The Neighborhood

One of the things that we love about the Hawksbill Cabin’s neighborhood is the quality of the homes. They were built in a couple of generations, we guess starting in the 1920’s. The story goes that an old farm was broken up for summer homes, with standardized lots of about ½ acre for sale.


There were a couple of families who bought in and started up the neighborhood, and some of them still own the old family retreats they built. After the first wave, there was another wave that started in the 1940’s, our house was one of them; then a few more have been added since – as recently as 2007-but the homes aren’t being built in the same style anymore.

Over time the way the homes are used is changing as well. Where the concept was to build weekend homes here, there is now a mix of weekenders and full-timers. For the most part this seems to work, although it can have its challenges.

The photos above are a couple of examples of the little houses that have been built here-these two are contemporaries of the Hawksbill Cabin. The links below will take you to two posts about other houses that have been for sale in the neighborhood over the last few years. One, which the auction post talks about, was built in the 1940’s and was remodeled to incorporate a lot of outdoor living space; the second, built in 2007 in a “rustic cabin” style…its style is incongruous to the other stone houses, and coming on the market at the time it did has made it a difficult sale.

http://hawksbillcabin.blogspot.com/2010/08/at-auction-in-hawksbill-pines.html

http://hawksbillcabin.blogspot.com/2008/03/also-for-sale-in-hawksbill-pines.html

Before you get the impression that this is a gratuitous real estate post, there is one final item I wanted to note, which goes back to the outdoor living character of many of these homes. Visible through the hollow, one of the homes has this extended catwalk out to a covered and screened veranda. An older couple owned this house, and as one of the spouses grew less mobile, they built this as a way to still be able to get out and enjoy the environment. It’s a charming story actually, and one I can’t help but admire whenever it catches my eye.