Fairhaven Cape capitalizes on its perch by the bay
Taxes $11,149 (2022)
There is a signal declaring “Beach House’’ above the fireplace in this house, but you will know this fashionable Cape overlooking Buzzards Bay is the real offer by the out of doors shower on your own — a necessity when a non-public beach is just seconds absent.
The 16-calendar year-previous house on West Island has three degrees: two higher floors for dwelling and a reduced amount with breakaway walls in scenario of flooding. A broad deck with a gazebo captures the ocean perspective from this house, which shares the neighborhood with West Island Point out Reservation.
From the driveway, a broad stairway qualified prospects to the front door. Within, the structure honors the home’s proximity to the ocean: pastel blue paint, white Nantucket bead board, and quite a few sliders and windows, like a skylight in the lobby, that enable the sunshine pour in.
To the still left of the lobby is a 480-sq.-foot dwelling home with a fuel hearth flanked by beach-white created-in shelving and cabinetry. And just to the suitable of the cabinetry is a white desk-like desk. But presented its site, the odds of operate really being done seem slender: Right in front of the desk is a window with views of Buzzards Bay, and to the ideal is a slider to the aforementioned deck.
The flooring in the key rooms on this amount is pine reclaimed from a Vermont barn, and the ceilings are dotted with recessed lighting.
The residing home shares an open up layout with the 243-sq.-foot kitchen, the place the granite counter is in the condition of a fishhook. The straight area runs alongside an exterior wall and contains an undermount sink down below a few huge home windows. The curved area is a peninsula that seats four.
A several methods from the sink is a extended, rectangular island with cabinetry, a tiny sink, a fridge, and a 4-burner fuel cooktop. Stainless steel appliances, like the main refrigerator and stacked ovens, are on the exterior wall. This conclude of the kitchen area also gives a 124-sq.-foot dining region, which is presently occupied by a white table for eight under a spectacular Sputnik gentle fixture. This is a sumptuously sunny place future to a slider to the deck.
Driving rolling 3-paneled doorways with smoked glass is the first-ground bed room, wherever the barn wood flooring, recessed lights, and Nantucket bead board continue. In this article at the entrance of the dwelling, sunshine is no stranger: There are 4 windows in the 178-sq.-foot space.
The complete bath for this floor is at the finish of a limited hallway off the kitchen area. 1st on the appropriate, however, is a laundry closet guiding a white roll-up doorway, and on the still left, there is a closet. The whole bath has a one self-importance with a granite counter resting on blond wood cabinetry. The flooring is ceramic tile, and the shower is an insert.
From the foyer, a extensive stairwell in which nautical-like cable runs underneath wooden handrails qualified prospects to the top rated floor, which holds the most important suite, 3rd bedroom, and the remaining total bathtub.
The major suite occupies about half this stage. The bedroom place is 231 square feet and features a cathedral ceiling, recessed lights, a ceiling fan, two closets (a person is a stroll-in), a gasoline fire, carpeting, and a window seat with a see of the bay.
Rest après seaside working day in the en-suite bath’s jetted tub, a trace of a determine 8 in its condition. The bath also has a single self-importance with a black granite counter that features a nice juxtaposition to the white cabinetry. The shower sits guiding very clear glass and features a white subway tile encompass, a environmentally friendly tile inlay, and a matching floor. The flooring in the relaxation of the bathroom, having said that, is ceramic tile.
The 3rd bedroom is 285 square feet and is presently outfitted with a pair of bunkbeds. There is carpeting underfoot, and a nook around 1 of people beds properties a desk spot. There is also a closet, a storage spot, and a window seat with a view of the bay.
The ultimate bathtub arrives with a ceramic tile floor, a shower insert, and a solitary self-importance with a granite leading and a white cabinet.
The reduced level includes a two-automobile garage and storage for kayaks and other drinking water-relevant gear.
The property, which sits on .72 of an acre, is currently being sold fully furnished.
Danielle Cyr-DeFrias of Howe Allen Realty in Fairhaven has the listing. As of press time an offer had been recognized on the home.
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