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

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" Victorian architecture dominates East Chop, with a wide variety of real estate ranging from large summer homes to modest cottages. Maybe we'll be able to find something here."

" Well, I really like East Chop. It's got a nice laid-back feeling and I love the pine woods everywhere."

" Yeah, a nice, cool location."

" Is this it?"

" This is the house."

" This is it?"

" Yeah, yeah."

" It's awfully small house."

" Well, you know the house is only 300 square feet but what you're buying here, the land is 19,000 square feet, almost a half acre."

" Now, what's the asking price here?"

" 138, reduced from 160. Excellent value."

" Excellent venue."

" Look at this house. Even though, it's small, it's got these Gothic shutters and, you know, colonial windows, real wood screens."

" Yeah."

" You can do great things here."

" Oh, the shingles look to be in good shape."

" The land alone is worth $100,000."

" About half an acre lot in East Chop, you figure, huh?"

" Yep."

" But it's just one room. Oh, well, no, it's 2 rooms."

" It's a few rooms."

" It's a few rooms?"

" Some of them aren't easy to get to but it's functional."

" Now, does it have a little history?"

" Yeah, about 50 years ago, it was moved from the campground up to this location."

" Uh huh."

" Other than that, I don't know too much about it. It's been used as a summer cottage by the family."

" Well, the porch posts look antique."

" Yes, they are."

" Yeah."

" They're from another property. Some place, I think in Pennsylvania."

" But this looks like it was added on to. It just has a kind of a lean-to feel."

" Yeah, this may be a newer section whereas the front section I think was the original one that was moved here."

" Well, can we take a look inside."

" Yeah, let's go right in."

" Solid."

" Yeah."

" Yeah, it's a nice porch. The porch has been re-done over the years."

" Price has been reduced, huh?"

" In good shape. Yeah. Let me see if we go in this door."

" Oh, this is cute."

" Yeah, isn't it nice? This is the living room. Look how it's detailed and really clean and neat. Nice double-hung windows, great detail."

" Yeah."

" Look outside, it's wood."

" Yeah, I know. Very private."

" Different setting."

" Very private location."

" You can get some raised paneling over this fireplace. Great fireplace. "

" Looks like an old door."

" Yeah."

" An interesting one."

" Looks like a steel fireplace. "

" Yeah, it looks like an insert."

" A little rusty."

" Sure, works probably quite well, too."

" Yeah."

" The damper."

" Yeah."

" So they moved this house here with the fireplace. That's neat."

" Yeah, they probably built the whole fireplace after they moved the house."

" Uh huh. Not much ceiling height. This is just probably not insulated either."

" No, no, you know, it's a 3-season house. Most people just use it for summer but it's still cozy and it's such a great thing."

" $130,000."

" Excellent value, down from 160. They actually have a full bath over here with a tub."

" Yeah."

" Uh huh."

" Well, that's tiles on the floor."

" Uh huh."

" You have a linen closet."

" Yeah."

" Uh huh."

" And this is the kitchen."

" And here you have this wonderful kitchen, nice walk-in kitchen, fully appliance, double sink."

" Look at this. Windows."

" Pocket."

" Pocket windows."

" Just like a sailboat."

" That's terrific."

" Yeah."

" Nice and bright in there, huh?"

" Really get a lot of use out of that."

" And then this is the bedroom in here."

" This could either be the bedroom or the dining room, depending upon how you're gonna use it."

" Where would you--"

" I'd say this could be the master bedroom because there is another bedroom upstairs."

" There is?"

" Yeah. You know, if you wanna stay on 1 floor, this could be--"

" Oh, this is very cute. It's roughly, what? Eight or nine feet by maybe ten?"

" Yeah, that's about it. Twelve, maybe twelve by ten."

" Nice wooden floors, cherry wallpaper, three windows so you get a nice cross breeze through here."

" Yeah."

" You say there's a second floor. Yeah, I noticed that there were dormers above here but there can't be too much up here."

" This is pretty tight."

" Yeah, it's a narrow stairway. It's kind of like a ship's stairway."

" Yeah, that's great."

" For little people."

" A little closet here. This is kind of like a doll house."

" Yeah, isn't it cute?"

" It's very unique, yeah, but, watch your head."

" Okay, I mean, we're talking 6-foot ceiling."

" Low ceiling but at least it's expansive and I'm guessing room."

" Once again, you have the painted pine floor."

" Uh huh."

" There's plenty of windows. You get a lot of good light in here."

" Just 3 windows, nice cross ventilation."

" There's another low closet over there."

" It's not much house. I mean, it's really a tiny play cottage almost but what you're really talking here is the land."

" The land is excellent."

" And the location."

" Yes. Land and location, it's just a super value."

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