Fairhaven Cape capitalizes on its perch by the bay

Taxes $11,149 (2022)

There’s a indication expressing “Beach House’’ previously mentioned the hearth in this property, but you are going to know this modern Cape overlooking Buzzards Bay is the real deal by the out of doors shower by yourself — a necessity when a private beach is just seconds absent.

The 16-12 months-previous home on West Island has a few concentrations: two upper floors for living and a reduce amount with breakaway partitions in case of flooding. A wide deck with a gazebo captures the ocean view from this home, which shares the community with West Island Condition Reservation.

From the driveway, a broad stairway qualified prospects to the front door. Inside, the design honors the home’s proximity to the ocean: pastel blue paint, white Nantucket bead board, and several sliders and windows, together with a skylight in the lobby, that enable the sunshine pour in.

To the still left of the lobby is a 480-sq.-foot dwelling area with a gasoline hearth flanked by beach-white created-in shelving and cabinetry. And just to the right of the cabinetry is a white desk-like desk. But offered its site, the odds of do the job essentially becoming completed appear to be slim: 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 important rooms on this level is pine reclaimed from a Vermont barn, and the ceilings are dotted with recessed lights.

The dwelling home shares an open structure with the 243-square-foot kitchen area, the place the granite counter is in the condition of a fishhook. The straight section runs together an exterior wall and includes an undermount sink underneath three huge home windows. The curved area is a peninsula that seats 4.

A several methods from the sink is a very long, rectangular island with cabinetry, a modest sink, a fridge, and a four-burner gasoline cooktop. Stainless steel appliances, which includes the principal refrigerator and stacked ovens, are on the exterior wall. This conclusion of the kitchen also presents a 124-sq.-foot dining spot, which is currently occupied by a white table for eight beneath a spectacular Sputnik mild fixture. This is a sumptuously sunny house next to a slider to the deck.

Powering rolling three-paneled doorways with smoked glass is the initial-floor bedroom, exactly where the barn wood flooring, recessed lights, and Nantucket bead board carry on. Right here at the front of the property, sunshine is no stranger: There are four home windows in the 178-square-foot place.

The full tub for this flooring is at the finish of a small hallway off the kitchen. 1st on the proper, even so, is a laundry closet behind a white roll-up door, and on the remaining, there is a closet. The entire bath has a single vanity with a granite counter resting on blond wooden cabinetry. The flooring is ceramic tile, and the shower is an insert.

From the lobby, a wide stairwell exactly where nautical-like cable runs underneath wood handrails sales opportunities to the top rated flooring, which holds the principal suite, third bedroom, and the ultimate complete tub.

The key suite occupies roughly fifty percent this stage. The bedroom space is 231 square toes and characteristics a cathedral ceiling, recessed lights, a ceiling lover, two closets (1 is a walk-in), a gasoline hearth, carpeting, and a window seat with a view of the bay.

Loosen up après seashore day in the en-suite bath’s jetted tub, a hint of a figure 8 in its condition. The tub also has a one vainness with a black granite counter that presents a pleasant juxtaposition to the white cabinetry. The shower sits driving clear glass and features a white subway tile surround, a green tile inlay, and a matching flooring. The flooring in the rest of the bathroom, having said that, is ceramic tile.

The 3rd bedroom is 285 sq. toes and is currently outfitted with a pair of bunkbeds. There is carpeting underfoot, and a nook near one particular of all those beds properties a desk space. There is also a closet, a storage area, and a window seat with a perspective of the bay.

The last tub comes with a ceramic tile floor, a shower insert, and a single self-importance with a granite prime and a white cupboard.

The decreased degree has a two-car garage and storage for kayaks and other water-linked tools.

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

Danielle Cyr-DeFrias of Howe Allen Realty in Fairhaven has the listing. As of push time an offer you experienced been acknowledged on the house.

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