Former U.S. Legal professional Common Robert F. Kennedy‘s daughter, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, is providing up the possibility to get pleasure from a style of the political dynasty’s storied Cape Cod life-style by itemizing her Hyannis Port dwelling for $1.59 million—after admitting that her personal “dream” of recreating the household’s legendary summers within the seaside city failed.
Kennedy Townsend, 74, who’s the daughter of late politician Robert and his spouse, Ethel, bought the property in December 2023 for $1.28 million in a bid to move down the custom of spending the nice and cozy months surrounded by household within the storied city.
However, she has now admitted, that dream of recapturing her personal childhood pleasure didn’t work out fairly the way in which she had been hoping—prompting her to place the property again available on the market lower than three years later.
“I had a dream that I might recreate the youth, the fantastic youth that I had, for my kids and grandchildren, so they may come to the Cape; they may sail, they may stroll on breakwater, and it could be, you realize, fantastic summers,” she advised The Boston Globe.
“IÂ needed it to be a spot the place you might have quite a lot of folks get pleasure from themselves and use the seashore and be in a secure place. I had this glorious dream. … However not all goals work, proper?”
On paper, the house was completely positioned to function an extension of the Kennedy household’s longtime Hyannis Port compound, which is situated only a seven-minute drive away from the five-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom abode.
But the property is a far cry from the Kennedy’s historic property, which was bought in 1928 by household patriarch, diplomat, and businessman Joseph P. Kennedy for his spouse, Rose, and their 9 kids, together with President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
Whereas the household’s compound sits on an infinite parcel subsequent to the ocean, Kennedy Townsend’s dwelling is about again from the seashore—though the itemizing notes that it comes with deeded personal entry to a close-by seashore, which is only a few minutes’ stroll away.
In step with Kennedy Townend’s imaginative and prescient for turning the house right into a hub for household, associates, and family members, the home has been outfitted with a number of sleeping areas, together with a basement room that’s dwelling to a number of beds, in addition to a seating space.
Bunk beds are additionally present in a room upstairs, including but extra space for visitors to put their heads.
“That includes 5 bedrooms and 5 baths, the house supplies beneficiant area and a versatile structure fitted to each year-round residing and seasonal enjoyment,” the itemizing, which is held by Kathy O’Neil of Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty, notes.
A big open plan kitchen comes full with an informal eating area, ultimate for internet hosting massive teams, whereas the sun-soaked lounge boasts its personal fire for cozier evenings through the winter months. A extra formal eating room provides one other space for giant household meals.
Nonetheless, it’s the exterior the place the property actually shines.
“Positioned within the fascinating Breakwater Shores neighborhood, this split-level residence overlooking the pond presents coastal residing with peaceable water views and glimpses of the ocean past,” the outline continues.
An unlimited deck that overlooks the yard and the pond past seems like the proper spot for al fresco dinners on a summer season night, or for having fun with a quiet second with a cup of espresso whereas watching the dawn.
A large firepit within the yard itself seems tailor made for household recreation nights or s’mores periods, and is surrounded by a lush inexperienced garden and stylish landscaping.
Whereas a number of the interiors seem to wish a little bit of a refresh, significantly within the kitchen, the bones of the house would make the proper clean canvas for somebody in search of a extra trendy retreat, with the extra conventional components within the 1966-built dwelling including a country, comforting really feel.
What’s extra, the property has no householders affiliation, which means that these charges wouldn’t must be factored right into a purchaser’s finances—although it’s, per the itemizing, “ideally situated close to buying, fantastic eating places, the Hyannis artist shanties, sightseeing boats, and ferries to Nantucket and Martha’s Winery.”
“For a household that lives in Boston or Windfall, or anyplace shut, it is simply ultimate,” Kennedy Townsend added.
Cape Cod has lengthy been intertwined with the Kennedys, significantly after JFK used the household compound because the headquarters for his presidential marketing campaign in summer season 1960—and much more so after his spouse, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, fled to the house after he was assassinated in 1963 on the age of 46.
Hyannis Port could be the place Jackie crafted the picture of Kennedy’s presidency as “Camelot” within the wake of his loss of life, taking inspiration from the late politician’s favourite Broadway musical and telling the media in her first official interview after his loss of life: “Don’t let it’s forgot, that for one temporary, shining second there was Camelot.”
The house had been the positioning of many completely happy holidays for JFK and Jackie—and it went on to function a much-needed retreat for different members of the family over time, turning into the positioning of an annual Fourth of July reunion for a lot of of their descendants.
Every year, dozens of prolonged Kennedy members of the family—from RFK’s daughter Kerry and her kids with ex-husband Andrew Cuomo to Maria Shriver‘s daughter Katherine Schwarzenegger and her actor husband, Chris Pratt— collect on the property to have a good time the vacation.
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