Create your own paradise in Falmouth – Boston Herald

hot property – 53 Associates Road Falmouth, Massachusetts, 02540. Photo credit: Nauset Media for Sotheby’s International Realty

Ensconced in a coveted gated community on more than one acre of tree-hugged land, 53 Associates Road in Falmouth is the stuff of Cape Cod fantasies.

The circa-1900 home charms with a whimsical gambrel roofline with dormers and chimneys, the classic cedar shingle facade, and rustic stone accents. It wouldn’t look out of place in the pages of a storybook and its next owners have a grand opportunity to weave their own fairytale on the expansive grounds.

As the Maren Morris song goes, the bones are good — the property is dramatically scaled for entertaining and hosting and features expertly turned millwork, coffered ceilings, elaborate moulding, and natural stone accents throughout. The vintage details offer an opportunity, an invitation even, for the new owners to pursue a restoration project to usher the property from its grand past into a modern present.

Currently, the home features five bedrooms and five baths, all spread across more than 4,700 square feet. The character-filled main floor includes a living and family room complemented by a lavish screened porch. One floor up, three balconies look out over the lush grounds that wrap around the property. Here, too, is an opportunity to transform the expansive wooded lot into a haven for outdoor living with blooming gardens and revived patios set in utter privacy.

The gated community affords its members the benefit of two association beaches just moments away, access to a dock, and a tennis court.

The sale of the estate, on the market for $3,800,000, is represented by Cathy Moore of Sotheby’s International Realty – Cape Cod Falmouth Brokerage, 508-648-1626.