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This 4,500-square-foot Dune Lane home features New England-style architecture of the Hamptons and Nantucket Island near Cape Cod. The residence, which took a year to build, was completed in March and is now being rented seasonally.
Dr. Andrew Osiason, from his home in Wyckoff, N.J. “This property was perfectly suited for us.” His wife Fran, a teacher and scientist with a doctorate in chemistry, added, “We wanted a private and unobstructed view of the water.” They acquired that view after purchasing a nearly quarter-
acre property and existing 1970s-style house on which it sat in 2011. In order to build their grand “retirement dream home,” in the North Forest Beach area, Andrew Osiason said they also bought a separate adjacent strand of land. The aging home was torn down, and the Osiasons enlisted
Ruegamer and builder Rick Leach of Paragon Construction Inc. to construct a four-story 4,500-square-foot beach masterpiece. The residence, which took a year to build, was completed in March and is now being rented seasonally. “First of all, it’s the ocean view,” said Ruegamer, who studied architecture at the New York Institute of Technology, when asked about the driving force behind his stunning design. “ It’s spectacular, and we maximized that view.” The exterior’s cedar shake shingles with stucco base complements “lots of options on decorative elements” on the weather-resistant trim, Ruegamer said. Palmetto trees frame the swimming pool and lanai, and stairs lead up to an expansive terrace outside the main living area. French doors in
the media lounge on the third floor open wide to another terrace with sweeping water views, as do the fourth-floor “bunk room” windows. The beach and ocean outside command visual attention from all the major rooms inside the spacious six bedroom, six-and-ahalf bathroom home. Open the custom-made mahogany front door, above which are a handful of cypress corbels, follow the Turkish travertine flooring straight into the great room, the terrace and the rolling ocean waves on the horizon. What the homeowners envisioned and what Group 3 — and its Pyramids home store for all the furniture and accessories — delivered was an open floor plan and a clean, informal transitional-style living space. Ruegamer crafted, with the input of the Osiasons, a July 2014 115
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