Real Estate
A month after the conservation commission ordered the removal of a Chilmark house perched on an eroding bluff, the commission Wednesday heard plans for the home’s removal: the guest house is slated to come down immediately, with the main house dismantled in phases depending on the rate of erosion.
The 650-square-foot summer home on Stonewall Beach, owned by Natalie Conroy, stood eight feet from a cliff in late February. Ms. Conroy applied to move the house nine and a half feet back from the bluff, an application the commission denied because it would encroach on wetlands.
Plans to move a Chappaquiddick home threatened by erosion became more urgent this week, after last week’s nearly-three-day storm brought the coastal bank 11 feet closer to Richard and Jennifer Schifter’s Wasque Point home. But as waves continue to eat away at the waterfront property, the drama of the house move has extended into now weekly meetings at Edgartown town hall, where the house faces regulatory, logistical, and environmental concerns from town officials and neighbors.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $263,270 for the business week ending on Friday, March 8, 2013. The land bank receives its funds from a two per cent fee charged on many Vineyard real estate transactions.
The Vineyard Haven home of Art Buchwald, the late humorist and columnist who summered on the Vineyard for more than 40 years, was sold last month for $1.395 million.
The buyers are Michael E. Sneed and Emily Ann Riddell. The seller was Joel Buchwald, representative for the estate of Arthur Buchwald. The sale took place on Jan. 22.
Tom Hallahan of Oak Bluffs has been named a sales associate at Kelleher Real Estate Services. Mr. Hallahan will handle both sales and rental transactions for the firm. A member of the Island community for more than 30 years, he has held leadership roles with the Vineyard Playhouse, the Oak Bluffs School Advisory Committee and the Possible Dreams Auction Committee, and was recently appointed chairman of the Dukes County Commissioners. He was awarded a Case Fellowship from Harvard University and a Fulbright Scholar Award to the University of Jordan.
From the imagination of celebrated author Judy Blume comes this stunning 2.3 acre property, formed from two adjacent lots and molded into a secluded waterfront compound. The estate features 200 feet of private beach, two deep-water moorings, colorful gardens and plenty of accessory structures where guests can settle in and stretch out.