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SPECIAL FEATURES AND HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FIRST FLOOR
• The 1st Floor has 3 Bedrooms plus the Studio (in the In-Law Apartment)
• The 3rd (smallest) bedroom has currently been setup for use as a Walk-In
Closet for the Studio, because the lower-level Bedroom of the apartment is
currently setup for use as a separate, large Home Office
• Nearly all living space requires no more than 2 steps up or down
• Two decks (and a slate patio) off back of the house, one uncovered and one
covered, to suit your taste for temperature and sunlight

• Used garage for more than a car, a lunchroom for wet bathers coming in for a
bite to eat
• Pantry space for clearing kitchen cabinets and drawers; laundry room with natural
light
• Add a deep sink and clean your day’s fishing or clamming or lobstering catch

SECOND FLOOR
• Attic fan, ceiling fan in great room for “tween” temperatures
• Built-in China closet (full wall) in Dining Room, skylights

GENERAL

• House is not ALL 65 years old. Some parts are only 20 years young
• Flexibility exists to make rooms serve YOU, not vice versa
• Far more space for living, and uniquely different from other neighborhood
houses, than appears from the street and driveway

Two additions have been added to the original 3-Bedroom, 2-Bath ranch house
since moving in July 1st, 1960:

1. The first was the addition of an in-law apartment, in the form of a Studio set
atop a basement-level bedroom, with expansive sunrise-side lagoon view. This has
a walk-out at the level between the two floors
2. The second addition was to add a larger lagoon-view Living Room, converting
the original to use as a larger Dining Room, allowing the smaller Dining Room to
become a Home Office

A ranch house with attached garage, lowered-window porch, finished basement playroom
with bar and a workshop in 1953 grew to an added home office with a waterside window

view, a party/entertainment/family room and ½ bath in 1972, and to a more sprawling,
comfortable and functional meeting place. A great room and storage/mudroom were added in
1998, which allowed more flexibility for revitalizing and repurposing the entire home.