2010 July | Landvest Blog

Jul

Wings Neck, Cape Cod Real Estate For Sale –Public Open House at 169 South Road, Pocasset / Bourne, MA
By LandVest

Seldom are there properties available on the oft-sought and highly desirable area of Wings Neck, the quintessential Cape Cod summer community in Pocasset, MA. This particularly rare offering of an original large waterfront “Cottage” within the Wings Neck Trust, consists of 5.06± acres and 366± feet of waterfront on Buzzard’s Bay.

Wings Neck Waterfront For Sale

The turn-of-the-century Shingle-style residence has spacious common rooms with handsome architectural details and spectacular southerly water views. There is 9,326± square feet of living space with 12 bedrooms (nine with expansive water views) as well as a two-story carriage house.

Located within the Wings Neck Trust area of Pocasset on Cape Cod, MA

Trust amenities include two association beaches, association tennis and dock, sailing club, and extensive conservation land. Interested real estate buyers are invited to attend the

Open House 12:00 – 3:00 on Sunday, August, 1st, 2010

or by appointment by contacting:

Stewart Young
617-357-8930 or emailing syoung@landvest.com

Wings Neck is a 400-acre peninsula, (view Google map) which extends into Buzzards Bay at the western entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. A section of Wings Neck is privately held by the Wings Neck Trust and only accessible to Wings Neck Trust Members. The Wings Neck Trust was formed in 1902 as a means for acquiring approximately 350 acres of land on Wings Neck. Most of the land was later sold to individual homeowners, and approximately 70 acres were retained by the Trust in “Conservation Restriction.” The Trust later added amenities such as tennis courts and a sailing club as a perk to those who belong to the Wings Neck Trust Association. Also on Wings Neck is the Wing’s Neck Light Cape-Cod style lighthouse which was built in 1849.

The Wings Neck Waterfront property is approximately 60 miles from Boston, and 240 miles from New York.

To view more information on currently available Wings Neck Real Estate for sale visit: LandVest Wings Neck Real Estate for Sale

Wings Neck Real Estate for Sale: Wings Neck Waterfront, 169 South Road, Pocasset, Cape Cod, MA

Waterfront Real Estate on Wings Neck in Pocasset on Cape Cod

Wings Neck Waterfront Cape Cod, MA

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Wings Neck Contemporary, Pocasset on Cape Cod, MA

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If you are interested in learning more about waterfront real estate on Cape Cod, or are interested in buying or selling properties on Cape Cod, contact LandVest Real Estate Broker, Stewart Young syoung@landvest.com

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Jul

Camp Trevallyn, a classic Adirondack Great Camp located in Paul Smiths NY featured in The New York Times
By LandVest

Camp Trevallyn, located in the Adirondacks in Paul Smiths, New York and currently for sale, was featured in Today’s New York Times in the Luxury Waterfront Real Estate section.

Classic Adirondack Great Camp on Upper St. Regis Lake for Sale

Camp Trevallyn, located in the upper St. Regis area of the Adirondacks is a quintessential Adirondack Great Camp, and is now being offered for sale for the first time since the 1920′s. This exceptional real estate offering, consists of over 11 acres of varied terrain in a very private setting with 2,500 feet of shoreline on Upper Saint Regis Lake. The camp (with 2 fully functioning camps, is surrounded by towering mature White and Red Pine trees with walkways connecting the buildings, boathouses, tennis court and guest dock. The property enjoys southern exposure and distant mountain views. While modern ammenities have been added, what made this area attractive to New York and Boston socialites of the late 1800′s and early 1900′s survives today. Pristine beatuy, traditional outdoor recreation; water sports, boating, fishing, hiking, tennis and skiing. A perfect family retreat or corporate get-away.

One of many tranquil gathering areas within a classic Adirondack setting

The camp was built by a man named Barney in the early 1900’s and has been held in one continuous ownership since John B. Trevor bought the property in 1930 from the well-known Adirondack builder, Ben Muncil. In rebuilding the camp, Mr. Trevor used local architects Feustman and later, Frank J. Forster, who was responsible for the way the camp looks today.

Camp Trevallyn Boat House on Upper St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks

Camp Trevallyn is located in Paul Smiths, NY on Upper Saint Regis Lake. The lake is located in the famous “Tri Lakes Area” of the Adirondack Mountains in the town of Brighton near the Village of Paul Smiths. (see Google map) Surrounded by Adirondack forever-wild wilderness, Upper Saint Regis Lake, along with Lower St. Regis and Spitfire Lakes, became famous in the late 19^thcentury as a summer playground and retreat. These lakes are the site of many grand old summer “cottages” and Great Camps, including Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Camp Topridge. The lake is part of the original ‘seven carries’ canoe route from Paul Smith’s Hotel to the Saranac Inn. It is also the original home of “Idem-class” racing sailboats, originally built in 1900, the oldest class of actively racing one-design boats.

Camp Trevallyn Adirondack Great Camp is one of the areas oldest surviving great camps

Camp Trevallyn is accessible via Heron Lane (#18) off of Route 30 (4.5 miles from the Lake Clear Junction) as well as by water from the private dock at Upper Saint Regis communal private docks. The property is within 10 miles of the Lake Clear airport / Adirondack Regional Airport.

For more information on Camp Trevallyn, contact Vinny McClelland by phone, 518-576-2297 or via email: vmcclelland@landvest.com

For additional Adirondack properties such as Hamilton Lake or Camp Pot Luck, or Adirondack family compounds, Adirondack Great Camps, Adirondack corporate retreats, for sale click link: Adirondack real estate for sale

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Jul

Seapuit, The Transformation of the Second Oldest Golf Links In The US Into Some Of Cape Cod’s Best Real Estate
By LandVest

This post was brought to you by Stewart Young (syoung@landvest.com). Whether it’s an elegant Greek Revival in Lincoln, a 130 acre farm in Medfield, or a waterfront summer estate on Stage Harbor in Chatham, Stewart advises buyers and sellers of some of the most distinctive properties in Massachusetts with a focus on the Metro West area of Boston and Cape Cod.

Seapuit Club in Osterville has become the site of some of Cape Cod's best real estate

Seapuit Club is now the site of some of Cape Cod's best real estate

The Seapuit Club, located in Osterville, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod operated from 1896 to 1942 and is reputed to have been the second oldest golf links in the United States. The property consisted of about 1,000 acres in Osterville and Marstons Mills. The golf course was 3001 yards long with 9 holes rated as a par 36. In 1926 the daily greens fee was $1.50, raised to $2.50 on the weekends. A seasonal membership cost $35.

1926 Seapuit Golf Membership Rates

The Seapuit Club Inn provided lodging and fine dining from 1898 to 1925. The Golf Club House at the ninth green provided registration and men’s and women’s lockers and at the third green Bernard Hinckley operated an oyster bar that also served martinis, maybe even during prohibition.

The "Head House" located on the 9th Green

Supporting operations included Seapuit Bay Farm that housed horses, cows, and chickens. There were several cranberry bogs that were harvested into the 1950s. The Seapuit Nursery operated as a commercial nursery up to 1985.

The transformation of Seapuit occurred in the early 1970s when the Davis family engaged LandVest to develop a master plan for residential development of the property. The plan was not a conventional subdivision. Careful inventories of the landscape were followed by the identification of key sites that would feature the bogs, marshes, woods, fields, and especially the water and inland vistas that made the property so unique. LandVest’s marketing campaign was also carefully planned and orchestrated with a slow release to the market over several decades. In the end, by 1990, about 50 lots were sold leaving extensive land in conservation.

Today Seapuit maintains a special sense of place. One of the most special properties in the neighborhood is located at 250 Smoke Valley Road in Osterville, MA and is listed by Stewart Young of LandVest is now under agreement. This waterfront retreat offers complete privacy, a pastoral setting with views toward Prince Cove and conservation land, and a deep-water dock with three floats. The Cape Cod-style residence provides three bedrooms and there is also an exceptional waterfront boathouse with one bedroom and a waterside deck.

Ostervile Waterfront Retreat - Former site of Seapuit Golf Club

For additional information on the Seapuit Club, click the link to a recent article in Cape Cod Life:

Remembering Osterville’s Seapuit Golf Club

For more information on Cape Cod Real Estate contact Stewart Young via email syoung@landvest.com

To view exceptional Cape Cod Real Estate for Sale, visit LandVest.com or click Cape Cod Real Estate

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Jul

Lanse Robb of LandVest – North Shore, MA Brokers Record $9.2 Million Sale
By LandVest

Record Real Estate Sale (Highest Residential Real Estate Sale in 2010 in MA) Marks a Recent Run of High End Activity on Boston MA’s North Shore.

LandVest Real Estate Broker Lanse Robb, brokers sale of the Wyck Estate, in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

The highest residential real estate transaction in Massachusetts in 2010 was brokered by LandVest – North Shore, MA Real Estate Broker Lanse Robb, with the recent sale of the magnificent Wyck Estate, a 7.8-acre oceanfront estate located in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA for $9.2 million. The carriage house of the Wyck estate was sold separately by Robb earlier this spring for $2.225 million, making the combined sale for the entire property $11.450 million. According to MLSPIN.com, there has been only one other sale above the $5 million mark in Massachusetts this year which took place in Barnstable.

The Wyck Estate is the centerpiece in a series of high-end real estate sales brokered by Lanse Robb, including 357 Hale Street in Beverly, MA and 35 Proctor Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea. In all three sales the buyers were procured directly by Robb. Recently dubbed “the Rolls Royce” of North Shore Brokers by North Shore Magazine,

The Real Deal - Lanse Robb featured in North Shore Magazine

Robb already has surpassed the $25.08 million mark in sales of high-end properties in 2010, with an average sale price of $3.5 million. Included in those transactions are the highest residential real estate sales in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, and Hamilton Massachusetts.

Boston’s North Shore has long been a desireable location for those intersested in buying exceptional waterfront real estate, and equestrian properties and many of its town’s make Boston Magazine’s Best Place To Live list. Manchester-by-the-Sea where the Wyck Estate is located was voted as the Gold Standard. “The North Shore of Boston boasts an amazing concentration of extraordinary properties, and the Wyck Estate has long been considered the jewel in the crown,” said Robb. It was recently chosen by the Week Magazine as one of the best properties on the market with a slate roof, and has been written up by the Wall Street Journal and Robb Report as an extraordinary property. “Despite the economic malaise, we have achieved a series of high-end sales, setting town, county and state records. Wise sellers understand that the inflated prices of the market’s height are behind us, yet they can still count on us to sell their properties at prices that are setting records in today’s marketplace. In our current climate, high-end buyers are looking for spectacular homes that offer value and investment. It is a measured marketplace, one where value trumps pure luxury.”
The Wyck Estate, a replica French Chateau located on Manchester’s desirable Smith’s Point, was built circa 1900 using the finest imported materials and craftsmanship. The home’s exterior consists of Tapestry brick imported from France and carved Indiana limestone; twenty-eight stone carvers were brought to the site to ensure absolute authenticity. The opulently detailed interior includes a formal entranceway, carved of Caen stone from France, a magnificent dining room paneled in extremely rare Circassian walnut from Russia, and floors of green Conamora marble from Ireland. The result of this magnificent effort is an antique treasure as stunning as any to be found in France.
LandVest invested heavily in marketing to ensure the property was well exposed to a wide audience of affluent buyers and invested significant time in ensuring everyone within the LandVest network, and Christies Great Estates affiliates (LandVest is a New England affiliate of Christies Great Estates which allows the property to be exposed internationally through the world wide network of Christies Great Estates as well as exposure thoughout the extended network of Christies -the leading global art business/auction house) and the North Shore brokerage community was aware this North Shore signature listing was for sale.

Lanse Robb has been a broker for more than 22 years on Boston’s North Shore. Lanse Robb is known by some in the North Shore as a rain maker, combining keen market insight, tenacity and a unrelenting commitment to delivering the highest service and value to his clients. He can be reached at lrobb@landvest.com.

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