Residents customize their mailboxes with paintings of deer, boats and sea birds. The street lights look like gas lanterns. Each house is different, from sedate colonials to stylized contemporaries. Colonials are really the house of choice. Several years ago, one person built a flashy white brick house and the neighbors didn't take well to it.
People here prefer understated.
But understated doesn't mean small. In general, houses with a water view fetch a higher price than those without. The Sigourney Road house is right on the water. Sandy Point Farms and Glen Hill are not neighborhoods with a high turnover. People fall in love with the location, and they don't leave.