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 under ten.
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.
Two recorded home sales here so far this year
From January 1 through August 2026, LINK Nantucket recorded two home sales filed under Naushop. That is too few to call a median; each closing is listed below, against an island-wide home median of $3,650,000 over the same months. One of the two shows no marketing period in LINK: it was recorded at its sale price, which is how a private sale enters the record. The one that was publicly listed sold for 100.0% of its asking price, after 3 days on the market.
LINK files the neighboring districts under their own names, so they are not in the count above: Mid Island (12 sales, $1,906,250 median); Nashaquisset (one sale, $2,800,000); Sandpiper (2 sales, $2,667,500 median); Beach Plum (no recorded sale yet).
| Address | Type | Beds | Living area | Sale price | Sold vs. asking | Days on market | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 Goldfinch Drive | House | 4 | 2,880 sq ft | $2,325,000 | 100.0% | 3 | 5/19/26 |
| 51 Goldfinch Drive | House | 3 | 2,045 sq ft | $1,800,000 | — | Off-market | 1/23/26 |
Source: LINK Nantucket Sales History, January–August 2026, every closing filed under Naushop. Homes are counted the way LINK counts them (houses, condos and multi-family), the same 137 sales behind the island-wide median on the market report. Bedrooms and living area come from LINK's sold-listing records; "off-market" marks a sale LINK shows with no marketing period and an asking price equal to its sale price. Every district side by side: the neighborhood table. Every island sale: recent home sales.
Buying in Naushop: what to know
HOA fees & what they buy
Rental rules
Exterior consistency
Airport proximity
Naushop homes for sale
All Naushop listings →1 active · $2,395,000 · median ask $2,395,000 · 1 house
Live from the Nantucket MLS · updated August 25, 2026
Naushop — the questions I get
What have Naushop homes sold for in 2026?
Through August 2026, LINK Nantucket recorded two home sales in Naushop, which is too few to call a median. Each closing is listed on this page; the island-wide home median over the same months was $3,650,000.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.