Fairhaven Cape capitalizes on its perch by the bay

Taxes $11,149 (2022)

There’s a indication indicating “Beach House’’ above the hearth in this household, but you will know this fashionable Cape overlooking Buzzards Bay is the real offer by the outdoor shower by yourself — a necessity when a personal seashore is just seconds absent.

The 16-12 months-outdated house on West Island has three stages: two upper flooring for living and a lessen stage with breakaway walls in scenario of flooding. A broad deck with a gazebo captures the ocean watch from this property, which shares the neighborhood with West Island Point out Reservation.

From the driveway, a vast stairway prospects to the entrance doorway. Within, the layout honors the home’s proximity to the ocean: pastel blue paint, white Nantucket bead board, and a lot of sliders and home windows, like a skylight in the foyer, that permit the sunshine pour in.

To the left of the foyer is a 480-sq.-foot residing place with a gasoline fireplace flanked by beach front-white created-in shelving and cabinetry. And just to the right of the cabinetry is a white table-like desk. But presented its locale, the odds of do the job in fact remaining completed appear trim: Right in front of the desk is a window with sights of Buzzards Bay, and to the appropriate is a slider to the aforementioned deck.

The flooring in the big rooms on this level is pine reclaimed from a Vermont barn, and the ceilings are dotted with recessed lights.

The residing place shares an open format with the 243-sq.-foot kitchen, the place the granite counter is in the shape of a fishhook. The straight section operates together an exterior wall and incorporates an undermount sink beneath a few broad windows. The curved segment is a peninsula that seats 4.

A number of actions from the sink is a prolonged, rectangular island with cabinetry, a compact sink, a fridge, and a 4-burner fuel cooktop. Stainless metal appliances, which includes the major fridge and stacked ovens, are on the exterior wall. This close of the kitchen also features a 124-sq.-foot dining region, which is at this time occupied by a white desk for eight below a breathtaking Sputnik gentle fixture. This is a sumptuously sunny place upcoming to a slider to the deck.

At the rear of rolling three-paneled doors with smoked glass is the first-floor bedroom, exactly where the barn wooden flooring, recessed lighting, and Nantucket bead board carry on. Below at the front of the residence, sunshine is no stranger: There are 4 home windows in the 178-sq.-foot space.

The complete tub for this ground is at the conclude of a limited hallway off the kitchen. Initially on the ideal, nonetheless, is a laundry closet powering a white roll-up doorway, and on the still left, there is a closet. The complete tub has a solitary vainness with a granite counter resting on blond wood cabinetry. The flooring is ceramic tile, and the shower is an insert.

From the lobby, a extensive stairwell the place nautical-like cable runs underneath wood handrails prospects to the top flooring, which retains the key suite, 3rd bed room, and the remaining comprehensive bathtub.

The major suite occupies around half this stage. The bed room place is 231 sq. ft and functions a cathedral ceiling, recessed lights, a ceiling supporter, two closets (a single is a stroll-in), a gasoline hearth, carpeting, and a window seat with a view of the bay.

Unwind après seaside working day in the en-suite bath’s jetted tub, a hint of a figure 8 in its shape. The bath also has a one vanity with a black granite counter that provides a awesome juxtaposition to the white cabinetry. The shower sits at the rear of very clear glass and boasts a white subway tile encompass, a green tile inlay, and a matching floor. The flooring in the relaxation of the rest room, even so, is ceramic tile.

The 3rd bed room is 285 sq. toes and is currently outfitted with a pair of bunkbeds. There is carpeting underfoot, and a nook around a single of these beds houses a desk area. There is also a closet, a storage place, and a window seat with a check out of the bay.

The remaining bathtub arrives with a ceramic tile floor, a shower insert, and a single vanity with a granite best and a white cupboard.

The lessen stage contains a two-automobile garage and storage for kayaks and other h2o-similar products.

The property, which sits on .72 of an acre, is getting offered totally furnished.

Danielle Cyr-DeFrias of Howe Allen Realty in Fairhaven has the listing. As of push time an provide had been recognized on the assets.

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