Oceanfront Heaven in Surfside
ISLAND PROPERTIES $5,950,000
A house directly on the ocean is a rare find these days. The property at 33 Nonantum Avenue appears to be the only one currently on the market in the entire Cisco-Miacomet-Surfside area. With a sweeping vista that runs from Surfside Beach, past Nobadeer and Maddequecham, all the way to Tom Nevers Point and includes a vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, this is one of the most unusual and special properties on the island.

Hidden behind a tall hedge, the home was designed to work equally as well for year-round living as it is for enjoying the views and sea breezes of summer. While the house is towards the rear of the deep lot, as soon as you get out of your car and approach the front door, you will smell and see the ocean and understand how important the setting is in making this your home.

Once inside the slate-floored foyer with cathedral ceiling, you are looking through sliding glass doors onto a deck which faces a shaded garden; an ideal place to enjoy that first cup of coffee in the morning sun. An outdoor shower abuts the deck, so after showering upon your return from the beach, you have easy access back up to the bedrooms through the foyer and up the stairs.

From the foyer, turning right past the stairs, you enter the heart of the house.

The living room is light and bright in spite of having rows of windows that open onto a covered deck that serves to keep the midday sun at bay. The centerpiece of the living room is a fireplace encased in a frame of decorative tiles. Along that same wall, on either side of the fireplace and under the windows, built-in cabinets extend the length of the room. The shelves along the cabinets are ideal if you are a plant lover. Doors on one wall of the living room open to reveal a full built-in office. The rear wall of the living room opens into the kitchen, allowing anyone who is preparing a meal to remain part of the gathering.

The kitchen is a long, galley-esque room, which has amazing counter space marked by unusual custom edging on the countertops and strategically placed cutting boards which slide out from under the counters. The kitchen extends from the foyer to a room that traverses the end of the house facing the ocean.

That slate-floored room, facing the ocean, serves as the indoor dining area and as a sitting/sunroom. From here, you hear the muffled sound of the ocean and overlook the expanse of lawn and gardens to the dunes and beach and ocean beyond. French doors open onto the covered deck, wonderful for lounging or cocktails or merely for watching the sunset over the ocean.

Circling back to the foyer, you discover a library/den, which could also be the fourth bedroom. Across the hall is a full bath. Off another short hall is a laundry room adjacent to the access to the attached two-car garage.

Climbing the short stairs to the landing, you are faced with a choice. You take the remaining stairs to the left and find yourself in the master suite.

The master suite is comprised of a bedroom, a sitting room, a private sunning deck and a large walk-through closet bracketed by "his-and-hers" full baths. This is where you get the best feel of the ocean's presence. It is from here that the views come into full play and it will be hard to leave this aerie in the morning.

Returning to the stairs, you take the short down-and-up to the two guest rooms. One of them also has an ocean view. They also share a deck, as well as an unusual double bathroom. One room has a tub/shower and sink, the other a sink and toilet. Both bedrooms also have double closets that are ideal for all those extra summer clothes.

A partly finished basement contains a small project workroom, a large storage room and the mechanical room.

A private path leads directly from the landscaped lawn across the dune with its beautiful vegetation to the wide sandy beach beyond.

This wonderful, four bedroom, four and one- half bath oceanfront home, situated on almost an acre with over 100 feet of direct beach frontage and with plenty of expansion potential is offered for $5,950,000. I