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February 7, 2025

A luxury house is close to tumbling into Cape Cod Bay. Will anyone stop it?

  • The Massachusetts home is expected to tumble into the bay sometime in the next three years.
    • By ANDRE MUGGIATI
    Associated Press

    WELLFLEET, Mass. — The waters of Cape Cod Bay are coming for the big brown house perched on the edge of a sandy bluff high above the beach. It's just a matter of when.

    Erosion has marched right up to the concrete footings of the multimillion-dollar home where it overlooks the bay. Massive sliding doors that used to open onto a wide deck, complete with hot tub, are now barricaded by thin wooden slats that prevent anyone from stepping through and falling 25 feet to the beach below.


     
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