What Governor Maura Healey's Accessory Dwelling Unit legislation means for pool houses, guest cottages, detached garages, and future property planning. Imagine discovering that a detached garage, a future guest cottage, or even a pool house on your property could now offer possibilities that were far more difficult to pursue just a year ago. A significant change that was done in February 2025, Massachusetts law is encouraging homeowners to take a fresh look at the land they a

Summer has a way of revealing what winter allowed us to ignore. For months, homeowners on Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod look forward to the arrival of summer. Calendars fill with family visits, long weekends, outdoor dinners, afternoons by the pool, and evenings spent outside long after sunset. Yet when the season finally arrives, many property owners discover something unexpected. The landscape that looked promising in early spring never fully developed. The outdoor lightin