It was last July when Don Vaccaro purchased a home on Nantucket's Sheep Pond Road for $200,000 which was pennies off of the $1.9 million dollar market value price. While the home and views are amazing, Mother Nature and the receding shoreline are not, at least to people who own homes in paradise just steps from the beach. I first wrote about this in an August 2024 blog titled, "Oh, the sand just keeps moving... everywhere", HERE.
Photos by Kit Noble, Nantucket Current
Sadly, Vaccaro and his family were only able to enjoy one week in their new oceanfront house during 2024. Luckily he owns the house next door so while it's a shame at least he has a few more options, but not much real estate, before the other home becomes in jeopardy of falling into the ocean. In January of this year the town ordered the home unsafe and to be demolished.
That road, Sheep Pond Road, has seen a number of homes forced to be abandoned due to the shrinking size of the beaches in front of them. I'm surprised there's not a Frank Pallone, Jr. up there like we have down here in New Jersey. Imagine if Frankie boy lived up there. The beaches would be replenished far and wide and all would be good. He wouldn't be able to handle it up there, there's only 14,000 people, and the votes, he might be able to count on. That would be equal to about the population of Eatontown, New Jersey. Not enough water front living buds there either.
