Remote coastal beach cottages in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Remote coastal beach cottages in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 2017.
  • A $1.9 million beach house sold for $200,000 after parts of the land were swallowed by the sea.
  • Owner Jane Carlin sold the Nantucket property to a neighbor who knows it's on borrowed time.
  • Offering homes at risk for free has become common practice due to the removal cost.

A Nantucket beach house once estimated to be worth $1.9 million was sold for just $200,000 after parts of the property got swallowed by the sea, the Nantucket Current reported.