OCEAN CITY — The luxurious home at 2104 Bay Ave. was built by and for the owner of a popular island construction company, Scafisi Custom Builders, and it shows in the quality craftsmanship, high-end materials and attention to detail.
“Whether you’re entertaining in the expansive great room or prepping gourmet meals in the chef’s kitchen, this home delivers elevated coastal elegance throughout,” listing agent Kevin McGonigle said.
Featuring six bedrooms, five full bathrooms, two living rooms and two kitchens, along with 50 feet of dockage on Marcus Harbor lagoon and a swimming pool, the 4,400-square-foot home is built for entertaining on a large scale.
The multi-level home has curb appeal aplenty, sporting an asymmetrical design with a covered porch to the left and dual doors to the attached garage on the right. The white and black color theme, frosted garage door windows topped by transoms, metal roofing accents, stacked-stone foundation facia and second-floor decks add to the aesthetic.
Lush, green grass and mulched beds bursting with color line both sides of the home, while a steppingstone path leads down the right to the rear deck.
Out back, an extensive composite deck provides a front-row seat to the beauty of the lagoon, as well as a metal ramp and floating dock for boats and personal watercraft in the sheltered anchorage. There’s also a putting green alongside a covered porch with doors providing access from the ground-floor living room and kitchen and an enclosed outside shower.
“Step outside to enjoy one of the six decks, four offering jaw-dropping views of fiery sunsets over the bay,” McGonigle said. “Dive into your private in-ground pool, challenge friends to a round on the putting green or take your boat out with ease thanks to the state-of-the-art lift.” Out front, composite stairs ascend to the porch, covered by a second-floor deck with a mahogany plank ceiling matching the one out back.
The main entrance matches the garage doors and opens into an elegant foyer with a view straight through to the water. The interior, which mimics the white and black color scheme outside, with some grays mixed in, features fine millworker throughout, including 57-inch-high board and batten wainscoting and plank accent walls.
A powder room is to the right, alongside the handsome staircase that rises, Escher-like, all the way up to a lighthouse cupola atop the third floor, bathing the area in light. Wood railings and wrought-iron spindles at a touch of class.
The ground floor includes a casual sitting area with a sectional sofa where a large-screen television hangs above the stacked stone fireplace flanked by built-in curio cabinets.
A dining area just inside double sliding glass doors with plantation shutters is just steps away from the kitchenette, where a huge center island provides seating for eight.
There’s a sink, ice maker and two-door refrigerator with two freezer drawers.
A hall shoots back off the dining room, past the elevator to the first bedroom, which has a sliding glass door opening onto the rear deck. There’s also a full bath accessible from the hall and bedroom. Another bedroom on this floor includes twin beds.
The second floor features a large great room, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The stairs rise to the living room, where a second fireplace with a television above is flanked by another set of curio cabinets. A sofa, love seat and cushy armchair provide seating.
Double sliding glass doors open onto the partially covered back deck, providing options for sun or shade and the perfect vantage point for taking in some of the best sunsets on the East Coast.
The kitchen includes a massive island with five stools and abundant fabuwood cabinets in a U shape.
There’s a porcelain farmhouse sink beneath a window overlooking the lagoon, a beverage refrigerator, six-burner range with a hood and pot-filler faucet, double wall oven and stainless steel refrigerator/freezer.
A hall leads back past a pantry closet and the elevator to a full bathroom outside the third bedroom.
The fourth and fifth bedrooms, overlooking the street on the ocean side of the property, each has a peaked cathedral ceiling with a plank wall and a slider opening onto a private deck, as well as an ensuite bathroom.
There’s also a laundry room with a full-size washer and dryer, sink and cabinets.
The top floor includes an office/bedroom with a barn style door and the primary suite that includes a private bathroom with a huge tiled shower and dual-sink vanity.
The bed chamber features a king-size bed beneath a cathedral ceiling, a linear fireplace with a television above and a sliding glass door opening onto a private rear deck, as well as a walk-in closet.
“This gem is designed for comfort, entertainment and indulgence,” McGonigle said.
– By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff
