OCEAN CITY — A boater’s paradise awaits the next owner of the wonderful waterfront home at 2202 Bay Ave. in the Riviera section of the city.
With its dock afloat in South Harbor, an extension of Cayman Pitcairn Harbor just off Beach Thorofare, the placid waters are a terrific venue for kayaks, paddleboards and other small craft, while the waterway is sheltered by Shooting Island and leads to Great Egg Harbor Bay and the open ocean.
The home’s extensive back deck is a great spot for entertaining day or night and offers an awe-inspiring sunset view daily (weather permitting). There are multiple areas for dining or relaxing both in the sun or under the shade of a retractable awning. There’s even a hot tub to further enhance the relaxation.
In addition to those awesome aspects, the home is just a chip shot away from the Ocean City Municipal Golf Course and adjoining airport.
Ocean City’s pristine beaches and world-famous Boardwalk are just a short bike ride away and the watersports district, offering parasailing, fishing and other aqua-entertainment, is less than 2 miles away.
“This bayfront home features four well-appointed bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms,” real estate agent Jason Frost stated in his writeup on the property. “Enjoy westerly views of the sunset from either first- or second-floor rear decks.”
The home has a gravel parking pad with two spots off the concrete drive and there is another inside the garage, although parking is not an issue in the area like it is in other parts of the city.
The front façade is impressive with its stone-bordered mulched beds sporting mature landscaping and planters hanging above the wide, covered front porch with four rocking chairs. The brick facing on the porch is a hint of what’s to come inside.
Four windows across the front provide natural light to several of the bedrooms upstairs. A concrete walk leads down the right side to the back deck.
A front door with a large oval, leaded glass insert opens onto the tiled foyer. To the left is a billiards room with a well-maintained, classic old-school table (the owner hopes to sell it) atop narrow-plank hardwood flooring. A mirrored wall and four tall windows across the front increase the sense of space.
Wooden stairs run up the right side of the foyer, while a tiled hallway leads back to the great room.
An open, spacious kitchen/dining room features a long wood table with seating for six just inside three sliding-glass doors providing access to the deck and a water view.
Solid-wood custom cabinets line two walls of this area, which has the same hardwood flooring as the billiards room. There is a built-in wine rack and tile backsplash. A stainless-steel Samsung two-door refrigerator with bottom freezer drawer is in the corner.
Overlooking the sunken living room, the kitchen area also has a pantry closet just atop the couple of stairs down.
An entire brick wall with a fireplace converted to gas commands attention in this room, where there are two sofas and an armchair, as well as another slider leading outside.
Off to the side is the half-bath with its pedestal sink and wainscoting walls, as well as a laundry room with a full-size Whirlpool washer and dryer and cabinets. A door leads out to the garage.
Back in the foyer, a coat closet with double bi-fold doors is located at the bottom of the stairs.
Atop the stairs, the master bedroom suite is to the right, and offers fantastic views and access to the wide, uncovered second-floor deck. The room has a queen-size bed, sitting area and a hall leading to a walk-in closet, as well as a full bathroom with a tile floor, long granite-topped wood vanity with his and hers sinks and a fully tiled, open shower. There’s a bench seat in case you’ve had too much sun or fun.
Out in the hall, the home’s final bathroom is to the right and, like almost every room in the house, offers a water view. It has a tile floor and tile halfway up the walls, as well as in the tub/shower.
Across the hall is the second bedroom, this one set up with twin beds.
The third bedroom is located in the back, right corner, so has access to the deck. There is plenty of space for the queen-size bed and then some. The final bedroom is in the front, left corner.
Other amenities include multizone heating and central air condition and an enclosed outside shower.
In addition to all of the leisure activities available both just outside the door and around the city, the home has almost no grass and many low-maintenance features such as composite decking and cedar-impression vinyl siding.
The home is listed for $1.679 million with Jason Frost of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Fox & Roach Realtors. Call (609) 335-2845 or (609) 399-0041 for more information or to set up an appointment to see this wonderful home.
The first permitted showings will be Aug. 1, when an open house is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
