Beach and Bay
Our home overlooks North Chatham’s Pleasant Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Although the geography is shifting quickly these days, there is still a barrier beach—the outer bar—in places, that divides the bay from the ocean and protecting our beach.
Just about 100 feet from the house is a staircase down to the beach, where there is refreshing swimming at high tide, endless entertainment observing sea creatures at low tide, and a nice wide beach to nap or play on.
Please note that this shoreline is very dynamic. I describe above what the beach looks like now. A big storm could either wipe away a good portion of the beach or deposit much more sand thereby increasing the beach's size. We do everything we can to protect ourselves from erosion, but the reality of shore-front property these days is that beach levels are not in our control. This would be the case with any ocean front house. So there are no guarantees that the beach will still be as currently described when the rental begins and we will not offer any money back because of shifts in the beach due to storms and erosion.
In Massachusetts, beach is private to the low tide mark. In practice, we allow people to walk on our beach.