Home of the Week: On the pond in the Ocean State
This Cape in Tiverton, R.I., has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and is steps from the water.
$599,000
Style Cape Cod
Year built 1930
Square feet 1,906
Bedrooms 3
Baths 2 full
Sewer/Water Public
Taxes $5,923 (2024)
In a sense, the main attraction of this Cape-style cottage is 22 feet deep. It’s that close to South Watuppa Pond, which forms the eastern border of Tiverton, R.I.
The 1,906-square-foot home is the last house on the right before Lake Avenue comes to an end on the banks of the freshwater pond.
The 4,008-square foot lot — which is protected by a chain-link fence — includes a private dock.
There’s two ways to enter this home, and a preference may develop for using the second because it’s closest to the pond and the backyard.
A short stairwell leads inside, where a two-person table is set in a perfect spot: just underneath a clear plate-glass window with views of the pond from the rear of the home.
Heading toward the front of the house connects first to the kitchen and then to the dining room. The kitchen features purple and cream painted cabinets, a tile backsplash, and an electric stove. The countertops are Formica-like material and the flooring is vinyl.
The kitchen flows into the formal dining room, which is positioned near a window with views of the pond. A light with a fan is in the center of the ceiling.
The living room features a pellet stove with black piping that is backed by a brick-faced wall (the home has oil heat). The exterior wall hosts a three-paned window joining with a double-pane window on the other exterior wall.
The three bedrooms and the main bathroom complete this level. The primary bedroom has a pair of windows next to each other in the distant corner of the room; the other has a single double-hung window. The third is now used as a family room and also features the paired windows in the corner of the space.
Flooring on this level in all but the kitchen and bath is oak hardwood.
The 730-square-foot finished lower level has tile flooring and direct access to the backyard — and the pond — through a screened door with a clear glass window. Also on this level, there’s a second full kitchen and full bath. There is also a second family room with space for exercise machines and a large bookcase.
The downstairs kitchen is galley style and features white cabinets, a tile backsplash with accents, and counters that create a sitting space with an overhang. The flooring is white tile.
The full bath on this floor features a single white vanity with a porcelain inset sink, white tile flooring with accents, and a shower/bath behind a curtain.
A two-car garage located across the street is being sold separately, but can be combined into one purchase, according to the listing agent, Isabel Garcia of Keller Williams Coastal in Middletown.
South Watuppa Pond — which is on the Massachusetts border and also runs past Fall River and Westport in the Bay State — totals about 1,460 acres. MassWildlife reports finding smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, and chain pickerel among other fish species, but the Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a consumption advisory for the pond because it has not been recently evaluated for mercury.
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