He's lighting up the true property world!
A unusual, centuries-old lighthouse house within the Chesapeake Bay hit the market this week for $450,000 — however you'll want a ship to get there, the proprietor advised The Put up Thursday.
The three-bedroom pad often called the Smith Point Lighthouse — which sits roughly three miles from the Virginia shoreline — has breathtaking ocean views in an ultra-private location for the fitting adventurous spirit, mentioned Dave McNally, 74.
“Essentially the most enjoyable half is you get a 360-degree water view. It's kinda such as you're in an aquarium with everybody circling round you,” he mentioned.
“On a really calm evening, I might sit and listen to the air holes of dolphins open and shut,” he mentioned. “Proudly owning this lighthouse has been one of many shining moments of my life.”
However the wave-battered abode, which McNally paid $170,000 for in 2005, additionally comes with its share of of untamed idiosyncrasies.
“It's out in an element [of the sea] that's harmful for delivery,” he mentioned. “When a storm comes up, waves can get 12 ft tall.”
“However the construction is so sturdy, and it doesn't sway,” he added.
To achieve the home, which McNally and his household used as a summer time house, guests should enter by climbing a ladder between two home windows on the rusty base of the construction.
Whereas dwelling there, McNally usually took a ship to land each week to purchase groceries — and as soon as had an enormous vessel he dubbed his “floating pickup truck” whereas fixing it up.
In-built 1897, the lighthouse has 4 ranges, with the primary now serving as a kitchen and a dwelling house, in accordance with the true property itemizing.
The second degree has three bedrooms with a wave watch-room land a lantern room above that.
McNally mentioned he initially moved from Michigan to the house as a result of he's a boat-loving “water nut” who “like[s] journey.”
He now needs to promote the place because of the current beginning of his grandchildren, he advised homes.com, which was first to report the itemizing.
Bringing very babies to the lighthouse could be too hazardous, mentioned McNally, who's promoting the home “as is.”
