55 Bournes Pond could be one of the most perfect homes I’ve ever seen. It has everything – location fronting on a dirt road in the Manauhant Yacht Club district (magical!) and rearing directly on its own west-facing waterfront, perfect for kayaking, clamming, sunfishing; a size that’s not too big but big enough, with a first floor owner’s suite complete with office/exercise room with windows on three sides overlooking the view, and lower level guest rooms, all also facing the water; fabulous updated condition, with not only kitchen and baths that meet Ms. Fussy’s approval, but even paint colors, trim, and hardware that earn my admiration. Even new systems! Not a bad price, either, at $1,475,000. Location, views, Menauhant Yacht Club, floor plan, detail, systems, condition…oh my!

#21508168
19 Atamannsit Road, East Falmouth
$780,000

This home is next door to the one house I’ve owned that I regret selling. The setting is like nothing else in town, or anywhere else I’ve ever been. Atamannsit was 100 acres of dairy farm back in the early years of the 20th century, owned by two or three brothers who each had a home on the property. As their children grew up and started their own families, the brothers built simple knotty pine cabins for each of their children, and the woods began to fill in the pastures. The cousins and then their kids spent their summers in this idyllic setting on spring-fed Coonamessett Pond. In around 2005, I bought one of these cottages, along with its acre and a half and 150 feet of soft, sandy beach on the pond. We spent a couple of memorable years there. But I couldn’t ever get quite comfortable alone there in my cabin in the woods at night, and so I sold it after the second year. For $550,000! As I said, the setting is unbelievable.

Around the time I sold, someone bought the cabin next door, knocked it down, and built a simple but pleasing and totally energy-efficient 2-story, 4-bedroom, 3-bath home, complete with a full basement, giant screened porch, and solar panels. They too have an amazing sandy beach, all 160 feet of it. This is the property that’s for sale now, for $780,000. I think it’s a good deal. It’s certainly an unusual opportunity for someone to own an almost-new, interesting home in a spectacular setting for a fair price.

This is why I love my job – who wouldn’t love showing great homes in amazing places to nice people?!