Under contract in four days.
85 N Watch Tower Lane, inside the gates of WaterSound Beach, sold at $5,200,000: $1,291 per square foot, well above the neighborhood average. An extraordinary result on one of the most tightly held streets on 30A.
Homes behind these gates almost never come up. This one didn't wait.
There are perhaps a dozen streets on 30A where a house rarely changes hands. Watch Tower Lane is one of them: a quiet cul-de-sac backing to wooded preserve, a short walk from the private boardwalks that cross the dunes to the beach.
The home was prepared, filmed and launched as an event rather than a listing: a cinematic film, a coordinated release across every platform, and direct outreach to the agents whose buyers were waiting for exactly this address. The response was immediate. Within four days the home was under contract, and it closed at $5,200,000, a price per square foot well above what the neighborhood had been trading at.
The lesson is simple and it applies to every significant home on this coast: the right preparation, the right story and the right audience create competition, and competition is what moves price.
- Address85 N Watch Tower Lane, WaterSound Beach
- ResidenceFive bedrooms, six baths across a main house and a separate carriage home · 4,025 sq ft
- SettingGated community, cul-de-sac lot backing to wooded preserve, private dune boardwalks to the beach
- HighlightsHeated pool courtyard with outdoor fireplace, two primary suites, third-floor custom bunk room
- ResultUnder contract in four days · Sold at $5,200,000 · $1,291 per square foot



A sale like this changes what buyers expect behind the gates.
Every exceptional result resets the conversation for the homes around it. If you've wondered what this means for your own home, or you're simply curious where it stands in today's market, I'd be glad to put together a quiet, no-obligation look.
No listing. No photography. No sign in the yard. Just a conversation.
Lauren Boger
Luxury real estate advisor with Scenic Sotheby's International Realty, serving 30A and the surrounding coast. Known for significant properties, on the market and off.
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