35048 Loretta StreetBethany Beach, DE 19930Price: $1,495,000

Expansive canal front home with a private boat dock located just a few blocks to the beach in the private community of Bay View Park, ideally situated between the ocean and bay. This Cape Cod style home features a welcoming front porch that leads you into the spacious open floorplan with a waterfront great room, an additional family room, and a large light filled sunroom that spills onto a southern facing deck, creating an ideal layout for entertaining. Also on the main level is a beautifully updated half bath, and a primary bedroom with an over-sized ensuite bathroom featuring dual sinks, soaking tub, and separate shower. Upstairs there is loft, perfect for office space or a gaming area, 3 additional bedrooms, and another full bathroom with dual sinks. This level also has access to a large sunbathing and entertaining deck with amazing views down the canal and out to the bay where you can see the Ocean City skyline. The ground level offers an additional entryway and a large storage room for all of your beach gear. Under the home there is an outdoor shower, covered parking for 4 cars (plus 6 cars in the driveway), or storage for a boat, jet skis, and kayaks, and a large space for a fire pit to entertain by the waterfront. New decking, ground level enclosure, and boat dock added in the last 5 years. Spend the day on the water with effortless access to the wide open bay from your private boat dock, where you can enjoy boating, kayaking, jet skiing, and stand up paddle boarding right from your back yard. Perfectly situated on an oversized lot in the front of the community allowing for an easy walk or bike ride to the private path to access to the state park beach. Bay View Park offers a low HOA fee of $750 annually which provides trash removal, road maintenance and snow removal, and two passes for beach parking at the entrance of community, in addition to bike racks. Tucked away on a quiet non-thru street yet close to the beach and an easy bike ride to South Bethany York Beach Mall, minutes to Bethany Beach boardwalk, and Fenwick Island. This home is ready to be enjoyed now and for many years to come with endless possibilities to renovate or even add another level.