his desire to blend in - even if that means taking a walk with his wife, Joyce, down a rural stretch of road tailed by SUVs.

Residents say he doesn't like to pose for pictures alone, preferring to ask people to stand next to him and have a brief chat. Cheney and his wife dined in a local restaurant on April 16, the Post noted, reporting that, according to hostess Deborah Miller, "Cheney had the lamb."

Lori Cuthbert, who lives nearby, said she met the defense secretary at a neighborhood St. Patrick's Day party. She intends to invite the Rumsfelds to an upcoming barbecue - despite the Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker on her Honda, which the Post espied.

Whether she'll get an opportunity to add the Cheneys to her guest list remains unclear. Robert Snyder, the close-mouthed Coldwell Banker agent who is listing the property, refused to say when a deal, if there is one, might close, or even whether the Cheneys were going to move in.

"It truly is a magnificent piece of property," he told the Post.

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