OCEAN CITY — Those whose idea of a vacation is lounging on the beach listening to the sound of waves lapping the shore and smelling the salty sea air will love the fantastic home at 4106 Central Ave.
The modern 1,608-square-foot condominium is just a block from the pristine white beaches of the island’s Southend neighborhood, offering ocean views and the serenity of a slower lifestyle than a couple of miles away in the city’s bustling downtown and boardwalk regions.
Featuring four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a great room with soaring cathedral ceilings, the home is filled with light from multiple beach-facing windows and numerous skylights.
The property is second from the corner of 41st Street, offering an unimpeded view of the beach and ocean, as well as easy access to the strand.
The home has been updated throughout with custom bathrooms, kitchen, flooring, exterior and interior doors, skylights and more.
“It’s been exceptionally maintained, decorated and furnished,” listing agent Chris Monihan said.
Featuring a maintenance-free stucco exterior painted in a beautiful robin’s egg blue, the home has a front porch with retractable awnings, offering the choice of sun or shade on each half.
The property is professionally landscaped, with multiple shrubs encased in raised, mulched beds lining the front.
A paver brick walkway leads down the south side to the sheltered staircase ascending to the entrance. Halfway up, an open balcony provides light and air.
The door opens into the great room, where the 14-foot-high ceiling coupled with the numerous floor-to-ceiling windows and skylights create a light, bright and cheery space. Light gray wide-plank flooring adds to the effect.
To the right, a sectional sofa rests just inside a large south-facing window. The handsome corner fireplace includes a wood mantel with a wide-screen television above. A sliding glass door provides access to one half of the porch.
Taking up the left half of the space are the dining area and kitchen. Just inside a second sliding glass door, the long wood table seats six beneath a modern chandelier.
Steps away, more seating is provided at the large 21st Century center island with a stone top. Brown wood cabinets line two walls in the kitchen, which features stainless-steel appliances, granite countertops and a white subway tile backsplash.
A short flight of stairs with carpet inlay rises to the second level, where the first two bedrooms are to the right and left, each with double sliding mirrored closet doors.
The hall bathroom has a tile floor, cute vanity with a porcelain top and a shower tiled to the ceiling with a casement window.
The third bedroom is in the back left and includes wall-to-wall carpeting.
In the back right, the primary bedroom features a double skylight above a king-size bed, two closets and a full bathroom. The luxurious primary bathroom has tile flooring and halfway up the walls, a deep, free-standing tub and a full tiled shower, as well as dual vanities flanking a makeup center.
Ocean City is one of the most popular shore resorts on the East Coast, featuring a 2.5-mile-long oceanfront boardwalk filled with hundreds of shopping, dining and entertainment venues, as well as miles and miles of pristine beaches. There also is an award-winning downtown business district centered on Asbury Avenue and a watersports district around Third Street on Bay Avenue.
A great location doesn’t only mean beachfront or bayfront on this 8-mile-long island — there are 10 distinct neighborhoods, each with its own characteristics. The Gardens is popular with many for its slow pace, huge beaches and winding, pedestrian-friendly streets. The Riviera, stretching from 16th to 23rd streets along Great Egg Harbor Bay, is a boater’s paradise with many Mediterranean-style homes set right on inland lagoons. The Central neighborhood is bustling with business both downtown and on the boardwalk, while the Southend is narrow with fewer homes and room to stretch out. The Northend contains many of the island’s historic homes and Merion Park, in the south, features wetlands and wildlife along with wonderful sunset views. The Goldcoast has some of the best beachfront homes on the island, while Merion Park offers beautiful sunsets over the bay and wetlands.
The Southend neighborhood, from 34th to 59th streets, is narrow with fewer homes and businesses than the center of the island, which makes it the perfect getaway.
Everything needed for a beach vacation is located on the 34th Street business corridor or scattered throughout the neighborhood at mom-and-pop shops.
The Garden State Parkway provides access just across the bridge in Upper Township, so there is no need to schlep through downtown to get there, and all of the attractions that make Ocean City America’s Greatest Family Resort are just a couple of miles away on foot or bicycle.
Out back, the home has room for one car on the parking pad off the alley and another inside the garage.
