Takeaways:

• Nantucket's unique law requires homeowners to give away houses before demolition, making it a quirky real estate adventure.
• Imagine a five million dollar house being given away for free, but you have to move it pronto, like in 180 days!
• The island's lack of building materials means moving houses is a common and celebrated practice, known as 'moving season'.
• Picture houses literally rolling down the street, insulation dangling like party streamers – that's Nantucket for you!
• Mary Bergman from the Nantucket Preservation Trust highlights the island's history of house moving, making it a tradition worth noting.
• The podcast wraps up with a fun call to action, encouraging listeners to share their thoughts on this wild Nantucket law.

Links referenced in this episode:

• jamesabrown.net

Companies mentioned in this episode:

• realtor.com
• Nantucket Preservation Trust

This is the Daily Note.

I'm James A.

Brown.

Someone is giving away a five million dollar house in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

But there's a catch.

You gotta move it in 180 days.

It's the law.

If you want to demolish a house on that island, you have to offer it up for free first.

Wait 30 days and see if anyone wants it.

Mary Bergman of the Nantucket Preservation Trust tells realtor.com that people have been moving houses on Nantucket since they began building there.

They even call it moving season.

Why?

Well, Nantucket is just a pile of sand and there's never been enough wood on that island to build new houses.

And it saves landfill space.

I can't get this picture out of my head.

Houses rolling down, streets cut in half, insulation hanging out.

Is Nantucket normal?

So what do you think?

Let me know in the comments on jamesabrown.net on that note.

I'm James A.

Brown and as always, be well.