Built: 1999
Sold For: $869,000
List Price: $869,000
Last Sold/Price: $515,000 (2010)
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.5
Living Space: 2,329 sq. ft.
Lot Size: .20 acre
Days on Market: 27
This renovated waterfront home on Oyster Creek in Oyster Harbor offered waterfront frontage, a private dock and access to neighborhood amenities like a beach and playground, all for under $1 million. Listing Agent Alex Sears said this waterfront home was an exceptional listing because it is close to town yet situated on a lot that provides full privacy. “The exceptional water views, chic renovation, and to-die-for features in this easy living home were key selling points.” The home sold for the full asking price in 27 days.
Oyster Harbor is a private community on the Annapolis Neck peninsula, just outside of Annapolis. Four hundred-plus homes on just 10 roads represent a variety of styles of architecture. Many of the original homes are small beach bungalows that, at one time, served as vacation homes for Washington, D.C. commuters but have been renovated in the past 10 to 15 years. Oyster Harbor is a coveted community because it offers direct access to the Bay, three marinas, a free pump out station, three community beaches, two playgrounds, a boat ramp, and a fishing pier.
This home is the perfect example of a property set slightly off the water with a third story that maximizes exterior views. From the front elevation, the house is tall and stately, with a triangular portico and large arched window that brings attention to the angles of the facade. Inside, the contemporary architecture features an open floor plan that centers around the renovated kitchen. There, a center island is home to a gas cooktop as well as a dining bar. Two refrigerator/freezers bookend the opposite wall. There is plenty of cabinetry in the tidy space.
On one side of the kitchen is the dining room, which features built-in custom cabinetry and a large window with sunset views. On the other side is a living room with custom cabinetry that matches those in the kitchen and dining room set on either side of a brick-lined, wood-burning fireplace. The home’s private pier, dock, and purposefully planted seagrasses along the shore are visible through six glass doors. Beyond the doors is a large wooden deck with plenty of space to allow entertaining beyond the kitchen and living room.
Upstairs, the master suite is characterized by four large picture windows that overlook Oyster Creek. An en-suite bathroom is defined by gorgeous custom marble tiling on the floor and chair rail. It includes a single vanity, glass enclosed shower, and soaking tub. The other bedrooms are also oriented toward the water and feature banks of large, sunny windows. Although this house is not large, it feels quite spacious, light, and airy because it makes best use of natural light. The windows also help impart the sense that the outdoors is simply an extension of the home itself. Downstairs on the lowest level is a den that opens to a screened in porch and beyond that to the flat grass yard.
“The buyer had been looking for several years for something that had the combination that this house does,” says seller’s agent Liz Dooner. “This house, with the garage, bright open floor plan, windows on every side, and gorgeous built-ins was just a great package.”
