The handsome 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath pool home at 4384 2nd Square SW sits on a full half-acre lot within the lovely, wooded community of Forest Lake. Gorgeous on the outside, it also has a beautifully updated interior.
The home’s circle drive bisects the shady front lawn, then angles around the south side to the two-car garage and side entry.
Flanked by a pair of bay windows beneath a long, graceful roof line, the rich red French entry doors anchor a pleasingly balanced façade with white stone walls and extended bedroom wings on both front corners.
From the foyer, gorgeous porcelain floor tile – white with gray/black striations – flows throughout the home’s central spaces.
Throughout, the white-on-white palette is perfectly enhanced with well-chosen touches of black, gray and silver, including the bedroom flooring, which is a soothing gray vinyl plank.
From the foyer – where there is a spacious closet – a wide passageway to the right opens to the sunken dining room, with expansive windows providing soft natural light and fine neighborhood views.
Ahead, the foyer leads to a spacious living/family room with the open kitchen next to it, creating a central social space that connects to the lanai, pool and backyard, via sliding glass doors.
The sophisticated kitchen glows with plenty of white cabinetry with black bar pulls, black fixtures, black sink and a black subway tile splash (using white grout and installed vertically.)
The sink sits beneath a slider pass-through window looking out to the lanai and pool. The countertops are white quartz, appliances are stainless, and there is a peninsula lunch bar and a tidy coffee nook.
The family room, too, is a standout. The wood-burning corner fireplace sits within a full-wall, white stone surround, with a simple, black plank mantel and extended hearth. A four-panel slider wall opens to the long lanai and fully screened pool deck.
This wonderfully open design creates a large, flexible venue for parties and family gatherings, with easy access to food and beverages, plenty of seating and a nearby powder room.
A door from the kitchen leads to the two-car side garage, the laundry room and a workspace.
In the front/southwest corner, the primary bedroom offers loads of ambient light, a large walk-in closet, linen closet, three-blade ceiling/fan light; and a white/gray/silver bathroom that is a work of interior design art.
Gleaming ceramic tile covers the bathroom floor, and the glass shower has two rainfall shower heads. Vanity tops with rectangular sunken basins gleam with white quartz atop white cabinetry with silver bar pulls, and gray metal frames enclose full width vanity mirrors.
Three guest bedrooms occupy the home’s north side. The one in the front/northwest corner features one of the beautiful bay windows and a tray ceiling. All three have double bi-fold closets and share a full bath with tub/shower, two-basin vanity and loo.
The long, tiled lanai features a pair of ceiling fan/lights and all sorts of space for seating, dining and lounging. The back yard is buffered by mature trees and colorful, tropical greenery, which provide pleasant, soothing views and privacy, as well as room to play.
This Vero Beach south Forest Lake neighborhood is conveniently located about 10 minutes away from downtown Vero Beach’s pub, restaurant and art gallery district and just 15 minutes from Vero’s famous Village by the Sea, with fine and casual dining, beach shops and elite boutiques, resorts, country clubs, parks, marinas and miles of clean, uncrowded Atlantic Ocean beaches with lifeguards stationed at popular swimming spots.
FEATURES for 4834 2nd Square SW
Community: Forest Lake
Year built: 1982, with extensive updates
Construction: Concrete block with shingle roof
Home size: 2,489 sq. ft. • Lot size: Half an acre
Bedrooms: 4 • Bathrooms: 2 full baths and 1 half-bath
Additional features: Gated community; modern, open-concept design; 2-car garage; 10-car driveway; brand new high impact windows/sliders/doors; split bedroom plan; new 2023 roof; central A/C; crown molding; vaulted ceilings; recessed lighting; ceiling fan/lights; laundry room; walk-in closet; wood-burning fireplace; covered/screened lanai; herb garden; irrigation sprinkler; freeform swimming pool with screen enclosure.
Listing agency: AMAC Alex MacWilliam, Inc.
Listing agent: Bill Basura, 772-713-5214
Listing price: $799,000
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