Come live in the National Association of Home Builders' 2018 Platinum Award-Winning BEST IN AMERICAN LIVING Bay Forest! This beautiful, 3 BD, 2.5 BA plus Loft, NV Homes Ashford Model Home delivers: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION (make sure you have binoculars and a good camera)! From the Morning Room & Deck, Master Bedroom Suite & large Bonus Room upstairs, you can gaze in wonder at Collins Creek and marsh to the Indian River Bay beyond. Watch deer trot through the marsh grasses, Canada geese, and great blue herons and egrets sail through the air as ducks paddle up & down the creek from the Morning Room. The Seller has shot pics of a lone Bald Eagle serving as sentinel on a dead tree top 100 yards or so away from this home. Colors of water & light appear to change minute by minute thru the day. And the house is a beauty, too: Start at the front porch. Enter to gleaming wood floors with a Dining Area at left and a Powder Room at right. Just beyond the Powder Room is a closet that serves as the "Command Center" for the house (hook-ups for Internet, etc.). Just past the Dining area is a beautiful Kitchen with upgraded stainless steel appliances, cabinets and granite countertops, including a Breakfast Bar. Next you'll find a Sitting Area with a beautiful stone gas fireplace, beyond which is the Morning Room with those magical creek, marsh and bay views opening onto a broad exterior deck. The large Master Bedroom Suite looks onto the deck. Its luxurious Master Bath is upgraded with tile, heat lamps, a frameless shower doors and a grab bar. Upstairs, two beautiful Bedrooms and a large Bonus Room share a full Bath. Sturdy steel storage shelves have been installed in the Garage and Attic for extra storage and stowage. There's also a Whole House Alarm System with two Control Panels and a Seller's Schematic uploaded in the MLS. A work bench and small parts storage cabinet also have been installed in the Garage. This beautiful home may come partially furnished depending on the strength of an offer, potentially including: Dining Room furniture, upstairs bedroom furniture, a credenza in the Sitting Area/Morning Room, a 50-inch flat screen TV, a high-performance infrared gas grill and deck furniture out back. BREAKING NEWS: on 2/20/19, The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) named Natelli Communities winner of its Platinum Award for "Best in American Living" as Bay Forest's developer at Las Vegas' International Builders' Show (90,000 attendees). The NAHB's premier residential & design award spotlights the most creative & talented industry professionals for redefining design excellence in homes & communities in the US & worldwide. Judges concluded that Natelli Communities "maximized water and green spaces and created a nice sense of micro-communities inside the natural habitat. [Bay Forest] has a lovely pool and resort-like amenities and the outside of the (Recreation) Barn is spectacular." So come enjoy our clubhouse with its lounge, grille, exercise facility, Women's & Men's lockers opening to 3 pools (Lazy River!). And our 4 tennis courts & pavilion, outdoor basketball nets, children's play areas, putting green, bocce lawns, horseshoe pits & fire pit. And our beautiful new 'Barn' which accommodates a basketball court, three pickle ball courts or 450 guests for NYE! The Barn opens to a Great Lawn, two new pools & a new exercise facility, a dance/yoga studio (resilient floors) & beautiful gathering spaces. Kayak Launch w/ kayak storage & expansive Indian River Bay & Bay Bridge views. Summer Beach Shuttle. New Shearwater Drive Bridge crosses directly over Collins Creek to our new Barn, Pools & Clubhouse/Gym, accommodating cars, bikes & pedestrians (and a great place to admire our Salt Marsh). 15+ Miles sidewalks. 5 Miles Bethany Beach. Complimentary 2-YEAR-HOME-WARRANTY ($1,096 VALUE!). PRICED 2 SELL! So if you want to live in a Platinum Award-Winning "Best in American Living" community, join us in Bay Forest!