Starting at just over $2,000 a year, the National Park Service is offering rustic dune shacks on Cape Cod for a 10-year lease. The occupant is responsible for maintenance and repairs.
The remote buildings are open to all bidders"as-is with all faults" and the lessees are expected to maintain the shacks and pay for repairs. Maintenance often includes sand removal, as the shifting dunes can cover a shack.
But some locals are frustrated the Park Service offering up the dune shacks for open bidding because families have reportedly been living in them for decades. "Not only have I been coming here as a kid, but this is where the story of me kind of started," Clemons told the station. "My Dad's friend Andy said, 'I think this is my shack. If you help me dig it out [after it was covered by sand], I will let you live in it. 50 years later we are still out here."
"A lot of the people who stayed after all of these years are the ones who have the actual deed to their property," he added. The Provincetown Independent also claimed that the NPS is ignoring a 163-page agreement from 2012 that specifies how the shacks should be offered for lease and how leasing proposals should be evaluated.
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