The Gathering Place

Friends and family call it The Resort — a fun, kick-your-shoes-off place where everything’s here and nobody needs a vacation. The owners built it for exactly that: family, relatives, and friends under one roof — years of parties, holidays, and full houses, with room for everyone to stay the night.

A coastal shingle-style estate in Williamsburg Green — and the first thing you notice is the porch. 72 feet of it, running the full width of the house with white balustrades and a beadboard ceiling: the kind of porch you’d expect at a waterfront resort on the East Coast, and unlike anything else in the area. Inside, the house is wrapped in light — windows and glass doors in every direction. Brazilian cherry hardwood floors run through the main and upper levels. And the cherry doesn’t stop at the floors — the 7-foot custom-milled solid wood doors and trim have the same timeless, heirloom quality. Situated second from the end of a quiet dead-end street with no through traffic.

Everyone Ends Up in the Kitchen

Every party here ends up in the kitchen, gathered around the massive 11′ × 5′ island, with cherry cabinetry and granite countertops. The kitchen and family room form one open great room — the island at one end, a wood-burning fireplace at the center of a wall of custom built-ins at the other, and 3 glass French doors opening to the deck.

Multigenerational Living

And when family stays over — or moves in — the in-law suite is a home of its own: ≈800 sq ft with a bedroom, living room, kitchen, sunroom/eating area, a bath with laundry, its own entrance — separated from the main part of the house by a door. Features wide 36-inch doors, a wide hallway, and a low-barrier step-in shower. Close by, never on top of each other.

Game On

The second staircase off the kitchen climbs past the entrance to the Basketball/Pickleball Court — solid maple floors, set over the garage — in play all year round.

Four Bedrooms Upstairs

Upstairs, all 4 bedrooms have vaulted ceilings. The primary suite adds a three-sided fireplace and a bath with a jetted tub and 2 shower heads. 3 more bedrooms with bay window seats, 2 full baths, and the laundry room finish the level.

Fun Indoors and Out

And every gathering eventually drifts downstairs to the walk-out lower level. The recreation room is the hangout — a two-sided indoor/outdoor see-through fireplace between the room and the covered patio — a home theater with a M&K THX speaker system for movie nights, a wet bar, a playroom, a craft room, a separate weight room, and another office.

In summer it all moves outside — to the fenced pool area and the spacious back yard, with plenty of room for games and sports.

• Full in-law suite of ≈800 sq ft — bedroom, living room, sunroom/eating area, full kitchen, and a bathroom with laundry inside, with a separate entrance, separated from the main part of the house by a door
• Basketball/Pickleball Court — 1,050 sq ft above the garage, with solid maple floors
• Hardwired throughout — Cat5e ethernet, cable, and phone jacks throughout the house
• Home theater with an M&K THX speaker system on the lower level
• Weight room — Body-Solid Smith machine and leg press, 600 lbs of Olympic plates, 450 lbs of dumbbells
• Built-in speakers in select areas — living areas, the Basketball/Pickleball Court, the primary bath, and outdoors
• Pool — 20 × 40 ft with a new liner and new pool light, in a fenced-in pool area of ≈4,800 sq ft
• 3 glass French doors open from the kitchen and family room to the deck, with a glass door from the in-law suite’s sunroom/eating area to the deck as well
• Two 3-panel sliding glass doors open from the lower-level recreation room to the covered patio
• Wood-burning fireplace at the center of a wall of custom built-ins in the family room
• The home is wrapped in light — windows and glass doors in every direction.
• Brazilian cherry hardwood floors on the first and second levels — timeless finishes throughout
• Two-sided indoor/outdoor see-through fireplace in the lower level and a three-sided fireplace in the primary bedroom