New England Real Estate: Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod

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Tuesday, October 15. 2013

New England Real Estate: Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod

How is this for $230,000? I wonder whether the hobbits come with it.

I know, I know - most of the value of a property is the land - and its location, but the sheet of plywood over the door, you must admit, is a gracious touch.

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That is not the only "junk" on the Cape these days. We were toying with buying on the Cape but heard the same story from so many different people: Cap Cod is badly infected with hard drug users. I did a little research and found that one police department dealt with 19 heroin ODs in a year. My guess is that might translate 200, 300 or more users in that town.

#1 DMW on 2013-10-15 19:44 (Reply)

Most of the heavy drug use is in the upper Cape and mid-Cape region, towns of Falmouth, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, and Bourne especially bad. Avoid the route 28 and Nantucket Sound shore areas at all costs. Outer Cape is not so bad, other than the usual Provincetown "characters" who might be chemically altered somewhat.

The big problem with Cape real estate is the fact that the town and most neighbors will be in your business, objecting to everything you might do with your property and imposing new fees and taxes at every opportunity.

#1.1 Seppo on 2013-10-16 14:46 (Reply)

Does this Yankee rule apply to outhouses?

"If you buy an old place, you can fix it up but you cannot tear it down. It's some other family's homestead. Their history requires respect."

#2 NJSoldier on 2013-10-15 22:22 (Reply)

It's fake. Nothing shows on Google streetview.
Perhaps it's for the land only, and they wanted some kind of picture.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=119+B+Hamblen+Farm+Rd,+Wellfleet,+MA,+United+States&hl=en&ll=41.935509,-70.046543&spn=0.001439,0.001977&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.490703,64.775391&oq=119+B+Hamblen+Farm+Rd&t=h&hnear=119+Hamblen+Farm+Rd,+Wellfleet,+Massachusetts+02667&z=19

#3 earlw on 2013-10-16 01:18 (Reply)

Doesn't the "b" in the street address indicate a subdivision? 0.9 acresCould be to either side of an existing dwelling or behind it. I'm thinking it's the tree-shaded shack about 60 feet to the east of your "A" marker, and a good 90-100 feet from the road through the trees. Shares a driveway with the neighboring house to the east, probably part of the road that is now "way 60" a bit farther south.

#3.1 Douglas2 on 2013-10-16 02:00 (Reply)

I think it has a certain genesse dey quat if you will.

It would make a perfect meth shack or would if the oppressed proletariat masses of Wellfleet....oh wait, there aren't any oppressed proletariat masses in Wellfleet.

My bad.

#4 Tom Francis on 2013-10-16 07:06 (Reply)

nice window though.

#5 brobro on 2013-10-16 11:36 (Reply)

That's a steal compared to what you would pay for something equivalent in my area. The only issue is it is probably considered an "historic structure" so you could not make modifications to it without going through a protracted permit process with the local historical review board.

#6 Jim on 2013-10-16 16:52 (Reply)

Maybe it is someone's refuge for "psych week" in Wellfleet.

#7 MissyW on 2013-10-16 17:48 (Reply)

I saw a shack like that w/o the purple door for $395,000 a few weeks ago up Capitol Creek and sort of near Old Snowmass, CO.

#8 annieoakley on 2013-10-16 19:59 (Reply)

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