3 Bayberry Avenue is a four bedroom four bath home with 4,650 square feet. It is an extravagant but comfortable property with lots of outdoor living options including an in-ground pool. It is being marketed for $2.595M.
MLS REMARKS: Privacy and Luxury await! This sprawling 4500+sqft West End home sits on one of the largest private lots in Provincetown. The inviting living room has gorgeous coffered ceilings, and the massive double height dining room has an impressive floor to ceiling wall of windows. The large eat-in kitchen, full of light, is equipped with top of the line appliances, a butlers pantry & dumbwaiter, and leads to a charming enclosed porch. Upstairs you will find a library and four bedrooms including the master suite that features a private deck with water views, a luxurious master bath, and an adjoining home office. This opulent estate also includes separate guest quarters, a heated 3 car garage, central AC, an inground swimming pool, and fantastic rental history. Listing Courtesy of Kinlin Grover Real Estate.
There are two sales to report on Bayberry Avenue this week. Our office participated in both sales. It just happens that these two houses are right across the street from each other, but they could not be more different.
29 Bayberry Avenue is a traditional colonial single family home. It has three bedrooms and 2.5 baths and 1,736 square feet. It sold for $1.025M with a list price of $1.095M.
MLS Remarks: This three-bedroom, two-and-one-half-bath home on a .40 acre lot is in the West End neighborhood of Meadowview Heights. This charming and comfortable reverse-floor plan Colonial is sited on a cleared flat lot surrounded by trees. The house has 1,632 square feet. The Great Room has high vaulted ceilings running the full length of the house with loads of windows and a full-width deck directly off the living room. There are multiple sitting areas and a separate dining area in this airy bright space. There are views of the conservation land behind the property. This home has rich hardwood floors throughout and a brick fireplace anchors the east end of the room. The kitchen has lots of wood cabinets and a sweet dining island. There is a half bath on this floor too. On the first floor, there is an ensuite master bedroom. The master bath has a double vanity. The two guest bedrooms share a full bath. All have plenty of closet space and good light. There is an attached one-car garage as well. The multipurpose, full basement has interior as well as exterior access. Oil baseboard heat and gas cooking. Split system A/C on the main level.
30 Bayberry Avenue sold the same week. It is a three bedroom four bath home with 3,240 square feet. It sold for $1.230M with a list price pf $1.229M.
MLS REMARKS: You will truly delight at all of the space and light this West End single family home has to offer. An ideal home for entertaining, the first floor as an open living plan accented with dramatic exposed beams and gleaming walnut floors. Also on this level, a large airy family room with soaring ceilings, a modern gas fireplace and custom built ins. Rare to find in Provincetown, the home has a spacious and private, newly built first floor master suite, also with cathedral ceilings, exposed beams and tons of natural light. A large walk in closet offers plenty of space for your wardrobe, and the master bath features a double vanity and an oversized tiled shower with beautiful glass doors and a rainhead fixture. Upstairs, find a full bath, a guest room and an office. The lower level lives like a guest apartment, with a large bedroom with ensuite bath, plus a spacious and bright TV room. There is access to the garage from this level. The landscaping is lovely, with manicured beds and brick pathways, and there are several options for outdoor living. Soak in the morning sunshine on the front porch, or enjoy afternoon breezes on the patio or the the attractive screened porch.
Everyone knows 104 Commercial Street. It’s the traditional Cape House on the curve of Commercial Street near the Coast Guard Station. It is a three bedroom two bath home with 1,544 square feet, and has one of the best front porches in town. It sold for $1.671M with a listing price of $1.775M
MLSRemarks: Amenities abound in this smartly renovated 3/2 single family waterview in the sought after West End. The property has been occupied as both a year round home and a very lucrative vacation rental with many repeat renters. Sip your morning or evening beverages on the front porch swing; cookout in the private backyard patio; entertain in the open living and dining rooms; bring your water toys across the street to the beach and take advantage of the private mooring there as well. A much admired colorful garden of roses and hydrangeas fills the fenced front yard. The west side of the home features a large private second floor deck for sunning and relaxing. Parking for 2 vehicles on site or in the lot just around the corner. This home is certain to bring years of memories to any new buyers and their friends & family.
This post is reminder that while we are in reatively uncharted waters as far as the real estate market goes, (and everything else) real estate continues on, albeit at a different pace and with different operational norms.
82 Commercial Street is one of the most recognizable homes in the West End, situated directly across the street from Relish on the corner of Soper Street. It has seven bedrooms and four baths in 3,294 square feet . It has one of the most lavishly landscaped yards in Provincetown. It just sold for $3.750M with a listing price of $4.150M.
This property is an interesting and quite visible example of the level of market appreciation in town. Granted it is the very top of the marlet but does illustate solid appreciaiton and continued interest and demand. it sold in May of 2016 for $2.350M and in October 2017 it sold for $3.250. As in this recent sale there were dfferent levels of renovation done between sales.
MLS Remarks: This historic and iconic property is truly a Masterpiece property. Occupying one of the largest lots on Commercial Street in the West End, the lush gardens are a joy to behold, entertaining the eyes with a multitude of plantings and flowers, all designed to create an oasis of privacy. The house has received the finest renovation, from top to bottom, inside and out. All newer systems, including wiring and plumbing, siding, heating/cooling and cedar shingle roofing. On the first floor, a top-of-the-line kitchen includes marble countertops, a Wolf range and Sub Zero integrated refrigerator. Living room with original wood wainscoting and fireplace surround, dining room, sun room, den with fireplace and a stunning master suite with reclaimed wood floors and walls, and Waterworks fixtures and tiles. Upstairs are five additional bedrooms and two full baths. Outside, enjoy the beautiful landscaping with a wealth of bluestone and large plank patios, including a serene bluestone courtyard that extends from the master bedroom. There is an outdoor shower, shed and hot tub privately situated in the rear garden area. Ample parking for 3+/- cars.
Hopefuly these posts will provide a bit of respite from the daily covid-19 focus. Provincetown is quietly greeting the first days of spring, as we social distance and find apprpriate diversions. Throughout this experience I will keep bringing you real estate news and interesting real estate related stories.
This is another pastel that we have by Bradley Dehner from 1983. It is a view from the Franklin Street – Race Road intersection up the hill toward Bradford Street in the West End. What a wonderful repesentation of the traditonal Cape style of houses so prevalent here. From left to right is 42, 44, 46 and 48 Franklin Street.
Here we are 37 years later. #42 on the far left is a three unit condo association, with the additional two units added in the rear of the main house. Unit B sold in 2015 for $485K, and is a one bedroom two bath condo with 626 square feet. The picture below is #B from the rear of the property Hard to believe this exists behind the traditional Cape house that you see from the street.
42, 44, 44 and 46 Franklin Street, left to right.
Rear unit at 42 Franklin Street #B
44 Franklin Street is in the midst of a full renovation and expansion. It sold in 2017 for $650K and was a one bedroom two bath single family house with 645 square feet.
44 Franklin Street
46 and 48 Franklin Street remain single family homes. Interesing to see that 48 remains close to the same color as it was in the painting in 1981.
We have some great local artists works that show our neighborhood from decades ago. It’s been fun to overlay our current real estate lens over them. Bradley Dehner is the artist of the pastel below, which is from 1981. It is the view west on Tremont Street to the intersection of West Vine Street.
Looking at the same view now, The Willows condominiums at 25 Tremont Street are on the right consisting of thirteen units in seven buildings.
Unit 2 recently sold for $795K and was a two bedroom two bath condo with 1,572 square feet. The condominium complex was developed in 1996.
25 Tremont St #B 14 West Vine St #2
The building immediately past 25 Tremont Street in the pastel is 14 West Vine Street. Unit 2 in that four unit condo complex sold in 2019 for $685K. It has two bedrooms and two baths and 679 square feet.
Check out what is now Telgraph Hill at the top of the pastel with nothing but a few bare trees and a bunch of scrub brush. The house at the top of the hill to the left is 6 Telegraph Hill which sold for $3.6M in 2018 and has three bedrooms, six baths and 5,508 square feet.
3 Soper Street is a two family house with four bedrooms and three bathrooms, and 1,988 square feet. It was listed at $1.499M and sold for $1.325M. It provides a great opportunity to renovate a multi family building in one of the bedst locations in town.
MLS Remarks: While this West End property is currently a two family, conversion to a large, gracious single family home in Provincetowns most desirable residential neighborhood is an attractive option. The main floor has a one bedroom unit with an adjacent mother-in-law suite. Upstairs is a large one bedroom unit with vaulted living room, bedroom and bath. Two additional rooms complete the space Parking for three to four cars, small outbuilding. Almost 2000 square feetf in all. This is an exciting, renovation project with potential to be a spectacular West End single family home.
105 Province Lands Road is located at the water in the West End. It is a two bedroom, three bath home with 2,698 square feet. It was listed for sale at $1.699M and sold for $1.570M
MLSRemarks: Panoramic unobstructed views of the Moors, Long Point and ocean beyond are yours with this contemporary home in Provincetown’s west end. This property is all about the ever changing views of the Moors, tides, magnificent sunsets, dunes and Herring Cove. Offered for the 1st time since being built in 1994, the home is designed to take in the natural beauty on all levels. Large decks on both living levels, lots of windows, glass doors and skylights provide great natural light. The main floor, with cathedral ceiling and fireplace, has a flexible open floor plan for the kitchen, dining and living areas. Each of the bedrooms has views and open to decks for those morning cups of coffee to start your day. A great room with soaring cathedral ceilings, recessed lighting, views, and attached bath provides fabulous additional entertaining space. A bonus room on the entry level that opens to a deck would be a nice den, home office or lounging space. A full basement and 2 car garage offer lots of storage for your kayaks, bikes and beach gear, essentials for this special Ptown beach house.
294 Bradford Street is a three bedroom five bath home providing a mid construction opportunity for the buyer to chose the final finishes. It has more than an acre of land and 2,676 square feet of living space. It is being offered t $1.549M.
MLS Remarks: Make this East End New Construction your own! 3 bed, 5 bath home. 3 full ba with radiant heat/2 half. 2 car heated garage and parking for 3 additional cars in drive. The Main level has 3 en-suite bedrooms, one with winter peeks of the bay. Upstairs is an open living/dining/kitchen with half bath. The living room features a propane fireplace and views of the Bay. Sliders off the dining room lead out to a deck and stairs lead up to a patio with views of the Bay. The land is on 1.1 acres of land and connected to the sewer. Plenty of land to build a guest cottage or artist studio. conduits and piping run up the property. Make this home your own and choose the wood flooring, countertop material, appliances and more. Under eaves storage and access to an attic for additional storage. Central air/forced hot air propane heat. Short walk to the tennis courts and gallery district. Nice stroll to the center of town. Add your style and move right in! Listing courtesy of Raveis Real Estate.
