Price range Breakdown: Is This $590K Rhode Island Residence “Too California?” Not for Its House owners

Whereas Lauren and Ryan Tracy had been visiting his mother and father in Newport, Rhode Island, over the winter holidays in 2023, the couple’s then-toddler daughter, Renny, wanted a automobile nap. Driving round Jamestown on the adjoining Conanicut Island, the San Diego household toured a dilapidated Fifties cottage on the market. Although the small house had “zero curb enchantment” and a definite cat-like scent, it did have an ocean view from the yard, says Lauren. The worth was additionally enticing: $265,000, a far cry from the overinflated California market they had been used to. Having renovated a number of properties earlier than with their design-build firm, Shelter Residential, it was simple for the Tracys to think about it as their subsequent mission: a summer time house for his or her rising household (which now consists of new child Lottie and miniature bull terrier, Hank), situated simply quarter-hour away from the grandparents.