OCEAN CITY — The three-story single at 1201 Bay Ave. is located in a residential area just a clam shell’s throw from the city’s award-winning downtown shopping district.
It’s upside-down design puts the main living area high above the street, enhancing the bay views from its multiple decks.
“This magnificent, custom-built home offers six bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a spacious floor plan, gourmet chef’s kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless-steel appliances,” real estate agent Dean Chorin said. “Features throughout this breathtaking home include hardwood floors, custom tiled bathrooms, gas heat, central air, gas fireplace, cathedral ceilings, three oversized decks with water views, a huge garage and an elevator.”
Built in 2020, the home has a one-car attached garage on the ground level plus a concrete parking pad, so there is room for at least two cars off the street.
It has curb-appeal aplenty with its lush, green lawn wrapping around the corner. Mulched beds with native shore grasses and ornamental trees add to the pleasing aesthetic, as do the brick-faced pillars flanking the driveway and the cedar-impression vinyl siding.
The front first-floor porch creates a covered veranda sheltering the garage door and main door to the right, which is dark wood with two glass panes and side panels. It opens into a foyer with wide-plank hardwood flooring
A coat closet with double swinging doors is to the right, while the door to the garage is to the left and the elevator and stairs are straight ahead.
The stairs have white risers and hardwood treads matching the floors, as well as solid-wood handrails.
The first floor features four bedrooms and a hall bathroom, including a junior master suite in the front.
A children’s bedroom is to the right of the stairs and includes wide bunk beds able to sleep four little ones and a bladeless ceiling fan to keep them safe, as well as a closet with double swinging doors and two clerestory windows.
A second bedroom across the hall from the stairs features two full-size beds and a closet, with a large rear window and two clerestory windows providing natural light. A pocket door opens onto the full bathroom with a tile floor, granite-topped vanity and shower tiled to the ceiling with sliding glass doors.
Down the hall toward the front of the house, the hall bathroom is on the right, across from the elevator. It has a tile floor, granite-topped vanity with a farmhouse sink and open linen closet. The porcelain-coated cast iron tub has walls tiled to the ceiling and frameless sliding glass doors.
The junior master suite is in the front right. It has a king-size bed atop wall-to-wall carpeting, a wall-mounted television, closet with double swinging doors, two clerestory windows over the bed and a sliding glass door opening onto the front porch. A pocket door opens into the full bathroom with a tile floor, granite-topped vanity and shower with subway tile to the ceiling.
Out on the porch, furniture includes an L-shaped wicker sofa with cushions and two composite rockers. The vinyl railings have narrow round spindles so as not to block the view of the bay and wetlands across the way.
The fourth bedroom, which also has access to the porch, is in the front left. It has a full-size bed atop carpeting, a closet and wall-mounted TV.
Another set of steps leads up to the second floor, where the size and open layout of the great room is breathtaking. A small bedroom is to the right but that is a sideshow compared with the main event. The kitchen is directly ahead and includes a long quartz-topped center island with five stools. Three pendant lights reminiscent of the top of an office water cooler hang above, while a Sharp microwave drawer, Scotsman icemaker and XO beverage cooler are below.
White custom cabinets with a tile backsplash stretch along two walls. A tall stainless-steel two-door refrigerator with bottom freezer drawer is to the right, next to a short hallway that runs back to the powder room and laundry room.
A stainless-steel dishwasher is to the left of the sink, while the five—burner oven/range with a stainless-steel hood are to the left of that. Recessed lights and crown molding are overhead.
The dining room is just steps away and features an oval table with seating for six beneath a hanging lamp. A bar/sideboard is to the right. A double window overlooks the front porch, which is accessible via a sliding glass door. Porch furniture includes a sofa and love seat, a café table and standard table with two benches and two chairs.
Back inside, the living room area includes a large sectional sofa centered around a gas fireplace with a flat-screen television above. The wall to the left is covered in trendy shiplap planks.
Yet another set of steps lead up, this time to the master bedroom suite on the third and final floor.
The elevator stops just outside French doors that open into the room. The bed chamber is to the front while the bathroom is to the rear.
A king-size bed sits atop wall-to-wall carpeting, while a wall-mounted television is on the corner. The peaked ceiling has wood planks running north-south. A glass door opens onto the private front porch, offering the best bay view in the house.
The suite includes a walk-in closet and utility closest, where the on-demand hot water system is located.
After a long day on the beach, relax with a long shower in the master bathroom. It has a tile floor, granite-topped vanity with his and hers sinks and a tiled shower with glass tile accents and frameless sliding glass doors.
A pocket door keeps the toilet private.
Amenities in the garage include a sealed-concrete floor, finished walls with rounded corners, a storage closet and additional storage room, as well as access to the backyard and foyer just next to the elevator.
The home is listed for $1.499 million with Dean Chorin of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Fox & Roach Realtors. Call (609) 602-0313 or email dean.chorin@foxroach.com for more information or to set up a tour of this wonderful home.