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$625,000

Walk out of this home at six in the morning and you will understand. Quite sidewalks, paver drives, golf carts headed for coffee, fountains going on the lakes. You are close to everything but it does not feel like it. This is the Melrose, the only floor plan in Palm Beach Plantation with 5 bedrooms and 3 full baths on a 2 car garage. 2,762 SF. Many buyers look for one bedroom and full bath downstairs with a separate living room beside it. Family room off the kitchen. Twin AC systems. Partial impact glass with accordion shutters. Out back, a oversized covered screened patio faces the lake and two fountains. Built for easy entertianing. Gated with resort pool and spa, clubhouse, fitness center, tennis,pickleball court & playground. Everglades Elementary outside the gate. WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE LIVING IN PALM BEACH PLANTATION Palm Beach Plantation is the kind of neighborhood that reveals itself slowly. Early in the morning, before Southern Boulevard gets busy and the rest of Palm Beach County starts moving, the neighborhood belongs to walkers, dogs and golf carts. Residents follow the concrete sidewalks toward the Palm Beach Canal, passing still lakes, mature palms and homes set behind paver driveways. Someone is heading out for coffee. Someone else is getting in a morning walk. Sprinklers are running. Fountains are moving across the lakes. Behind the gates, the day starts a little quieter. That is the part a map cannot show you. Palm Beach Plantation carries a West Palm Beach address, but everyday life connects naturally to Wellington and Royal Palm Beach. You are close to what you need without feeling like you live in the middle of everything. The community is gated, established and lined with sidewalks. The landscaping has had time to mature, and lakes create pockets of open space throughout the neighborhood. At this home, that sense of space continues out back. The large covered and screened patio overlooks the lake and two fountains. In the morning, it is a place for coffee before the house wakes up. In the afternoon, the roof and screen provide shade from the South Florida sun. In the evening, the fountains catch the fading light and the patio becomes an outdoor living room. Add a dining table, comfortable seating, a television and the grill. This is not a patio you occasionally step onto. It is a space you can actually live in. On certain quiet nights, depending on the weather and wind direction, music from iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre may carry into the backyard. You are not sitting in the front row, but you may recognize the concert playing that night. Some people will think that is one of the coolest parts of living here. Others may not. Either way, it is the kind of local detail most listing descriptions would never tell you. A FLOOR PLAN THAT WORKS IN REAL LIFE Inside, the home offers five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, a two car garage and more than twenty seven hundred square feet under air. The numbers matter, but the layout matters more. One bedroom and a full bathroom are downstairs. That room can change as life changes. It can accommodate overnight guests, provide space for multigenerational living, become a private office or serve anyone who would prefer not to use the stairs. Separate living, dining and family rooms give the house breathing room. Dinner can be happening in one space while a movie is playing in another. Someone can work from home without taking over the main living area. The house does not force every part of daily life into one oversized room. Upstairs, the primary suite is joined by three additional bedrooms. Two separate air conditioning systems allow the first and second floors to be managed independently. The home has partial impact glass, with accordion shutters protecting the remaining designated openings. The prior listing reports updated air conditioning equipment and a newer water heater. Buyers should independently verify the condition, age and permitting of all improvements. LIFE BEYOND THE FRONT GATE As the morning gets moving, the convenience of this location begins to show. Dunkin' is close enough for a quick golf cart coffee run where permitted. Costco is nearby, and locals know its gas station routinely has some of the lowest prices in Palm Beach County. Don Ramon Cuban Cuisine sits in the same Southern Boulevard shopping area and has long been a local stop for Cuban coffee, ropa vieja, lechón and a proper Cuban sandwich. Everglades Elementary School is located immediately outside Palm Beach Plantation. It is close enough that some residents make the school run by golf cart, subject to permitted routes, traffic laws and school procedures. When it is time to get outside, Okeeheelee Park is just down the road. You can walk the trails, play golf, visit the equestrian facilities or spend time around the lakes. Shark Wake Park adds cable wakeboarding, kneeboarding, a floating obstacle course and a ropes course. The Mall at Wellington Green, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Market, Sprouts, Publix, Target, Lowe's and Home Depot are all within the surrounding Wellington, Royal Palm Beach and Southern Boulevard corridors. Nearby dining options include Don Ramon, Kaluz Wellington, Agliolio, Stonewood Grill and Tavern, Bonefish Grill, Ford's Garage, Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant and Oli's Fashion Cuisine. For concerts and community events, iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre and the South Florida Fairgrounds are nearby. Wellington International and the National Polo Center connect the area to Wellington's equestrian season. When you need to go farther, Southern Boulevard provides a direct route to the Florida Turnpike, Interstate Ninety Five, Palm Beach International Airport, Downtown West Palm Beach, CityPlace, Clematis Street, Brightline and the coast. PALM BEACH PLANTATION AMENITIES Palm Beach Plantation, also identified as Diamond C Ranch in public records, is a gated community of approximately six hundred single family homes spread across roughly two hundred sixty one acres. Community amenities include a resort style swimming pool and spa, clubhouse, fitness center, tennis courts, basketball court, sports courts, playground, picnic areas, concrete sidewalks, walking paths, landscaped common areas and gated entry. The amenities are substantial, but they are not the whole story. The real appeal is how naturally they fit into everyday life. You can exercise without leaving the neighborhood, spend an afternoon at the pool, take an evening walk or give visiting guests something to do without maintaining all of it in your own backyard. A COMBINATION THAT IS DIFFICULT TO REPLACE Five bedroom homes are available. Lakefront homes are available. Homes with a downstairs bedroom are available. Finding all of those features together is where the search gets thin. A current Palm Beach County MLS search under six hundred seventy five thousand dollars found only one other active property offering five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, more than twenty seven hundred square feet, at least a two car garage and a waterfront setting. This home adds a first floor bedroom and full bathroom, an oversized covered and screened lakefront patio, views of two fountains and the full amenity package of gated Palm Beach Plantation. Inventory can change at any time. The point is not that another home will never come along. The point is that buyers who need this particular combination have very few substitutes available today. WHAT MAKES THIS HOME DIFFERENT The real value here is not one feature by itself. It is the way everything comes together. Five bedrooms provide room to adapt. The downstairs bedroom and full bathroom solve a problem many two story homes do not. The lake creates privacy and an open view. The screened patio gives you a place to enjoy that view throughout the year. Outside the home, Palm Beach Plantation provides the pool, clubhouse, fitness center, sports courts and sidewalks without requiring you to maintain them yourself

5 Beds ⋅ 3 Baths ⋅ B26052777 MLS

176 BELLE GROVE Lane, West Palm Beach

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