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Tuesday, August 14. 2018

New England Real Estate: Wellfleet, MA


While meandering around the alleys near downtown Wellfleet last week, we stumbled on this white elephant. Naturally, I was mainly attracted to its barn. The place is for sale.  A 10-minute walk to the village.


It's safe to say the place could probably use some work. Roof looks great but I wonder about the age of the wiring, but from the photos it looks pretty up to date inside.


12 bedrooms, said to have been built in 1800 but I doubt that. The cool thing is that it was the home of Wellfleet's most famous son, Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker. Sea captain and entrepreneur, he's the guy who introduced the banana to the US and Europe and founded the company which became the United Fruit Company, now Chiquita Brands. Cool guy, cool life.

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The listing has the property tax at $521 a month. I bet that is off by a factor of at least 5.
#1 NJSoldier on 2018-08-15 08:35 (Reply)
Looks like it's situated on a hill. I built on top of a hill 41 years ago, and always enjoyed walking the place. But believe me, those hills get steeper and steeper as the years go by.
#2 BillH on 2018-08-15 10:58 (Reply)
Sold for $699,000 2010, gravel road, junkie pick-up truck across the "street" view of what appears to be an apt. bldg. Realtor claims water front? Water view? I'll pass on this example of New England charm. Interesting history.
#3 Oldblood on 2018-08-15 11:48 (Reply)
Looks lovely, I'd go for it but am just a bit short at the moment.

Assessed value is about $870k. With tax rate at $6.78/thousand that would put the annual at about $5,898.00, that's pretty good for MA. Listed for $1.899m so expect that number to more than double.
#4 steve walsh on 2018-08-15 16:15 (Reply)

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