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Bob Completes His Search For a Home on Martha's Vineyard

Bob ends his tour on laid back East Chop with a 300 square foot home on a large piece of wooded land. The home was moved from the Methodist Campground about 15 years prior to the tour and was improved with a porch. Alan points out the feature of the home from the antique trim and fireplace to a pocket window in the kitchen. Bob decides this home will be remodeled due to the value of the location in picturesque East Chop.
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" Victorian architecture dominates east chop. With a wide variety of real estate ranging from large summer homes to modest cottages. -- will be able to find something here. Well I really like east chop it's got a nice laid back feeling love the that pine wood everywhere. We'll look at is that fit that the there's -- yeah yeah. It's awfully small -- You know out it's only 300 square feet but what you're buying your land is 19000 square feet almost at -- what's the asking price here 138 reduced from 160. Excellent value. Look at that it out even though it's -- that he's got it shutters and you know. Colonial window Israel would screen yeah you do great things here shingle -- to the land alone is -- 100000 dollars. About half an acre lot -- job beefy era. But it's just one room a love note -- to -- rooms aren't a lot more easy to get through but the it's functional now it is it did have a little history. You know about fifteen years ago -- from the campgrounds. Up to this location the hot. Other matter what about it -- New Year's summer cottage by the Bentley but the porch posts look antique yet they are -- they're from another properties -- I think you and me. But this looks like it was added on to it just has the kind of a leading to yet a Canadian viewers section where's the front section I think with the original when -- was moved here. Well can we take a look inside you know what's the -- it. Solid yeah now -- port to board has been redone over the years price has been reduced deficit now. -- Oh that's cute this -- this is the living room. He felt really clean and neat. That's double hung windows that he felt yeah we're outside where it's yeah -- it's been great private setting great private area rage -- you know this fire place. Require paneled door you know. The interest. The finished steel fireplace yeah looks like an answer -- Your work. The damper and so they move this how to do with a fireplace that -- they probably built fireplace that. Much ceiling this is just probably not insulated either. -- 830000. Excellent. Once -- Actually have a full bath over here with the yeah. We'll asphalt tile floor. You know when in closets and a and this is the kitchen and here you have this wonderful kitchen night walking if you believe lines. Double sink. This windows. Pocket obviously despite that's terrific now -- in the right in. Really -- look at that this is the bedroom and here this could be repeated venerable dining room and where were you. I don't think this could be that because. There. There it. -- or -- very you know it's it's it's roughly what eight or nine feet by maybe ten you have to balance yet well -- well like wooden floors cheery wallpaper three when does the get a nice. Cross breeze through it you know you say to the second floor I noticed that there were doors about it but we can't be too much up here. This is pretty tight with yes and our spirits and what you're ships there -- it's Korea and a little people. O'clock this here has got a doghouse you know I think -- very neat yet what you're -- we're talking about six colonial killings but it is expensive. The room. Once again. For him. Well you went to get a lot of good light here to three -- the next -- ventilation there's another vote there. Is not much -- native Australian tiny plate jobs but what you really talking here is. The land the land. And the location yes we ended -- nation -- Superman."

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