The stretches just beyond the established addresses are where the more interesting purchases are being made.
For years the map of desirable coast was short and well understood. What has changed is not the appeal of those addresses but the tolerance for what comes with them: the season, the traffic, the sense that the place belongs to its visitors rather than its residents.
Buyers who have owned on a first coastline once are the most likely to look at a second. They know what they use and what they merely paid for, and they’re notably less interested in being seen.
What you gain and what you give up
The trade is real. Fewer restaurants open in February, a longer drive to an airport, and a resale market that’s thinner in both directions. Against that: more land, older houses, neighbours who stay through winter, and prices that leave room to build properly.
We wouldn’t recommend it to a buyer whose plan depends on renting through summer. For a buyer who intends to be there, it’s increasingly the better purchase.
