TOM NEVERS TREASURE
J Pepper Frazier Company $2,199,000
Some Nantucket houses grab you and pull you in with their feeling of warmth and livability. As such a home, 53 Tom Nevers Road will be very high on the list of places where you would like to live.

On a lot that is almost 1 1/2 acres, and backs up to conservation land, set well back from the street, past the cottage and the driveway circle, the house is nearly hidden behind three wonderful trees that beg to be climbed. Custombuilt within the last 10 years, the house is in great shape with modern appointments. It also features much artful cabinetry.

When you enter, you have choices. You can skip the niceties and go up on the small deck to enter either through sliding doors into the family room or into the back hall. Or you can do things properly and go a few more steps to the covered front porch.

The front door leads to an entryway with the living room/dining area on your right and the country kitchen to your left. The kitchen itself is designed for convenience, with everything, including a pantry/closet, close by. The maple cabinets and dark countertops are perfectly suited. The family room part of the space focuses on a brick-faced fireplace, framed by built-in bookcases.

From the family room, in addition to the door to the front deck, more sliding doors lead to a large deck in the rear of house. The obligatory outdoor shower is tucked in one corner. Built on two levels, the deck, which has total privacy, holds wonderful promise for all sorts of activity on summer days and evenings. The laundry room with a large sink and a powder room complete the first floor.

Upstairs, with its own fireplace, a private deck and an ocean view, the master bedroom beckons. The suite is completed by a large walk-in closet/dressing room with lots of built-ins, including a great "island" dresser, and a bath with a stall shower, Jacuzzi tub and an unusual, glass-fronted, built-in cabinet.

In addition there is a guest bedroom and bath on the second floor. Another room could be an additional bedroom, an office or, combined with the third floor bedroom and bath to which the stairs lead from this room, an "in-law" suite. The view from the third floor bedroom spans a good length of the South Shore.

The main house has a complete, unfinished basement, with access from both the kitchen and via an outside stairway. There is also some attic storage.

The cottage has a great open living space on the first floor but because the sitting area is actually separated from the kitchen, the design makes it seem very cozy. The upstairs bedroom, with bath and laundry, is spacious and well lit by natural light. The cottage also has decks both downstairs and upstairs.

This wonderfully inviting property with up to five bedrooms and with 4 and 1/2 baths, and available with or without the furnishings, is listed for

$2,199,000. I