704 Benton Avenue, Cape May - Sold

Sold Price: $2,497,000
MLS: 223317       Beds: 6       Baths: 4.5       Type: Single Family       DOM: 140 Days

Welcome home to 704 Benton Avenue across the street from the graceful porches of the Chalfont Hotel. The house is just two short blocks to the beach and within walking distance to the center of town. Relax with a cup of tea or work from your laptop on the large front covered porch with beautiful awnings. From here, you can smell the ocean and feel the breezes while watching an occasional horse drawn carriage. This Classic Cape May cedar shake home sits on an oversized lot and allows the next homeowner to visualize the many ways the huge side yard with Gazebo can be used for fun in the sun. Entering the home, to the left of the front door you will find first of two living rooms; this one has a fireplace. There is a large dining room with seating for 12, a generous kitchen with subzero refrigerator, double ovens, gas top range and center island, a laundry/mud room and entrance to the back yard with outside shower. On the right side of the home is a powder room and spacious family room with cathedral ceiling. Moving upstairs you will find all the bathrooms have been newly and beautifully renovated. On the second floor is the master bedroom with en-suite bath, bedroom number two and the third bedroom and a full hall bath. The third floor includes two more large bedrooms and hall bath to total five bedrooms under the main roof for family and guests. One bedroom has the potential space to add an extra full bath. For the basement lover we have a large one! No known water intrusion in the past, so the current use is a workshop, storage for extra items in the home, and a second refrigerator. The basement has direct access to the back yard so it can be used for easy storage of bikes and beach chairs. Just wait there’s more! Who doesn’t need a garage? We have a two-car garage so the fancy Porsche can fit in one bay and the Harley or Corvette in the other. Above the garage is a bonus one bedroom, one bath in-law suite with kitchen, heat and air-conditioning for a total 6 bedrooms on one stunning estate style property. Other amenities include parking for 4 plus cars, four zone gas heat, central air on the first floor, and individually controlled split system units in every other room. Many other new renovations have been done in the past few years. A few of the recent updates include flood vents 2019, AC and mini splits 2021, awnings and exterior paint 2021, on demand water heater and boiler 2022, inside fully painted 2019, carpet on first floor 2020, new mattresses on all beds but one since 2020, dishwasher 2021, new refrigerator in basement 2021, kitchen cooktop and vent 2020, garage doors and 1 opener 2021. Currently the owner has tenant’s weeks held for rentals from July 1-August 26, 2023. The home rents in season for $ 7,200. a week. Call to set up your appointment to see this one of a kind, rarely found oversized property in this wonderful location by the beach.

PROPERTY FEATURES & AMENITIES

Fenced Yard   Outside Shower   Porch   Sidewalks   Sprinkler System   Dining Room   In-Law Quarters   Kitchen   Laundry/Utility Room   Living Room   Recreation/Family   See Remarks   Dishwasher   Disposal   Dryer   Microwave Oven   Oven   Range   Refrigerator   Smoke/Fire Detector   Stove Natural Gas   Washer   Heat Fuel:Baseboard   Heat Fuel:Gas Natural   Heat Fuel:Hot Water   Heat Fuel:Multi-Zoned   Heat Fuel:Space/Wall/Floor   Water Heater:Gas- Natural   Water Heater:On Demand   Basement:Full,Inside Entrance,Masonry Floors/Wall,Outside Entrance,Slab   2 Car   4 car parking   Auto Door Opener   Concrete Driveway   Detached   Garage   See Remarks   Cathedral Ceilings   Fireplace- Gas   Storage   Tile Flooring   Walk in Closet   Wall to Wall Carpet   Wood Flooring   Cooling:Ceiling Fan   Cooling:Central Air Condition   Cooling:Multi Zoned   Cooling:Other Air Conditioning   City   Colonial   See Remarks   Three Story   Exterior:Shingle   Exterior:Wood

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Last Database Update: 03/20/2023 10:45:23

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