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Vero Beach Museum of Art - Astronomy tion. ianglertournament.com 2 National Night Out hosted by IRC Sheriff’s Of-
Photographer of the Year exhibition thru Sept. 29 Vero Beach Lifeguard Assoc. events at fice, 4 to 7 p.m. at IRC IG Center, with food,
29; AI Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: 28 Splish, Splash Lagoon Bash, 8 a.m. to Waldo’s: 7 a.m. Race to the Wreck, a games and fun, and 6 p.m. K9 demonstration. Free.
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Orchid Island courtyard home has been a family oasis

BY STEPHANIE LABAFF

Staff Writer

More than a place to shelter the
family from tropical winds and rain,
the 3-bedroom, 4-bath, 3,308-square-
foot courtyard home at 415 Indies Dr.
in Orchid Island has been an oasis
where family can gather.

The owners came to Vero Beach
more than 20 years ago looking for
“someplace with a small-town at-
mosphere that had the amenities of
a bigger town,” recalls the owner.
That’s how they ended up at Orchid
Island.

After spending a year renting, they
knew that the intimate, upscale golf-
ing community was just the place
they were looking for to spend some
time away from harsh Pennsylvania
winters.

They wanted to maintain their
home up north so they could spend
time with their children and grand-
children while having a place in sun-
ny Florida that was big enough for ev-
eryone to visit.

Built by Zugelter Construction
Corp., the house features a private
courtyard designed as a place the
family can gather. With the rest of the
house wrapped around it, the central
courtyard also lets light into the inte-
rior, making for a brighter home.

“We chose the courtyard because
we really liked the concept of the pri-
vacy,” explains the owner. “We felt
like it gave us an entire other room to
the house. It really turned out to be
true. Our kids were there every year

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at Thanksgiving and Easter. They area are great for enter-
spent the entire time in that heated taining,” says Matilde
pool in the courtyard. We didn’t have Sorensen, broker-owner,
to worry about them getting out into Dale Sorensen Real Es-
the street. It was like adding another tate, who has the home
big room to your house. It was ideal.” listed for $950,000.

At the apex of the circle driveway, Elegantly appointed
two large doors open into the court- accents complement the
yard, which integrates the outdoor British West Indies-style
space with the public spaces in the architecture, with crown
home. molding, high ceil-
ings, transoms, French
The floorplan creates multiple out- doors and tile flooring
door refuges with the cabana guest- throughout.
house located at the front of the house
with a private entry near the front The main house is only
door and another onto the pool deck. one-room deep, mak-
Guests can sneak off to the cabana or ing it optimal for parties
mingle with others poolside. with all the principal rooms opening
to the outdoors. A generous master
“Not only is it beautifully main- suite is located at the southern end of
tained but the floorplan and outdoor the house with walk-in closets and a
spa-like bathroom.
The island kitchen was recently re-
modeled with gray quartz and white,
custom cabinets accented with silver
hardware. The spacious room opens
to a breakfast nook sits adjacent to
the formal dining room and over-
looks the nature preservation area
that serves as a buffer between the
river and the house.
On the opposite side of the house,
the den has a full bath allowing for ex-
tra room for the grandchildren when
they come to visit. A guest suite near
the door that leads out to the three-

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car garage allows for discreet egress. older, though, it’s gotten harder to get
The lushly landscaped property everyone together and the couple is
looking for a smaller, turnkey place to
is shaded by mature live oaks. At call home when they visit Vero Beach.
the rear of the house, a screened la- “It’s been wonderful living in Orchid
nai overlooks the preserve where an Island. It’s a small enough commu-
abundance of wildlife flourishes. In nity that you know lots of people.”
addition to all the birds and fish, the
owner says they often see a bobcat “This ideal courtyard home is per-
making its way across the yard as the fect for anyone looking to enjoy the
sun begins to rise. perfect Florida lifestyle,” says So-
rensen.
A big selling point when the owners
decided to buy the house was the golf Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club is
club, but it’s the collegial community a private resort community located
that they’ll miss the most. They’ve just north of Vero Beach with easy
been happy in their home over the access to Melbourne, Sebastian and
years and have grown to love the Or- Vero. Orchid Island is ideally situated
chid Island community. between two environmental havens:
the Pelican Island Wildlife Sanctu-
As their grandchildren have gotten

VITAL STATISTICS
415 INDIES DR.

Neighborhood: Orchid Island • Architecture: British West Indies
Year built: 1999 • Construction: Concrete block with stucco
Lot size: 102 feet by 195 feet • Home size: 3,308 square feet

Bedrooms: 3 • Bathrooms: 4 • Pool: Freeform heated pool and spa
Additional features: Detached cabana suite; French doors; jetted tub; den;
island kitchen; wine rack; ice machine; breakfast nook; laundry room; pri-
vate courtyard; three-car garage; screened lanai; circle drive and shutters

Listing agency: Dale Sorensen Real Estate
Listing agent: Broker-Owner Matilde Sorensen, 772-532-0010

Listing price: $950,000

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Active-adult communities are stepping up their games

BY MICHELE LERNER indoor lap pool that transforms into The technology, which uses a hy- ties are wellness, cooking and experi-
The Washington Post an event space at the push of a button. draulic lift to move the floor from the ences. We’ve noticed that things that
bottom of the pool to the surface, has used to be unique even a year or two
Remember the scene in “It’s a Won- “We have a cohort of active swim- been used by Cirque du Soleil in its ago, such as demonstration kitchens
derful Life,” when the retractable mers in the community who mostly Las Vegas shows. The floor covers the and good restaurants with chefs, are
floor over the gym swimming pool do their laps in the morning,” says Jeff pool within minutes, after which it’s almost expected at larger active-adult
slides open during a dance? Residents McQueen, president of Trilogy by Shea wiped dry and ready for an event. communities.”
at Trilogy at Tehaleh, an active-adult Homes. “The Seattle weather means it’s
community near Seattle, can reenact best to have an indoor pool, but this is
the moment when the dancers slip one of our smaller communities, so we
into the water, now that they have an looked for a way to easily convert the
space for concerts, dances and parties.”

Although not all communities re- At St. James Plantation, a 6,000-acre
stricted to residents 55 and older have active-adult community in North
an amenity as cool as that one, many Carolina developed by Homer Wright
have developed unusual features for that has nearly 5,000 residents, a pri-
homeowners or chosen a location vate beach club on nearby Oak Island
that offers something that most other and a marina are among the develop-
active-adult communities lack. ment’s attractions.

“For the past couple of decades, The beach club includes a swimming
we’ve seen a huge shift in buyers’ ex- pool and a pavilion with picnic areas,
pectations,” said Dan Kingsbury, vice changing rooms and bathrooms.
president of sales and marketing for
St. James Plantation, an active-adult “Our marina, which has space for
community in Southport, N.C. “Peo- about 450 boats, includes a waterfront
ple used to take everything on faith restaurant and tiki bar, plus a store
that amenities would be built and where people can buy provisions for
that a community would have what their boat trips,” Kingsbury said.
they wanted. Today, buyers do a lot
of research and have higher expecta- At Trilogy at Verde River near Scott-
tions for active-adult communities.” sdale, Ariz., the Outfitter store pro-
vides an array of kayaks and stand-
Compared to retirement commu- up paddleboards for residents, along
nities of the past, golf courses are less with a cycling shop and guided ex-
of a priority. cursions into the adjacent Tonto Na-
tional Forest. The Outfitter at Trilogy
“There’s a race to meet the ex- at Lake Norman near Charlotte, N.C.,
pectations of younger buyers in ac- includes kayaks and bike repair sup-
tive-adult communities,” said Sean plies, as well as shuttle service to the
Keeley, content strategist for 55Plac- Boat Club at Lake Norman, which of-
es.com in Chicago. “Their top priori- fers boating lessons and rentals.

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“People meet at the Outfitter for different courses on all kinds of topics, ings and events. It also has a commu- the homes have been designed to ac-
coffee and pastries, and then they so residents can pursue their interests nity garden and a toolshed. commodate home offices.
can rent bikes or kayaks or meet up to and learn new skills.”
walk on the trails,” McQueen said. “We’re here for the community “We organized ourselves in work
About 18,500 residents live at Lagu- more than for amenities, and we love groups, bought the land, got the ap-
Although the Four Seasons at New na Woods Village in Orange County, that we already know our neighbors,” provals, and managed the engineers,
Kent Vineyard in New Kent, Va., where Calif. Although the location about said Leslie Miller, a Shepherd Village architects and construction crews,”
K. Hovnanian is building homes, isn’t 10 minutes from the Pacific Ocean homeowner. “All the houses, which she,” said Charlotte Baker-Shenk, an-
near a lake or the ocean, its location is certainly a draw, this community are duplexes and triplexes, are built other homeowner. “We made sure to
within a vineyard stands out as one of stands out from the crowd because of with universal design features.” include green building materials and
the more unusual amenities in a 55- its equestrian amenities, Keeley said. techniques and universal design, so
plus community, Keeley said. At Sage Place, 12 of the 20 lots are al- the homes continue to be accessible
“They have stables for residents to ready sold, and some of the buyers are in our later years. We’re encouraging
“Residents get special discounts on board their own horses or rent horses, friends who want to live near one another. buyers at Sage Place to build acces-
the wine and can spend time in the riding lessons, group rides and horse sible homes, too, so we created four
tasting room,” he said. shows, plus miles of trails,” Keeley said. Zoning requirements for the 19- representational designs and have
acre site require 80 percent of the recommended builders to them.” 
McQueen said about 15 percent to In addition, Laguna Woods Village homeowners to be 55 and older.
22 percent of residents at Trilogy com- has its own cable TV network, two Many homeowners are working, so
munities are golfers. Kingsbury said golf courses and seven clubhouses, in-
golf is less popular than it was in the cluding one with an 814-seat theater.
past, primarily because people have
less time. Trilogy installs golf simula- On the opposite end of the spec-
tors in their communities that don’t trum in terms of size is Shepherd Vil-
have a golf course, McQueen said. lage, a senior co-housing community
for 30 households in Shepherdstown,
In addition to golf simulators, many W.Va., that have developed their own
of Trilogy’s communities include community, as well as Sage Place
“sports escape” spaces, which Mc- Commons, an adjacent 55-plus com-
Queen said are meant to be “modern munity for 20 households. A co-hous-
man caves” to lure male homeown- ing community is one in which pri-
ers out to socialize. The “man caves” vately owned houses cluster around
include billiards, darts, shuffleboard, shared spaces such as a common
poker and sports on flat-panel TVs. house with a kitchen and large din-
ing area for shared meals, as well as
“Our research shows that women community rooms for meetings and
are most often the drivers of the de- activities.
cision to move into an active-adult
community, and they’re also often “We built our community within
more socially outgoing,” McQueen the existing amenity of Shepherd-
said. “One way to move more men to stown,” said Phil Baker-Shenk, part of
socialize is to offer them these mod- the co-housing community. “We can
ern man caves outside their homes. walk to theaters for movies and plays,
But, of course, they’re very popular to film festivals and to all the activi-
with women, too.” ties at Shepherd University. There’s a
fitness center and plenty of shops and
The Villages in Central Florida, an restaurants.”
active-adult community with more
than 115,000 residents, does have golf For those who prefer outdoor ac-
courses, along with three libraries tivities, Shepherdstown’s location on
and even its own polo team, Keeley the Potomac is great for kayaking,
said. said Kay Schultz, a Shepherd Village
homeowner. The area also has miles
“One of the standout amenities at the of trails for hiking and walking. In
Villages is their enrichment academy, addition to the 30 houses, Shepherd
which is almost like their own commu- Village has a common house with a
nity college for residents,” Keeley said. kitchen and dining area where resi-
“In a survey, our readers said continu- dents can share meals three times a
ing education is a big interest, so this week, plus gathering rooms for meet-
amenity addresses that. They offer 155

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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Sept. 13 to Sept. 19

The barrier island real estate market had its slowest week of the year with just two sales
reported, though one transaction was for more than $3 million.

The top sale of the week was of a home in Riomar Bay with spectacular bridge-to-bridge
lagoon views. The residence at 502 Bay Drive was placed on the market June 12, 2018 ,with
an asking price of $4.295 million. The sale closed on Sept. 16 for $3.8 million.

The seller in the transaction was represented by Kay Brown and Luke Webb of Premier Estate
Properties. The purchaser was represented by Alex MacWilliam IV of Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

The only other transaction to close last week was of a home in Angler’s Cove on Vero’s South
Beach. The residence at 1926 Angler’s Cove was placed on the market Jan. 15 with an asking
price of $495,000. The asking price more recently was $460,000.

The sale closed on Sept. 19 for $438,000. The seller in the transaction was represented by
Nelva Sperry of Keller Williams Realty. The purchaser in the transaction was represented by
Kevin Howard, also of Keller Williams Realty.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE

$3,800,000
RIOMAR BAY 502 BAY DR 6/12/2018 $4,295,000 $4,295,000 9/16/2019
$438,000
ANGLERS COVE 1926 ANGLERS CV 1/15/2019 $495,000 $460,000 9/19/2019

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Downsizing? Many older home buyers are ‘smart sizing’

BY MICHELE LERNER sion,” says Robin, who is 76. His wife, cipal with Meyers Research, a housing “We’ve found that about 30 percent
The Washington Post who retired about 20 years ago, is 74. research firm in Costa Mesa, Calif. “Af- of people who move to age-restricted
fordability is a big priority before and communities move to a larger place
Robin and Stefanie Wohnsigl, a cou- For empty nesters transitioning during retirement, so people think within the community after they’ve
ple who recently moved to an active- out of their longtime houses, making they need to downsize for financial se- lived there for a while,” Carmichael
adult community in Chester, Md., have the choice of a new place to buy in a says. “They just want a little extra
been on a four-year journey to find the curity, but that’s not always true.” space and yet want to stay in the
right place for their retirement. 55-plus community doesn’t always In active-adult communities, where neighborhood.”
mean downsizing.
“We sold our big house in Great typically residents must be 55 or older, When Kevin and Sue Hanrahan
Falls four years ago and downsized to “Older home buyers today are the average home size is 1,500 to 1,800 retired at age 55, they fully intended
an apartment in Reston,” says Robin ‘smart-sizing’ rather than just down- square feet, Carmichael says. to downsize from their three-level
Wohnsigl, a retired Air Force colonel sizing,” says Mollie Carmichael, a prin- house in Ashburn, Va. But like other
and airline industry executive. “The older buyers, they found something
apartment was great, it had indoor better than downsizing: a “right-size”
and outdoor swimming pools, and home.
we loved Reston, but we had down-
sized too much plus we wanted a “Our priority was not having three
backyard for our dog.” levels,” Sue Hanrahan says. “We
would have been fine with a one-level
The Wohnsigls moved from house with two bedrooms and two
an 8,000-square-foot house to a bathrooms, but we ended up buying a
1,500-square-foot apartment before house that also has a lower level with
their recent transition to a 3,700-square- a third bathroom and the option for a
foot single-family home on Kent Island. third bedroom.”

“Not only did we want more space The Hanrahans purchased their
and wanted to get back to owning home from Shea Homes at Trilogy
a home, but we realized that every at Lake Frederick in Lake Freder-
time we crossed the Chesapeake Bay ick, Va., four years ago to be closer
Bridge to visit our daughter in Dover, to their two adult daughters. The
Del., we felt this complete decompres- basement level is primarily used as a

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playroom for their three grandchildren. Figuring out where to go and what to That evaluation of finances as Del Webb communities nationwide.
Rhea Jacobson, a homebuyer at the buy for the preretirement-into-retire- well as emotional goals is an impor- “These new floor plans cater to all
ment life phase can be complicated tant element for buyers and can help
Atrium at MetroWest being built by by finances and careers as well as life- them decide if they need to move to a sorts of buyers, including those who
Pulte near the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU style choices, says Alison Bernstein, smaller or larger home. want to downsize, right-size and up-
Metro station, downsized once al- president and founder of Suburban size,” Ash says. “They’re all single-
ready and plans to downsize a little Jungle, a national real estate advisory Mark Ash, national director of de- family homes designed with large
more to move into the new active- service based in New York City that sliding-glass doors that link to a cov-
adult community adjacent to her cur- recently opened a “ReSizer” division sign at PulteGroup, said consumer ered patio, which addresses the need
rent home at MetroWest. aimed at people in their 50s and 60s. research helped it develop 13 Gen for more living space. And these de-
You floor plans ranging from 1,400 to signs have the flexibility to accom-
“Two years after my husband passed “The people we work with aren’t 3,000 square feet. modate families with aging parents or
away, I moved from King Farm in retiring yet, but they are in a ‘now boomerang adults living with them.”
Rockville to a two-level townhouse at what’ phase where they can choose The GenYou floor plans, available
MetroWest to be closer to my daughter where they want to be based on their at the Del Webb Nocatee active-adult For Kari Peterson, a 62-year-old
and my grandkids,” Jacobson says. “My lifestyle rather than on their kids’ community in Ponte Vedra, Fla., and ReSizer client who now rents a town-
two priorities were to buy something schools,” Bernstein says. “We talk to Del Webb eTown in Jacksonville, house in Haymarket, Va., the decision
new so I didn’t have to do maintenance them about what they want out of Fla., will eventually be introduced at to move was triggered by her realiza-
and to be near Metro so I could get their next home and provide them tion that her consulting business al-
downtown. My friends are scattered with free advice and then recom- lows her to live anywhere. She chose
around the area and so my social life is mend our partner real estate agents Haymarket to be closer to her chil-
more downtown than anywhere else.” to help them find a specific home.” dren and grandchildren.

Her first move cut her living space Some of Bernstein’s clients stay in “Having family nearby means a lot
in half. Her next move, into an active- their same region to maintain close to me, but I also don’t want to just fol-
adult community where she plans to ties to friends and family, while oth- low my kids everywhere,” she says. “I
live in a one-level condo, will reduce ers are ready to move someplace like being nearby but not involved in
her space by about 150 square feet. where it’s easier to travel and experi- their daily life. I want to be happy in
ence new things. my own life.”
“I love my location, so I am happy
to be moving just one block away,” “We take a personal inventory of Peterson, who lives about four
she says. “I really want to be all on what people hope to accomplish with miles from her daughter, downsized
one floor instead of climbing stairs their move, such as reducing their from a larger home in an active-adult
every day.” commute, eliminating home mainte- community in Atlanta into her town-
nance or downsizing to something less house, which has two bedrooms,
Jacobson is also looking forward to expensive so they can use their cash three bathrooms and a garage.
the social life in the active-adult com- for something else,” Bernstein says.
munity, the yoga room and an indoor “I right-sized to where I am now,”
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rid of things like lawn equipment, a their market,” Carmichael says. “In ment back to a home that’s more than that their lawn care – and future snow
desk and a fire pit. I plan to buy in a Texas, for example, most 55-plus buyers double their apartment but about removal – will be handled by their
year or so.” choose something equal or bigger than half the size of their original home homeowners’ association.
their current home, but in more ex- means sorting through the belong-
The right-size home depends on your pensive markets like California you’re ings the couple had stored while liv- Then again, an active social life
family needs, budget and location. likely to see more people downsizing.” ing in Reston. with their new neighbors at brunches
and wine tastings has already kicked
“People need to figure out what they For the Wohnsigls, the readjust- But they have plenty of time now into high gear for the retirees. 
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