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 SHELLEY CHRISTIANSEN 15 Church Street, Vineyard Haven
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2009 Vineyard Values
Prime Ocean Heights compound w/4BR 3BA main house & 2 BR 1BA carriage house. Set on on 1.5 sub-dividable waterfront lot with stunning water views. Beautiful grounds with mature plantings, just 5 mins to downtown Edgartown. $2,246,000
5 BR family retreat with deeded water access to Lake Tashmoo. Over 4200sf of living space, beautiful gardens & courtyard w/stone walls. Attached 3 car garage & 5th bedroom/studio. $1,225,000
This small, but sweet, home is in a great spot to enjoy your summers (or any other time of the year) on the Vineyard! A short walk Lagoon with some modern upgrades including stainless steel appliances, Maple cabinets, tile and bamboo flooring. $442,000
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FAIR WEATHER FRIEND UPDATE
 Happy 2009 to my fair weather friends and other friends, too!The new year on Martha’s Vineyard dawned bright with sunshine, cornflower skies, indigo seas and a fluffy carpet of new snow. Wind chill: 13 below zero, but never mind.
It’s been a while since the last FWF Update, so here’s a really brief recap of the off-season thus far: The Vineyard’s worst kept secrets -- September and October– were glowing, beach-friendly, tranquil and abundant with the last of the local corn and tomatoes. The fish were less than cooperative with the 63rd annual Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby, but the late year harvest of bay scallops has been spectacular (and delicious). The new MV Hospital building sprouted like a weed and got topped off ceremoniously in October. The high school gridiron Vineyarders washed ashore Nantucket and crushed the Whalers 43 to 22 to
capture the Island Cup for the sixth consecutive year. The beautiful Yoga Barn opened in Chilmark to rave reviews. And at last, we learned that popular yoga instructor Anderson Bourell spent Summer ’08 at an ashram in India in lieu of Inkwell Beach. Fire-stricken Bunch of Grapes bookstore is under reconstruction, not to mention new management, with
plans of reopening in springtime. Meanwhile, grateful bibliophiles are flocking to BOG’s temporary
quarters on Church Street. Islanders queued up with their treasures at the MV Museum’s Appraisal Day to get the lowdown, good or bad, from guest appraisers of Antiques Roadshow renown. No retirement in sight for me . . . . Last but not least: The holiday season! Glittering stores, homes and harbor fronts . . . choral concerts . . . inn tours . . . Donaroma’s “Evening of Enchantment” . . . MV Hospital’s “Tree of Lights”. . . the chowder contest . . . hayrides . . . the parade in Edgartown . . . breakfast with Santa . . . artisan gift shows . . . the Nutcracker Suite . . . Kwanzaa potluck supper with the NAACP . . . and finally, Last Night/First Day festivities in Vineyard Haven.
Think not that the Island snoozes for the remainder of winter. Here come: the annual chili contest . . . Film Society screenings . . . a Felix Neck moonlight meander . . . Sunday conservation land hikes . . . skating on Seth’s Pond . . . the best deals of the year at shops, restaurants, spas and hotels . . . the MV 20 Miler road race . . . holiday weekend events celebrating Martin Luther King, St. Valentine and America’s presidents. Heck, the Island is even having its own presidential inaugural ball (attire: “Vineyard formal”). So why not come for a winter fling? Thirteen below was just a fluke. Honest.
Darn: Just as restaurateur Deon Thomas (of The Cornerway) prepares to launch a new eatery on Circuit Avenue, I’ve relocated to our office in Vineyard Haven. Please note my new contact information and stop by our lovely digs on Church Street to say Hi!
Shelley C.
P.S. One of my fall features from Martha’s Vineyard Magazine: Age-Defying Vineyarders
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The national economy is as chilly as New Year’s Day on the Vineyard, and our real estate market is hardly immune. For 2008, the median sale price of an Island home was down less than 7 percent from 2007 – that’s not so dire -- but the total number of homes sold fell 26 percent. For buyers, the stars are now in rare alignment – plentiful choices, price reductions and the lowest mortgage interest rates in 30-plus years. And since Island foreclosures are uncommon, local lenders are flush with cash and yearning for qualified borrowers. Alas, the one star out of alignment is consumer confidence, and it’s no wonder. Yet the wise would-be buyer is taking deep breaths and assessing his or her personal economic outlook on its own merits. This could be one of those years that people will reflect upon in years to come, muttering “If only I had bought in 2009 . . . .”
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