Around the picturesque village of Woodstock, prices for three- to five-bedroom homes range from $250,000 to $400,000, she said.

But six years and $60,000 later, their five-bedroom home is almost finished.

The three- to five-bedroom homes are expected to sell for $72,500 to $90,000.

Together they have now become a five-bedroom home with two bathrooms and an integral garage.

At the high end, she mentioned a five-bedroom home just west of Nantucket with direct waterfront access.

Their three-story, five-bedroom contemporary home is known as an upside-down house; the living areas are on the higher floors to take advantage of the view.

Joseph Rosenstrach said his five-bedroom home was well worth $5,778 in taxes.

Plans call for 81 four- and five-bedroom homes of 2,400 to 3,200 square feet on lots of up to a half acre.

In 1905 he enlarged and transformed the store building into a five-bedroom home.

He and his wife, Joyce, lost a 2,360-square-foot, five-bedroom home in the Oakland fire.