Home of the Week

Home of the Week: A cozy Vineyard cottage on Oak Bluffs

This property in lively Oak Bluffs has room to grow.

Sun pours into the living room through double-hung windows. David Welch Photography

By John R. Ellement

July 31, 2025

2 minutes to read

1 Onondaga Ave., Oak Bluffs

$945,000

Style Cottage

Year built 2000

Square feet 960

Bedrooms 1

Baths 1 full

Sewer Septic

Water Town

Taxes $4,211 (2025)

It’s true that there are a lot of houses on Martha’s Vineyard larger than this cottage. And yeah, a bunch of homes in Oak Bluffs might offer sweet views of the sea.

But if you reside on a coastal island, doesn’t it make sense to spend most of your time outside the home enjoying, in this instance, what officials bill as “the liveliest of the Vineyard towns — more high-spirited than haute”?

From the sidewalk in a residential neighborhood, the driveway curves in front of this single-story home guarded by rhododendrons and green shrubbery. This driveway has parking for up to four cars.

The kitchen features wooden cabinets. – David Welch Photography

A small covered porch supported by two columns leads to the front door, located in the center of the home. Behind the front door, a stairwell leads down to the full basement and, to the left, the first of the public spaces, the living room.

It’s a sunny area — about 214 square feet in total — thanks to a pair of double-hung windows on the front wall and three smaller windows on the right exterior wall. The floors here, and throughout the home, are hardwood.

Current owners have installed a large wooden slab table, with seating for six, that separates the living room from the 203-square-foot kitchen, which shares space with a door to the rear deck and the rest of the 13,357-square-foot lot.

The front of this single-story home features a driveway with room for up to four vehicles. *– David Welch Photography*

The wooden kitchen cabinets line two walls and embrace a white electric stove and a stainless steel refrigerator. The sink is beneath its own window, and countertops are light colored.

Just to the left of the kitchen is the home’s full bath, with sandy-colored tile flooring. In the 61-square-foot room, the white porcelain sink is connected directly to the wall, and a small cabinet with the same cabinetry as the kitchen sits nearby. The shower/bath combination is behind a shower curtain.

The home includes a rear deck. – David Welch Photography

The short hallway leads to the final space, the home’s 347-square-foot bedroom. It’s not a perfect rectangle, as a closet pushes out into the space. But that creates an alcove-like space for a second bed in a cottage designed for summer visiting. This area has its own window along the rear exterior wall.

The primary bed area is at the opposite end and has one window directly ahead on the left exterior wall and a second is located in the front exterior wall. This space also has a second closet.

The stairwell into the center of the home lands in the full-length basement with a poured concrete floor. According to the listing broker, the basement and the home overall potentially could be expanded by its next owner.

Leslie C. Floyd of Portfolio Properties in Edgartown has the listing.

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