Owning a house on the seaside?... Who's in?

Hi folks, my name is Camille AUGIS and I am the owner of the In Love with Harbors Real Estate Agency.

Heard you were interested in that pretty stylish white house in the Harbor, with a great garden as green as … a cucumber with that little patio facing the sea ? And of course, as a real estate investment is really complicated you want to hear a little bit more about the history of that special neighborhood right?

Ok then, welcome on board!!!

Boston Harbor Islands is a great environment for a summerhouse. First it is only 30-45 minutes from Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall and Downtown. These are wonderful places where you can go for shopping, going to the restaurant or the delicious Food Court (strawberries topped with white or mil chocolate or if you aren’t a novice, let’s give a try at Godiva’s!) or just hanging around.

Then among these 34 islands, you have to know that prices weren’t used to be that high and the islands hadn’t that many constructions until then. This incredible raise (prices and constructions) is mostly due to the water-cleaning program. All these islands used to have various uses such as prison, hospitals, military bases… now they converted into airport (you can actually see this wonderful steel bird just above your heads taking off), housing, a welcoming land for two huge eggs that actually became the key for the water cleaning process that begins several years ago. You have to know that this area between Cap Cod and Cap Ann, besides being beautiful and definitely useful to take some fresh air, used to be the economic lung of Boston. Thanks to the airport, transportation, exportation, etc; it has managed to keep being so dynamic.

These islands are nowadays, besides its economic wealth, a national park.

If you don’t know Boston, you should definitely use the MBTA. The “T” is actually the oldest subway. Boston is a great city with high standards of living. With the BIG DIG project, which costs about 18 million dollars financed by the city, you will find in Boston parks everywhere. This project was one of the most expensive and consequent one never done before, and allows the city to breath again by digging throughout the city buried highways to prevent citizens from noisy and pollute areas.

Last but not least, taking the ferry to see the Islands is the best promenade ever (as you can notice on that sunny Wednesday). Some universities usually take their international students over there to teach them in the best way why is Boston and the Harbors such important places. You will never get bored with having a house over there. Taking the ferry to go on vacation is simple, fast and always different and exciting. You would feel like you are leaving on a cruise whereas you will just go in your summerhouse!

So my only advice before anything else would be: bring your family with you and lets go “boating” to your dreamed summerhouse! You will never regret it!

Thanks for your attention and that wonderful trip with you, for any further question don’t hesitate and come talk to me as soon as you want at the agency!