Anonymous wrote:I know it’s far away, but I like this one.

https://www.redfin.com/SC/Pawleys-Island/376-Tip-Top-End-Myrtle-Ave-29585/home/188825810

Wrong direction. Too red.

I know it’s far away, but I like this one.

https://www.redfin.com/SC/Pawleys-Island/376-Tip-Top-End-Myrtle-Ave-29585/home/188825810

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Anonymous wrote:Delaware or Maryland in General have no private beaches.

Look at Ocean City MD they posted ( 8 million people visited their beaches in 2023).

with tons of hotels and and AIRBnBs and day trippers the whole Rehoboth to Ocean City Stretch is crowded.

Now compare that to Beach Front Dune Road in Hamptons. There are zero chain hotels, handful of small motels or BnBs in area. Airbnb is illegal for stays less than one month. The big stretch on Dune Road is all no parking with no shoulder except a Sand Shoulder you pull over get stuck. No public entrance to beach between houses.

Technically beach is public but only below high water line and you have to walk 2-3 miles from public area to get to a beach in front of you mansion and there are no bathrooms or lifeguards.

Even Joe Bidens multi million home in Rehoboth has no private beach access.

I own a beach place in a town I rather not mention but all our beaches are resident only, we sell zero day passes, they are in non resident parking zones and gated. Need picture ID to enter. It is not private since open to town, but unlike the Delaware beach no riff raft.


Because it would take you too long to go find a believable place/house?

My beach town back in the 1970s fought and won to have our own building department. Starting 1982 they banned any building over two stories tall, banned any multifamily housing, banned any new commercial property, banned any hotels, banned any religous buildings or even schools. They bascially in 1982 made any new construction SFH only.

Over the years since 1982 when they were able they would buy the few remaining commercial properties. Town would either raze the building and make it a park and often just become the landlord so they control what business in the buidling.

The town is now unfortantely getting the McMansion effect happening. As builders can only build SFH so they knock down the few remaining orginal condition small homes and build new ones. It is at point people buy two million homes knock them down and build 8 million dollar homes.

I have a crappy place in town. The last remaining small condo complex built 1978. It actually started the restrictions and several more were planned until they incorporated and stopped them in 1982. My place is worth much more than is should be. it is on a block of 2-10 million dollar homes.

To do this in Sandy they took zero federal dollars to rebuild boardwalk and beach. They cant take money from Fed as would have to open beach. I dont know what they would do in a massive storm. it may force them to open them.

Anonymous wrote:I’d much rather have something with more land, a pool, right on the beach with gorgeous views. And I find the house kind of architecturally unattractive.

Agree. This house has no cham. Hard Pass.

I wouldn’t want a beach house, but I’d did, I’d make a lowball offer on this and fix it up or rebuild for 2mio
https://www.redfin.com/DE/Bethany-Beach/1206-S-Ocean-Dr-19930/home/135430796

Anonymous wrote:No oceanfront, no yard or pool, super close to neighbors…pass

+1

Plus horrible traffic

Pass

It’s pretty. I’d put in a pool and ditch the wall of bunk beds unless I were paying someone else to change the sheets on them.

This area of the country is the most mid in terms of geography and landscape. Mid mountains (appalachians are boring and full of trees), mid beaches (Delaware, ew), mid rivers (Potomac)

The only redeemable aspect is the culture in the city

Anonymous wrote:Delaware or Maryland in General have no private beaches.

Look at Ocean City MD they posted ( 8 million people visited their beaches in 2023).

with tons of hotels and and AIRBnBs and day trippers the whole Rehoboth to Ocean City Stretch is crowded.

Now compare that to Beach Front Dune Road in Hamptons. There are zero chain hotels, handful of small motels or BnBs in area. Airbnb is illegal for stays less than one month. The big stretch on Dune Road is all no parking with no shoulder except a Sand Shoulder you pull over get stuck. No public entrance to beach between houses.

Technically beach is public but only below high water line and you have to walk 2-3 miles from public area to get to a beach in front of you mansion and there are no bathrooms or lifeguards.

Even Joe Bidens multi million home in Rehoboth has no private beach access.

I own a beach place in a town I rather not mention but all our beaches are resident only, we sell zero day passes, they are in non resident parking zones and gated. Need picture ID to enter. It is not private since open to town, but unlike the Delaware beach no riff raft.

Bolded above - this is incorrect. Have you ever stayed in North Shores, where the Biden's house is? Both North Shores, and the community next to it, Henlopen Acres, have zero public parking/street parking and access to the North Shores & Henlopen Acres beaches are private. Only residents/guests can set up on the beach there. And most residents use the blue umbrella and chair service, which means each setup is tagged with the owner's name. Yes, it's not 100% private in that the public can walk along the shoreline and walk through those beaches, but they cannot set up on the beach for the day.

Anonymous wrote:The house next door has ten cars parked out front indicating it’s likely a rental for singles. This house has a similar ugly slab out front that can hold ten cars. Guess what?

you can have a lot of people visit you at once?

Anonymous wrote:Private beach, huge and new. All it needs is a pool. Gorgeous.

Do you agree? What would you change?

https://www.redfin.com/DE/Bethany-Beach/39889-Bennett-Rd-19930/home/134941644

No, all it needs is 15 acres and a pool.

The house next door has ten cars parked out front indicating it’s likely a rental for singles. This house has a similar ugly slab out front that can hold ten cars. Guess what?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Delaware or Maryland in General have no private beaches.

Look at Ocean City MD they posted ( 8 million people visited their beaches in 2023).

with tons of hotels and and AIRBnBs and day trippers the whole Rehoboth to Ocean City Stretch is crowded.

Now compare that to Beach Front Dune Road in Hamptons. There are zero chain hotels, handful of small motels or BnBs in area. Airbnb is illegal for stays less than one month. The big stretch on Dune Road is all no parking with no shoulder except a Sand Shoulder you pull over get stuck. No public entrance to beach between houses.

Technically beach is public but only below high water line and you have to walk 2-3 miles from public area to get to a beach in front of you mansion and there are no bathrooms or lifeguards.

Even Joe Bidens multi million home in Rehoboth has no private beach access.

I own a beach place in a town I rather not mention but all our beaches are resident only, we sell zero day passes, they are in non resident parking zones and gated. Need picture ID to enter. It is not private since open to town, but unlike the Delaware beach no riff raft.

North Bethany runs about three miles from the northern edge of Bethany Beach to the Indian River Inlet.
There are no chains or high rises. Lots of $$$ SFHs with walking paths onto the beach.
Many of the communities are gated, so while not 100% private beaches, you would have to walk miles along the beach to get there.

That's great until they need the Army Corps to restore a beach. Their price is always access easements

https://www.wusf.org/environment/2023-09-08/beachfront-property-owners-army-corps-impasse-over-beach-renourishment

it's like you guys are getting SO close to understanding the real problem wiht this property without acknowledging it.

You know what the next step is after the Army Corps demands public access and restores the beach... guess... it happens every September and will be happening with more and more frequency and it rhymes with "each derosion" but one day the Army Corps won't come back!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Delaware or Maryland in General have no private beaches.

Look at Ocean City MD they posted ( 8 million people visited their beaches in 2023).

with tons of hotels and and AIRBnBs and day trippers the whole Rehoboth to Ocean City Stretch is crowded.

Now compare that to Beach Front Dune Road in Hamptons. There are zero chain hotels, handful of small motels or BnBs in area. Airbnb is illegal for stays less than one month. The big stretch on Dune Road is all no parking with no shoulder except a Sand Shoulder you pull over get stuck. No public entrance to beach between houses.

Technically beach is public but only below high water line and you have to walk 2-3 miles from public area to get to a beach in front of you mansion and there are no bathrooms or lifeguards.

Even Joe Bidens multi million home in Rehoboth has no private beach access.

I own a beach place in a town I rather not mention but all our beaches are resident only, we sell zero day passes, they are in non resident parking zones and gated. Need picture ID to enter. It is not private since open to town, but unlike the Delaware beach no riff raft.

North Bethany runs about three miles from the northern edge of Bethany Beach to the Indian River Inlet.
There are no chains or high rises. Lots of $$$ SFHs with walking paths onto the beach.
Many of the communities are gated, so while not 100% private beaches, you would have to walk miles along the beach to get there.

That's great until they need the Army Corps to restore a beach. Their price is always access easements

https://www.wusf.org/environment/2023-09-08/beachfront-property-owners-army-corps-impasse-over-beach-renourishment

WHY? how often can you go into that water? are you waiting global warming out so maybe it would be a nice beach one day?