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How we build homes on

NANTUCKET

Building on an Island out in the middle of the ocean can cause some difficulty.

Below are some facts about Nantucket & some of the construction restrictions

builders run into while trying to build homes.

ISLAND INFORMATION

Nantucket is approximately 48 square miles & located 30 miles out to sea, off the coast of Massachusetts.

OUR POPULATION

Our population goes from approximately 15,000 year round residents, to over 50,000 residents in the summer months.

A NATIONAL HISTORIC 

LANDMARK DISTRICT

In 1966 the island was designated a National Historic Landmark District. All building plans and projects are subject to regulation by our Historic District Commission, one of the first in the country, established in 1965. This means oversight not just in design, but in the building materials employed as well.

OUR WEATHER CONDITIONS

We are the easternmost land mass in the continental U.S., and our weather is greatly influenced by the ocean and the Gulf Stream flows. We are bathed in sunlight, and beautiful sunsets, and ravaged by storms, having no natural barriers to break the weather.

OUR SUPPLIES ARRIVE

ON A FERRY

All of our supplies - food, fuel, clothing, and all building materials- arrive on the island by ferry. Bad weather...no supplies.

50%

NEARLY 50% OF THE ISLAND IS CONSERVATION LAND

Because land is scarce on Nantucket, affordable properties are designated by the Town and allocated to builders for development. As a result, our Habitat homes are distributed among neighborhoods with very different profiles. It’s very important to fit in.

SO WHY

ARE WE

TELLING 

YOU THIS?

All of this information determines how quickly we build...

We have completed ELEVEN homes since our founding in 2001. Our first was completed in March of 2004. Our second and third, part of a duplex, were completed in January 2007. Our fourth home, a "Green Home", was dedicated in August 2010. Our fifth and sixth homes, located on adjacent lots were completed in 2014. Our seventh home was built in the summer of 2016. Our 8th home was finished at the beginning of 2017 and our 9th and 10th homes, located in Sachem's Path, were finished in the spring of 2018. Our 11th home on Waitt Drive was completed in 2018. Habitat is completing the construction on our 12th and 13th home which is a duplex in The Richmond development on Beach Grass Drive. We will start construction on our 14th , 15th and 16th home in Miacomet Village on Benjamin Drive in the Fall of 2021.

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