Past Sales of Ocean Estates

Converted Carriage House Owned by the same family for 65 years, this converted carriage house was moved to this oceanfront location in the early 1950's. Mr. Dorsey provided the family with management and assessment services for many years before assisting them with pricing and marketing strategies which produced a capable buyer and an advantageous [...]

Exceptional oceanfront property  offering privacy and beautiful views out toward Marblehead and Salem. There is an in-ground pool and an elevated beach-side deck, offering sweeping vistas. The five bedroom two story house has walls of glass in the ocean-view sunroom and another wooden deck. Offered at $989,000.

This was one of the most splendid properties I have ever been hired to sell! There were 6 oceanfront acres, an ocean pool on its own little peninsula, a carriage house and a 20 room Shingle Style mansion.

This is a property in Manchester that I was hired to sell. Another broker had it before me, and it didn't sell; so the owner hired me, and we used some PREVIEWS sales' strategies, such as a professional photographer who got this view from a motorboat, and we produced, and widely mailed a large color [...]

With sweeping ocean vistas and half of a private beach, this property was a period Victorian era gem. We had a professional photographer craft these wonderful postcard-like pictures, and in the marketing process managed to generate competing offers.

This more modest ocean front property is perched at the edge of Plum Island Sound with elevated views all the way to Newburyport and New Hampshire. It was donated to a non-profit organization which then hired Mr. Dorsey to sell it.

Here is a Victorian era mansion located in the Beverly Cove section of Beverly that had been carefully preserved over the years by the owners. They wanted a broker who appreciated the original period features, and could market the house in a sensitive manner. They also wanted a broker who understood the ocean and beach [...]

This is an ocean estate in Beverly Farms that was a converted brick carriage house with 10 acres that, even though it was 1400 feet from the ocean, had beautiful elevated views, and its own private section of beach one could drive to, and park at. It was purchased by a well-known singer/songwriter who needed [...]

This is an ocean front house on Lothrop Street in Beverly which is a Victorian era property that I was hired to sell. The owner had to move to Chicago immediately to take a new a new job, and needed a broker to take care of the property while it was for sale.

Not all ocean estates are in fancy locations. This 2 family house needed to be sold from the estate of a retired school teacher. Peter was hired by the executor of the estate. With careful photographs, and an enthusiasm for the beautiful views; a woman from Topsfield was found who had always wanted to live [...]

Peter assisted a buyer from Hong Kong in his purchase of this ocean view estate. The buyer had specific needs for privacy, elegance, wide vistas and overall property condition. Over the course of several months, many emails and several showings to a State-side family member; a perfect match was found.

This Mid Century style ocean front property had been in one family since its construction. After being on the market for many months, a buyer was found who couldn't quite afford the price, but loved the house. A creative transaction was crafted with a neighbor who bought a little sliver of its ocean front land [...]