An established village community — pool, tennis, sidewalks, and neighbors who wave.
Naushop is one of the island’s established planned villages — a community of gray-shingled, cottage-style homes off Old South Road, built around shared greens, a pool, and tennis courts . Sidewalked lanes, picket details, and consistent architecture give it a coherence that organically-grown neighborhoods can’t match, and the association keeps the whole running smoothly.
It’s the fastest route on Nantucket to a working island life: year-round families like the schools-and-services proximity, summer owners like arriving to a house that’s simply ready, and both like a community where the kids find each other by the second afternoon.
What Naushop really means
Buying here means buying into an association as much as a house: the HOA maintains the commons and amenities, sets exterior and rental rules, and charges the fees that fund it all . That structure is the product — it’s why the village stays cohesive and why ownership here is lower-effort than anywhere comparable on the island.
The homes themselves run cottage-to-family scale on efficient lots, with the value concentrated in condition and position — greens-facing and pool-adjacent homes carry the internal premiums. Every beach on the island is ten-to-fifteen minutes away; the airport is four.
Why buyers choose Naushop
What you're actually buying in Naushop
One product in a few sizes — which is the village’s strength.
The village homes
Cottage-style two-to-four bedrooms on the lanes — the core stock, differentiated by condition, upgrades, and position relative to the greens and pool.The edge lots
Homes on the village perimeter offer a touch more privacy and yard while keeping the amenities a walk away — often the sweet spot for families.The market here
Naushop trades steadily and transparently — enough turnover for real comps, enough demand that well-kept homes move briskly, with the current feed showing regular Goldfinch Drive activity. Pricing runs on condition and position inside a tight band, which makes over- and under-pricing unusually visible here.
The live listings above are today’s slate. Buyers should read the association documents as carefully as the inspection report — fees, rental policies, and exterior rules shape the ownership more than any single house feature.
Buying in Naushop: what to know
HOA fees & what they buy
Rental rules
Exterior consistency
Airport proximity
Naushop homes for sale
All Naushop listings →3 active · $2,175,000 – $2,495,000 · median ask $2,395,000 · 3 houses
Live from the Nantucket MLS · updated July 22, 2026 (preview — refreshed automatically by listings-sync)
Naushop — the questions I get
What are the amenities?
The village runs on its shared pool, tennis, and greens, maintained by the association . They’re the social center of summer — and a real component of what you’re buying.Can I rent my Naushop home?
Subject to association policy and the island’s rental rules — verify both currently before underwriting income. Demand for the village’s turnkey product is reliably steady.What do homes cost?
Naushop trades in the island’s attainable band — above condos, below the coastal neighborhoods — with the live listings above showing today’s numbers.Is it year-round friendly?
Very — the village keeps lights on all winter, and the schools-services-airport triangle is minutes away. It’s one of the island’s natural year-round communities.Naushop or Nashaquisset?
Sibling villages with different addresses: Naushop sits by Old South Road and the airport; Nashaquisset by Surfside Road and the hospital. Amenities and ethos rhyme — commute geography usually decides.Thinking about Naushop?
Sean Kalman is a sixth-generation Nantucketer who knows the island the way only a native can — its neighborhoods, its seasons, and the difference between visiting and truly living here. Through The Kalman Co. (brokered by eXp Realty), he pairs a hospitality background with sharp market insight, guiding buyers and sellers with calm, concierge-level service from Town to 'Sconset to Madaket. sean@thekalmanco.com · thekalmanco.com
Sean Kalman, REALTOR® · The Kalman Co., brokered by eXp Realty. Equal Housing Opportunity.