OCEAN CITY — Listing agent Chris Monihan calls the fantastic home at 16 Harbor Road “the perfect Gardens neighborhood custom single family shore home with a touch of elegance in one of the most sought after locations in Ocean City.
“This spectacular home was designed by Asher Architects and built by custom builder Chet Asher,” Monihan said.
The three-story home features five large bedrooms, each with a private bath, along with three living rooms, a spectacular kitchen and two powder rooms.
Beautiful both outside and inside, the home has tan cedar shake siding with white trim and full-round downspouts, raising it to a higher level of excellence.
Snuggled up on the corner of Harbor and Belfast roads, the property has a couple of ornamental trees and a lush, green lawn.
Mulched beds flank the hardwood steps rising to the covered front porch, which has square columns narrowing at the top, and extends around the corner.
A paver parking pad off Belfast provides space for a couple of cars off-street outside the one-car garage. A paver walkway leads to the rear patio with a fence and tall evergreen shrubs to provide privacy. There also is an enclosed outside shower with a roof and covered back porch.
Back out front, a wood door with six panes and side panels opens into an elegant foyer with 45-inch-tall shadow box wainscoting that extends throughout the house.
Wood stairs rise to the left, while a hall leads left to the first bedroom and another straight back to more bedrooms and the first living room.
The front bedroom features a queen-size bed atop narrow-plank hardwood flooring and two windows facing the side with a cushioned bench seat. The full bathroom has a tile floor, corner shower with tiled walls and a glass door and a Mouser vanity with a quartz top.
Another bedroom with a private bath, a powder room and laundry facility also are located on this floor.
In the rear, the living room sports a sectional sofa and armchair arranged around built-in cabinets surrounding a wall-mounted television. Five windows provide a view of the rear patio. There’s also access to the rear porch from this room, as well as a mud room.
Atop the stairs, the great room is truly fantastic.
Sporting a coffered ceiling over the sitting area in the front, the space also includes a dining area and kitchen.
A sofa and a couple of chairs are arranged around a gas fireplace in the front, where three sliding glass doors open onto the covered porch with awnings.
The dining area is in the middle, where a long wood table that seats six awaits hungry diners beneath a chandelier. A built-in sideboard has two refrigerator drawers and a wine refrigerator, as well as a leathered-granite bar area.
Just steps away, the kitchen features a huge center island with four stools on one side and sink. The Mouser cabinets line two walls around a Sub-Zero refrigerator, six-burner Wolf range/oven with a hood and a Miele dishwasher next to the two-basin stainless steel sink. A pot-filler faucet completes the space.
A door off the kitchen opens to a small deck with a barbecue and dedicated gas line.
There are two bedrooms on this floor, including the extensive primary suite. Light in bright with windows on three sides, it has a king-size bed beneath a peaked cathedral ceiling with wood planks, a cushioned window seat and walk-in closet. There’s also a door opening onto a private deck.
The primary bathroom has dual vanities with granite tops, a tiled shower with a glass door and built-in linen cabinets.
Back in the great room, another set of stairs ascends to the third floor, where there is another bedroom and the final living room.
The home is fully wired and set up with smart audio and visual for ease and entertaining pleasure. It is being sold partially furnished. A hidden panel at the top of the second staircase opens to the attic, where there is storage space and utilities.
The home is among the winding, pedestrian-friendly streets of the Gardens, which is a destination rather than a thoroughfare, but close enough to the boardwalk attractions that the scent of caramel popcorn, pizza and other treats wafts by on the gentle breeze.
The beach and boardwalk — 2.5 miles of oceanfront entertainment, restaurants, thrill rides and souvenir shops — get most of the attention in this seaside resort, but the island has much more to offer.
An award-winning downtown stretches from Sixth to 14th streets along Bay Avenue and has expanded onto other nearby streets, offering more than 100 shops and cafes. There’s also the popular watersports district around Third Street on Bay Avenue, where the brave can rent powerboats, go parasailing, join the crew of a pirate ship and take a kayak tour of the back bays. Private and party boat fishing tours are also available.
– By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff
