Jersey Shore Magazine

J e r s e y s h o r e • F A L L / H O L I D A Y 2 0 1 5 54 JERSEY SHORE HOMES REINVENTING THE TRADITIONAL BEACH HOME, continued from page 52 winds and water infiltration. Rose calls this home, "the first of its kind" at the Jersey Shore and more impor- tantly, "the only way you should be building" in a post-Sandy world. Just a few of the other hurricane- ready building measures/materials RBG incorporated into the design are: • An elevation exceeding the new FEMA flood requirements. • A poured reinforced concrete foundation, also exceeding FEMA requirements. • Air conditioning units mounted on the second floor roof, well above flood potential and placed inconspic- uously away from the outdoor pool to avoid noise indoors and out. "It's no small thing," points out Rose. • Hurricane compliant impact resistant windows and doors. "A two by four going one hundred twenty miles-per-hour will not go through this," Rose says, knocking on a window. The wood front door, he points out, is two-and-one-quarter inches thick and includes a five-point locking system. • Two 200 AMP electric services with a "whole house" back up generator. While Rose knows he may face a learning curve in pitching such cut- ting edge, and typically more costly, building materials in such a tradi- tional environment, he knows this way of building addresses the very real concerns of today's coastal dwellers. After Sandy, Rose and his colleagues spent a lot of time talking to people in Bay Head and Mantoloking. "People had a genuine fear of coming back," he comments. "Will there be flooding again? Yes, that's going to happen, but [if you build properly] your house will still be standing." And if there's anoth- er Sandy? "Even if there is a storm, believe me, your house will not be the first one in the bay," he asserts. Though building materials may be high-tech at 610 Main, RBG wisely kept to an aesthetic that is still quite classic. Large, pre-cast, eight-foot columns flank a wide front porch. Three-panel doors, window seats, a third level captain's walk, crown molding, millwork accents over doors and windows, chair rails, a curved staircase with center views of each floor, and of course, an abundance of the afore-mentioned beaded board wainscoting and ceiling details all lend an air of the perennial shore home. "It's an old-fashioned grand house," says Rose. One that just happens to have a charging station for an electric car in the garage; a remotely accessible visual security The expansive Great Room is an open plan area, with a kitchen and a beaded board beamed ceiling at one end, and a living room with a beaded board coffered ceiling and gas fireplace at the other. It features AdvanTech ® flooring, wainscoting, and is accented by eight floor-to-ceiling Craftsman style panes of glass that slide open onto an expansive multi-level terrace with a hot tub whose cascading waterfall flows into a heated in-ground saltwater pool. Jeff Childers

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