With award-winning design by Robert A.M. Stern, a preeminent, postmodern architect known for combining “historical styles with contemporary contexts,” the Wood Duck Island community in Grand Harbor manifests the welcoming ambiance of an Andalusian village.
A pair of wide, two-car garages between the townhome at 4789 Wood Duck Circle and its neighbor make this lovely dwelling seem like a completely separate residence.
Through the wide entrance archway, a red-tiled entry porch opens ahead into the foyer, and, to the left, into the expansive two-car garage.
The foyer includes a charming powder room, a closet, and a door to the screened porch on the home’s southeast corner.
The foyer also opens to the entrance hallway which, in turn, accesses the living room to the left, and the kitchen and dining room to the right. Ahead from the hallway, an enclosed, carpeted stairway leads up to the three bedrooms.
Lofty ceilings and a wealth of large picture windows, ensure abundant ambient light throughout.
Flooring includes neutral-hued Berber carpeting, handsome area rugs, and wide terra-cotta red tile in the kitchen and on porches.
Beneath a high ceiling enhanced with crown molding and centered with a white ceiling fan, the spacious living room is filled with natural light pouring in through tall, wide windows to the south and west, softened by the filter of oak and palm.
On the west end of the living room, a pair of doors open to the full-length screened porch. The doors flank the fireplace, its black firebox and slate tile hearth a handsome contrast to the white-columned wood mantle and surround.
French doors on the east end of the living room open onto the screen porch in the southeast corner. Here, all the windows and French doors are beautifully adorned with custom moss and peach-hued pull-down shades, the perfect touch of color, complementing the natural hues of the stylishly casual furniture.
Off the hallway to the right, the kitchen and dining room occupy the home’s north side.
The kitchen charms with soft, minty green walls and gleaming white cabinetry and countertops. Appliances include a stainless steel smooth top range, built-in microwave and water/ice-in-door fridge. A white ceiling fan/light stirs the air.
For convenient serving, a two-level counter houses a long pass-through to the dining room and accommodates the double sink, plenty of counter space and handy snack bar. Florida sunshine flows in via a wide double window opening to the front screened porch. Here, too, a double-bifold door opens to the laundry closet, with washer, dryer and wall cabinet storage, making smart use of the space under the stairs.
The spacious, open dining room features crown molding and wide, French doors which welcome in gentle natural light and access the northwest section of the full length screened porch.
This wonderful porch/lanai features a round, four-top table and chairs. With multiple access points along its length, two ceiling fan/lights, and wide, screened windows and doors, this lanai likely will be your go-to for entertaining, al fresco dining, relaxing, reading, and of course, simply enjoying the serene golf-course views.
Opening all the lanai doors to allow access inside and out, you’ll have unbeatable entertaining possibilities and, adding to its charm, the lanai sports interesting open-beam ceiling elements.
Upstairs, the primary suite extends across the entire south end. Here, you’ll have wonderful view to the east via wide double windows, and to the south, where glass French doors access a Juliet balcony. The bedroom features a white-blade ceiling fan/light, comfy neutral carpeting and a walk-in closet. The cool and creamy ensuite bathroom contains a double sunken basin vanity, white framed full-width mirror; loo, and long, glass-front shower.
The two guest bedrooms offer pleasant pastel walls, soft carpeting, ceiling fan/lights, and roomy closets. They share a full bath with single basin vanity, loo and tub/shower.
Grand Harbor is a designated an Audubon habitat, where residents enjoy endless walking and biking paths amid tropical woodlands, as well as the neighborly atmosphere and year-round homeowner parties and informal activities, such as weekly happy hours around the fire pit or Wood Duck’s central fountain.
Wood Duck Island residents can also become members of Grand Harbor Golf and Beach club via sponsored application, which includes access to two championship golf courses, tennis, pickleball, bocce, social clubs, and a deluxe beach club with terrace dining, pool and pavilion bar.
Situated along Indian River Boulevard, Grand Harbor is close to shopping, dining, business services, downtown Vero Beach, and Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and the hundreds of medical offices around it. Vero’s famous Village by the Sea is close by, too, just across the Barber Bridge. There you will find fine and casual dining, beach shops and elite boutiques, live theater, an outstanding fine art museum, resorts, country clubs, parks, marinas and miles of clean, uncrowded Atlantic Ocean beaches with lifeguards stationed at popular swimming spots.
FEATURES for 4789 WOOD DUCK CIRCLE
Community: Grand Harbor • Year built: 1988
Construction: CBS, frame, tile roof • Home size: 1,616 sq.ft.
Bedrooms: 3 • Bathrooms: 2.5
Additional features: Gate staffed; furnished; golf course views; exceptional landscaping; front faces north; rare 2-car garage w/storage; 2 screened lanais; patio; crown molding; ceiling fan/lights; French doors; window treatments; central A/C, wet bar; walk-in closet; laundry closet; volume ceilings; custom roll-down shades; fireplace; county water/sewer; monthly $1,320 HOA fee, payable quarterly, covers cable TV, common areas, master insurance, exterior maintenance, reserve funds, individual roof maintenance, security, trash removal; lease OK w/restrictions
Listing agency: AMAC Alex MacWilliam, Inc.
Listing agents: Martin Carder, 772-696-0131, and Brenda Montgomery, 772-532-4170
Listing price: $475,000
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