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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNorton LetterTo: The Sellers of Hazel Vining's Property at 13 Webster Road, West Yarmouth, MA Thank you for allowing us to view Hazel Vining's home. It is obvious from the care you have taken in selling her home she had a strong and loving community surrounding her. We appreciate that and, therefore, want you to know a little bit about us. My wife, Claudia, and I moved to Somerville, MA, several years ago. Our five children have moved on, finishing college and working. One is married and living in Indiana with hopes to start her own family soon. The others are not far behind and mostly live in the Boston area. We recently completed a "to the studs" renovation on our three family home. The two of us doing much of the work ourselves. We have always worked together on such projects and look forward to the next — our retirement home on the Cape. I manage large telescope projects around the world for Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution. I love my job and plan to continue for another 10 years but will start easing into a Cape lifestyle next year as I can work from my home office wherever that may be. My wife, a former teacher, cares for two wonderful children now and will retire along with me or, perhaps, sooner. We would both love to enjoy Hazel's home with visits from our children and their families. We envision kayaking from just around the corner and thoroughly enjoying the beach with them. Our plans are to enhance Hazel's property by keeping the house, as opposed to razing it, addressing what we see as needed updates on the inside; wiring, flooring, cabinets and lighting. We are likely to refinish the double hung windows and keep the exterior clapboards as they are in good shape. A new roof is on the list. Obviously, the required septic work will be completed. A garage addition is in the plans because I'm a bit of car guy and like keeping mine inside. The outside property will be kept approximately as is, with some general brush cleaning just around the house along with tree pruning. We prefer to leave the rest of the yard as it is and do not need to make room for big equipment, RV's or boats. We truly hope this inspires you to consider our offer as fair and reasonable. Kind regards, Tim & Claud' Norto