Your Home. Your Market. Your Move. Let's Go! · 2026-06-17 · 24 min
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Kristin Campbell, a new member of the Serratani real estate team, shares an insider's perspective on Sandwich, Massachusetts - the "gateway to Cape Cod" located just over the bridge on the first exit. Having lived there for 22 years, she explores what makes this town of 20,000 people distinct from the rest of the Cape: 87% are year-round residents, not seasonal visitors. The episode covers Sandwich's major draws for families and relocating professionals, including highly-rated schools organized by grade clusters (K - 3rd, 4th - 6th, high school with STEM academy), strong community bonds with multigenerational families, and attractions like the Cape Cod National Seashore and Sandy Neck Beach (where you can pay a one-time fee to drive on the sand). Local dining highlights include Tomatoes restaurant with its famous ricotta-stuffed meatballs and the waterfront Pilot House at Sandwich Marina. The conversation also addresses real estate realities: high property taxes without offsetting commercial infrastructure, half-and-half septic/town sewer systems depending on location, no nitrogen-loading issues affecting waterways, and seasonal challenges like piping plover nesting restrictions in summer and aggressive horse flies in August. Shopping destinations like Thatcher Ellery boutique and Granger Pottery round out why Sandwich appeals to families seeking New England coastal charm without the transient summer-community feeling of mid-Cape towns.
87% of Sandwich's over 20,000 residents live year-round, making it much less transient than other Cape Cod towns like Dennis and Yarmouth that see significant seasonal fluctuation.
Piping plovers are endangered birds that nest during summer months; when they nest, beaches and trails can be shut down to protect them, so beach access may be restricted all summer long during nesting season.
Sandy Neck is a beach where you can pay a one-time charge to drive your vehicle out on the sand - an amenity that many other Cape Cod towns do not offer, and it's considered a hidden gem for families.
The three main drawbacks are: high property taxes without many commercial amenities to offset them, the need to arrange private trash collection, and summer challenges including piping plover nesting restrictions and aggressive horse flies in August.
The Belfry is a charming restaurant located in a converted old Catholic church; the liquor is stored in what used to be the church's confessionals, and the building still looks like a church from the outside.
Our reviewer’s read on each dimension, with quotes from the episode.
The episode is almost entirely filler - restaurant recommendations, personal anecdotes, and lifestyle colour with virtually no actionable or non-obvious claims for any B2B operator. The one semi-substantive point about commercial infrastructure and taxes is made in passing and not developed.
Sandwich doesn't have a lot of commercial infrastructure to offset some of your taxes
87% live year round. So it's not your transient
There is zero contrarian or first-principles thinking. The entire conversation reads like a polished tourism brochure delivered verbally - beaches, restaurants, community feel, seasonal traffic - with no novel framing whatsoever.
It's called. There are. I liked your description, but a lot of people call it, like, the gateway to Cape Cod
the fall on Cape Cod, oh, it's so fun. So fun
The guest is a newly joined team member and long-time local resident with no demonstrated expertise at scale; she offers the perspective of an enthusiastic neighbour, not a practitioner with hard-won operational knowledge.
She is new member to our team. So excited to have her
we needed a bigger home. Right, right, right. And my husband had actually taken a job right in Sandwich
A handful of named local businesses and two numbers (20,000+ residents, 87% year-round) provide minimal specificity, but there are no real estate price points, market data, transaction volumes, or any evidence a buyer or agent could act on.
there's over 20,000 people that live in the town. 87% live year round
Granger Pottery, which is also further down 6A
The host asks only surface-level questions and never follows up with anything probing; the conversation drifts into a prolonged mix-up between horse flies and piping plovers, exemplifying the absence of editorial discipline or productive challenge.
What are three things that are great about moving to Sandwich? And what are some three things that you would say keep an eye on
I was not bit by a piping clover. I was clover piping plover. Oh, plover
Computed from the transcript - who did the talking, and the words that came up most.
On this episode of the Cerretani Team Real Estate Podcast we are going to discuss everything about Facts About Sandwich, MA: Beaches, and Coastal Charm. Our special guest is Kristin Campbell, Real Estate Agent with the Cerretanni Team. Learn more about this charming coastal town. Contact us: Host: LeeAnn Cerretani closewiththebest.com 508-954-2621
Transcribed and scored by The B2B Podcast Index.
LeeAnn Cerretani: This is your home, your market, your move. And this is the Serratani team's podcast on real estate. Hey there.
Kristin Campbell: We're back.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And today we have Kristin Campbell with us. She is new member to our team. So excited to have her.
Kristin Campbell: I'm so excited to be here.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And she is from Sandwich, Massachusetts, and we have been doing so much more business on the Cape. So we are excited that Kristen wanted to join us, um, on the team. And today we're going to pick her brain about what it's like to learn live in Sandwich. Because I feel like Sandwich is the quintessential New England town on Cape Cod.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, you're hired.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Social media. I love it. I just love. I. I've always loved Sandwich. Yeah. But it's so different from the rest of the Cape.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, for sure.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right?
Kristin Campbell: I mean, I think it's called. There are. I, uh, liked your description, but a lot of people call it, like, the gateway to Cape Cod because of its location.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yes. Right over the bridge, first exit, Boom, you're right there. And you can get there from not just one bridge, but two bridges, both of them.
Kristin Campbell: We are not that geographically challenged. Yeah, it is easy.
LeeAnn Cerretani: So what brought you to Sandwich? What about Sandwich do you love?
Kristin Campbell: Oh, my gosh. There's so many things that I love about the town. But to start, what brought us there was a need for, uh, bigger home. So what do they say? The five D's, divorce, downsizing. Downsizing, death, marriage.
LeeAnn Cerretani: But, you know, that's not a D. Diapers. Diapers.
Kristin Campbell: And there's one more. But anyways, the diapers is what brought us there. So we needed a bigger home. Right, right, right. And my husband had actually taken a job Right. In Sandwich, so he was there a lot. Uh, of. He'd drive around during lunch hours, things like that, looking for a home. We had some criteria, and we found exactly what we wanted and it happened.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And you've been there for 20 plus years.
Kristin Campbell: 22 years.
LeeAnn Cerretani: That's a long time.
Kristin Campbell: Yeah.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And you still love it?
Kristin Campbell: Still love it. Still Love it. Absolutely. 100%, yes. Yes. Couldn't see myself being anywhere else.
LeeAnn Cerretani: So what. What type of people live in Sandwich? Oh, I'm sure there's not. I'm sure there isn't Just one type of question, not just one type of people, but, you know.
Kristin Campbell: No, there isn't. Uh, well, I. I would say this. So Sandwich is. There's over 20,000 people that live in the town. 87% live year round. So it's not your transient. You know, everyone thinks of the Cape and folks, Dennis and Yarmouth.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And it's like shuts down for the winter, right?
Kristin Campbell: Yes. It's not like that, especially since COVID Um, the number keeps ticking up. So folks live there year round. Uh, there's a lot of, uh, things to do outdoors. If you like boats, boating. If you like to go to the beach.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You have the national seashore there, which is so beautiful.
Kristin Campbell: You have the national seashore, Sandy Neck.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: It's kind of a nice hidden gem. You can pay to drive out on the beach. A one time charge. It's wonderful. And a lot of the towns on the Cape don't offer that. So that's kind of a, uh, little.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And I love the downtown area. It's so charming.
Kristin Campbell: Charming is the word to use. Yes. Great little shops, places to eat, burger bars.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You even have a restaurant, the Belfry that has. Which I think is absolutely hysterical. So when we went in there, it's been several years, but I remember our first time there and we pull up and we're like waiting for our table and we're sitting at the bar and I'm looking at where they're storing their liquor and I'm like, that looks so funky. And I said, oh, that's really pretty. Like, it's so different. They're like, yeah, it used to be the confessionals.
Kristin Campbell: It's a church.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I'm like, oh, my gosh. They store the liquor in the confessionals of this restaurant. Oh, that's.
Kristin Campbell: It's an old church, old Catholic church that we have friends who were baptized there. And now it's a restaurant and has so much charm. You're right, it looks amazing inside, little tables. They did a great job converting the inside to a restaurant, but the outside is still a church.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Looks like a church. Yeah. So don't mistakenly go to mass there because you won't find one. Yeah, right.
Kristin Campbell: You can break some bread, but it's not the same kind.
LeeAnn Cerretani: What do you think your biggest surprise about sandwich was when you first moved there?
Kristin Campbell: That's a really good question. I think my biggest surprise was that I should say I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't transient and there weren't folks coming and going and there were families.
LeeAnn Cerretani: It was a real solid community.
Kristin Campbell: Yeah, definitely a solid community. Um, in generations. I mean, we have friends who have lived there, their parents live there, their grandparents live there. So, you know, I guess you find a good thing and you stick with it. But yeah, I was pleasantly surprised that there was definitely a sense of community and a lot of folks that lived There year round. So we've made a lot of really great friends.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, uh, that's wonderful. Yeah, that's great. And what happens in the winter there? So much of the.
Kristin Campbell: It doesn't change all that much. It really doesn't. Of course, it's nice because it gets a little quieter. I know you shouldn't say that, but it gets a little quieter. It's easier to get around totally less, which is great.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I mean, when you, you know, being in Falmouth and you're in Sandwich, it's like when all the tourists go away,
Kristin Campbell: you're, um, just like, do a happy dance.
LeeAnn Cerretani: It's like, oh, my gosh. But at the same time, we need that there for their. For our businesses. Like, we. We want people to come in the summer.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, yes.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Like, it wouldn't be as fun if they weren't there.
Kristin Campbell: No.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right.
Kristin Campbell: It wouldn't be.
LeeAnn Cerretani: So.
Kristin Campbell: No.
LeeAnn Cerretani: We welcome them, but we're not so sad to see them go.
Kristin Campbell: No, we give a little wave. But it's interesting, though, that you bring that up, folks. Even though the season starts, like, unofficially, Memorial Day, which is going to be coming up soon, folks come down usually around Easter. Some of them stay. The season gets extended. I mean, we're talking April to. Sometimes folks don't leave till the end of October.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right.
Kristin Campbell: So. And I mean, older, younger, like, if you have kids who are in school, obviously you have to go. You got to go back. But folks come back for the weekend because the fall on Cape Cod, oh, it's so fun. So fun. There's so many. Not craft fairs, like beer gardens that are open. Um, fun, like hay rides. Um, the foliage. Not like up north, but we got the foliage. The beaches are a little quieter.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And you can bring your dog on the beaches, which is so nice. I always look forward to that, you know, because once Memorial Day comes, we can't bring my dog on the beach anymore.
Kristin Campbell: But they love the water.
LeeAnn Cerretani: They love it.
Kristin Campbell: Love it.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yes.
Kristin Campbell: Love it. Yeah. So that's a good point. You're right. You're right. Um, so it doesn't change all that much during the winter. It doesn't.
LeeAnn Cerretani: What's your best local spot? Like, do you have a frequent flyer, like restaurant or store that you just.
Kristin Campbell: Okay, you gotta narrow it down for me a little bit. Let's start with. Let's do restaurant.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Okay, do a restaurant.
Kristin Campbell: So we love tomatoes. Tomatoes. Delicious. And they do an amazing job. Mark, the proprietor, has a, uh, lovely menu, specials all the time. They're stuffed meatballs stuffed with ricotta. Like, five people could split it. It's delicious. Delicious. Whether you.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I honestly don't like meatballs without ricotta cheese anymore because of that.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, perfect.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right.
Kristin Campbell: Guess where we're going.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I know, right?
Kristin Campbell: Uh, but if you sit in the bar or if you sit in the. You know, if you have a table, it's like white glove treatment. Um, 100%. And they have entertainment, and they have
LeeAnn Cerretani: really good music there. They have great music. Yeah. I love live music. And during col, it was so sad because, like, it took so long to get our live music back, you know?
Kristin Campbell: I know. That's so true.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: But tomatoes is definitely the number one great spot. Especially during, like, when the weather gets a little cozier. Fall, winter, like, you want that, like, hearty food to eat.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And they definitely have a great outside patio, too.
Kristin Campbell: They have an outdoor patio.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: They opened. Yeah.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I mean, you know, on the water, but.
Kristin Campbell: No, but they do a really nice job. And he opened a. In memory of his grandmother, Mark's grandmother, the owner opened, uh, Nana's, which is a little store behind it that does coffees. Modern pastry is in there. Uh, they do sandwiches. Like, if you wanted to go to the beach for the day, that's an incredible place to stop by. I don't have a chicken cutlet. Something nice and light when you're in your bathing suit, but.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I know, right?
Kristin Campbell: Um, it's amazing. It's amazing. Good spot. But. So that's what we like during the. The colder months. And then Pilot House is really our go to during the summer.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You can get in, right?
Kristin Campbell: Yeah, yeah, but right on the water. Sandwich Marina, if you're coming off the boat or if you're just, you know, rode your bike down there, because the beach is right down the street. They have. Ah, their food's amazing.
LeeAnn Cerretani: The.
Kristin Campbell: The views outside are perfect. Adirondack.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I love the Adirondack. I just love sitting out there. And they have music out there sometimes. It's so fun.
Kristin Campbell: Always have music. And you don't have to be dressed, like, you can get dressed up. You can be casual. You can bring the kids. They have fun little games in the back. They have a raw bar in the back, so it's amazing. Pilot House is definitely our go to. Um, during the summer, they have the Funk bus. Have you seen that?
LeeAnn Cerretani: No. What's the funk bus? Funk bus.
Kristin Campbell: So it's a little vw, uh, bug. That is. It looks like it's Grateful Dead, like, rainbow colors. And they sell all their merch out of there, so.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, my God.
Kristin Campbell: It's really cute. Really cute. They do an amazing job.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Who is. So there's um, a name of a group that is just like the Grateful Dead. Is it their bus? Oh, it's a similar question. Oh my God. What's their name?
Kristin Campbell: I don't know, but I was going to mention Whiskey Princess, which is not who you're talking about. They're a cover band that play at the Pilot house a lot and they. You can't just sit in a stool and listen. You're like, I know every single. You're out on the dance floor. It's super fun. Yeah, Whiskey Princess. But I don't know the name, the fam that you're talking about.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I know I'm having a senior moment. Not that I'm a senior. You know, we just say that. Um, so when you think about real estate.
Kristin Campbell: Yes.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And the town of Sandwich, what are some of the. What are three things that are great about moving to Sandwich? And what are some three things that you would say keep an eye on or not so great?
Kristin Campbell: Hm. When it comes to real estate, like living there.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Like moving there.
Kristin Campbell: Moving there. I think if you're, if you're a family and you say you still work off Cape or something like that. One of you, both of you. Uh, I think it's a great. The schools are great. Um, you have a lot more options these days, but schools and Sandwich are still great. Um, there's a huge sense of community. Uh, the schools are set up where there's three different. There's one from K to third grade and then you go from fourth to sixth and then you're in the high school. Well, the STEM academy.
LeeAnn Cerretani: So just one school for each grade, for each group.
Kristin Campbell: Yeah.
LeeAnn Cerretani: So you don't have like those elementary neighborhood schools because you're so small.
Kristin Campbell: Right.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You don't need that. You know, the town of Mansfield did that too. They put all of their schools on one street so they made it easy for people to do pick up and drop offs.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, see, I love that. Yeah, I love that.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: It was different, uh, when we first moved there actually there were three schools and they ran from kindergarten to eighth grade.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, okay.
Kristin Campbell: And where we live, the school that my kids went to, they could like ride their bikes and there was a cut through path and it was, uh. They have many memories, but one of the schools had asbestos in it and they needed to close it down so they, they reorged. But it's worked out wonderfully. So if you're, you know, got a growing family, if you're looking for a good school system. If you're looking for, you know, a place on the Cape that's not easy to get on and off.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right.
Kristin Campbell: Um, going over the bridge, then I would say Sandwich is a huge draw.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Um, what are some downsides?
Kristin Campbell: Oh, that. Well, I think it's pretty well known. Our taxes.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah, yeah, I think you're right. That is pretty well known.
Kristin Campbell: It is. And it does ruffle a lot of people's feathers because it doesn't come with a lot of, um, amenities.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Like trash.
Kristin Campbell: Like trash. Right.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: You still have to.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Like, every town right now is struggling with the trash thing. It's crazy.
Kristin Campbell: It is crazy. So it's definitely. I mean, that's.
LeeAnn Cerretani: But you know what I feel like in terms of schools, quality of schools and things like that, that you get what you pay for.
Kristin Campbell: True.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You know, um, and the downside, too, is that Sandwich doesn't have a lot of commercial infrastructure to offset some of your taxes. So, um, you know, Falmouth has a lot more, um, commercial stuff. They have a hospital and other things and a lot of businesses. Um, so it does help offset their taxes there.
Kristin Campbell: Yeah, you bring up a really good point. There's a lot of historic in, um, Sandwich.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: So a lot of the downtown and throughout, um, like little outlying areas in the downtown, there's a lot of historic homes. There's a lot of historically zoned land. So that's. There's those restrictions. But you are correct. Yeah. Taxes, I would say, are the number one.
LeeAnn Cerretani: So taxes and trash. Trash, trash, trash.
Kristin Campbell: But what about your.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Your sewer infrastructure? How's that?
Kristin Campbell: So, um, in good shape. I mean, it's been.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Is it more septic or do you
Kristin Campbell: have half and half? Some people have septic, some people have town. So you have the option. Um, so depends on.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You have the option based on where you buy.
Kristin Campbell: Exactly.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: Yeah. So that's never been a big issue.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Do they have any discussion? Yeah. So I know there's a lot of talk. Talk about the nitrogen safe areas with ponds and waterways coming in from the ocean. Sandwich doesn't seem to have that issue.
Kristin Campbell: No, not topic of discussion.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Good. That's wonderful. That is a good thing. That's a plus.
Kristin Campbell: It is a plus. Yeah, it is a plus. There's a lot of pluses.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I know. Seems like there's more hub of traffic in the summer. How do you feel like. Because when I think about the Cape and I deal with a lot of clients and they call me and they're looking for a second home they want to like go down Cape. So like mid Cape to Dennis and Yarmouth. And the traffic on Route 6 is such a nightmare.
Kristin Campbell: It really is.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You guys don't have to suffer as much because you don't have to go as far.
Kristin Campbell: No, we don't have to go as far. I mean, listen, the Cape was set up in such a way that you've got your one main highway coming in. You've got a scenic Route 6A, you've got Route 28.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right?
Kristin Campbell: That's it.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right, that's it.
Kristin Campbell: So you learn the back roads.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You do, yeah.
Kristin Campbell: You learn the back roads, you learn traffic patterns, you learn times to go off cape and come on Cape. And honestly, it's really not that bad. It's not that bad at all. So I wouldn't say, I would never say it was, um, a con or something to like, like deter. Deter you from moving to the Cape. I think the traffic is what it is. It's a wonderful place. I mean, you look at the. Why there's the traffic, right. It's a wonderful place to be during the summer. So great beaches. I'll say that. And I will say once again, the drive out the off road is we have some like, really fond memories of taking the kids out there when they were little. And you have a front row seat, you back right in. The water is right there. Yeah, low tide is great. The kids can run forever. Can stay out there till like 11 o' clock at night, make a fire, roast some s'. Mores.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Except in the month of August, here's probably the third negative.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, here we go. She's bringing up the negatives.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Well, you're supposed to tell everybody everything.
Kristin Campbell: I know.
LeeAnn Cerretani: You don't want to just make it be a fluffy piece, right?
Kristin Campbell: Full transparency, piping plovers.
LeeAnn Cerretani: She knows exactly what I meant. The pee pee. I got bit by one. Oh, my God, they hurt. I'm sorry.
Kristin Campbell: It's bad. I didn't even know they bite.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, I'm talking about the big horse flies. What's a piping clover?
Kristin Campbell: Girl, we're on different pages.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Maybe we're not on the same page.
Kristin Campbell: Piping clover is the birds that nest.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, there's two negatives. Okay, okay. They don't bite with piping clovers. I, uh, thought they were horse flies. I'm like, they're an endangered species. Oh. Oh, my goodness. Okay, so like the offspring.
Kristin Campbell: So like osprey. Yes, yes. So they'll, um. So it goes.
LeeAnn Cerretani: If they nest, you can't touch them. Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, and they'll shut the trails down. Oh, that's what everyone, you know think. Diminishing.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Like is that only in the month of August.
Kristin Campbell: It happens all summer long.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Right, okay.
Kristin Campbell: No, the horse flies come out in August.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah, you're right. That's what I meant.
Kristin Campbell: You're right.
LeeAnn Cerretani: So I was not. To clarify, I was not bit by a piping clover. I was clover piping plover. Oh, plover. All right, so piping plover. I was not bit by one.
Kristin Campbell: No, I don't think they bite, but
LeeAnn Cerretani: I was bit by a horse fly.
Kristin Campbell: Yes, that's, that's a legitimate story. Not gonna fact check that one.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Uh, they hurt.
Kristin Campbell: No, they don't.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah, that is one. And you know, that's one thing to think about, like when you have clients that are looking to rent. Oh, true. Right. So I always say I love the certain locations, but be aware in August.
Kristin Campbell: Yeah, like they come out, they're full
LeeAnn Cerretani: force and they, they hurt. Yeah, they do.
Kristin Campbell: They do. And bug spray really doesn't help?
LeeAnn Cerretani: No, no, I've tried.
Kristin Campbell: Fires help a little bit.
LeeAnn Cerretani: They do keep them away. Can you keep a fires on the beach though?
Kristin Campbell: Yeah. You can?
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, you can? Yes, of course. Oh, it's allowed. You have to get a permit.
Kristin Campbell: No, no permit. No permit. Oh, wow. You can go into a flight. Oh, God, don't listen to. No, I'm kidding. Listen to me. You do not need a permit.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, that's great. You can just light a fire.
Kristin Campbell: Yes, yes. Um, they just have to be out by 11:00 clock at night.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Okay, well that's great. I get nervous that people. I guess the tide would come in and wash it away. It's probably an easiest solution.
Kristin Campbell: You see it all the time. Like the folks who are down m in East Sandwich, those beaches, Carlton Shores, um, Tory Road, like they all have associations, right? They're private beaches at the end. Some of them are. It's, it's funny because you'll have private beach and then you'll have public access and then you'll have private and then public. So 4th of July is amazing. So you go down to the beach and you bring your chair, you bring your fireworks, you, everyone. There are fires you can see all the way down to Plymouth and fireworks go off all night long. It's so much fun. Yeah, all the kids are running around with sparklers.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I think they know where we're going to be on 4th of July this year, ladies. Right there. Yeah, Sounds like fun.
Kristin Campbell: Yeah, yeah, that's great. Yeah, that is a really fun time. I have to Say, the kids talk about it all the time, so.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah. So I have to ask, because this is an important topic. Where do you go shopping?
Kristin Campbell: Wow. You know me love my shopping.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah, uh, me too.
Kristin Campbell: There are a couple of good stores, so I will say my favorite that floats to the top is called Thatcher Ellery.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Okay.
Kristin Campbell: And it's a wonderful location right on Route 6. The proprietor's name is Kristen.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, just like you.
Kristin Campbell: Not me, though.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Not me.
Kristin Campbell: And she does a wonderful job. Highly curated. It's a little house that, when you walk in, has a complete coastal vibe. Each little room has different. Like she has a room for, uh, baby's gifts, another for perhaps men's gifts, birthdays. Nice.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I love that.
Kristin Campbell: But one of a kind. Like, things like, you walk in, you don't see them anywhere else. She does an amazing job and, like, something for everyone. Something for everyone. A lot of home goods.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Love that.
Kristin Campbell: For your house in Falmouth. Yeah.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Very nice.
Kristin Campbell: So I. That is, like, number one on my list. In fact, I'm gonna interview her and do a little Instagram post and great
LeeAnn Cerretani: gifts for our clients.
Kristin Campbell: Wonderful.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Wouldn't that be so fun?
Kristin Campbell: Oh, that brings up a really good point. She has great gifts, as does so an institution in Sandwich, Granger Pottery, which is also further down 6A. They do. It's ceramic, so they actually take a mold of, uh, fish that are common on Cape Cod. So like, uh, trout. And I'm going to get the names wrong, but they have. They have a horseshoe crab and there's several others.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, that's so cute.
Kristin Campbell: But they gild them with a gold. Gild over them. Absolutely. They'll do other colors, too.
LeeAnn Cerretani: But what do you do with these gold.
Kristin Campbell: A lot of people. Ceramic beauties. A, uh, lot of folks hang them, um, in between. Like, say you have a garage. They'll hang them in between the garage doors. Or over there. Um, over their door.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, pretty.
Kristin Campbell: When you walk in the front door
LeeAnn Cerretani: and does the fish bless your house?
Kristin Campbell: I wish I could tell you a story.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I wish it was, like a huge story to make up a cute story to go with our fish.
Kristin Campbell: We don't make, uh.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Well, maybe we can help make up a story.
Kristin Campbell: Right?
LeeAnn Cerretani: That'd be cute.
Kristin Campbell: But they are, like, to your point,
LeeAnn Cerretani: isn't everything made up when you have stories? Like, you know, we just like to.
Kristin Campbell: What is it called when you just, like, like embellish.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah. The truth could be a fun, cute story. Like, this fish will guard your.
Kristin Campbell: Your home.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Your home m. By squirting at people as they Walk by. Oh, my gosh.
Kristin Campbell: I like it. We're going to twist it.
LeeAnn Cerretani: I'm not a creative person, so I
Kristin Campbell: don't know, but Granger Pottery. Okay. Granger Pottery. And. Okay, one more, one more, one more. Modern vintage. Modern vintage is amazing. Right? Downtown sandwich. They do. They do a lot of things right, but it's got more of a vintage vibe.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Hm.
Kristin Campbell: So they do a lot of refurbished furniture. So they find pieces. They redo the, um, the handles and the color.
LeeAnn Cerretani: And, like, they have people bring in furniture and they'll repaint it. Or are they looking for furniture to just purchase or grab and then repaint it and sell it?
Kristin Campbell: So that's a good question. They do a little bit of both.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Both.
Kristin Campbell: So you can have things like I just brought in, um, a big, uh, ottoman that needed to be re. Tufted.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Oh, nice.
Kristin Campbell: I wanted a brighter color and I wanted the little. Those kind of the thumbtacks, like when you. The thumbtacks.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Yeah.
Kristin Campbell: And they did an amazing job. So they will take furniture in and redo it for you. And then they also scour, like, you know, flea markets and fairs, and they find, like, amazing, amazing finds. But they also do, uh, signs. So say your buyer just bought a
LeeAnn Cerretani: new home or like, their address on the sign or something.
Kristin Campbell: Or like the Campbells or the Serotonis or when we. You find a nice little summer house for the team other than the one you have now. Well, Saratani team. Yeah, you do.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Well, you know, we are going to probably purchase a couple of properties and rent properties. Yeah, exactly.
Kristin Campbell: That brings up a whole other topic. But yeah. Another great gift for our clients. Another great gift for the clients.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Well, Kristen, that was so informative. Thank you so much. I loved learning a little bit more about sandwich anytime. And, um, we'll have to have you back to learn more.
Kristin Campbell: Oh, you will? No, thank you. I appreciate.
LeeAnn Cerretani: All right.
Kristin Campbell: All the inquiring questions.
LeeAnn Cerretani: Love it. Thanks so much. This is your home, your market, your move. And this is the Serotoni team's podcast on real estate.
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