Waterfront Living Without the Sand

Living in New Jersey, the common pre-weekend summer refrain is, “are you going to the Shore?” For those who only know NJ through the eyes of Newark Airport, we do have miles and miles of great beaches! Yet not everyone in the “The Garden State” grew up at the Shore. In fact, we gave some great lakes include Shongum Lake in my childhood hometown of Randolph.

A Waterfront Home in Mercer Island, WA

Living in New Jersey, the common pre-weekend summer refrain is, “are you going to the Shore?”  For those who only know NJ through the eyes of Newark Airport, we do have miles and miles of great beaches!  Yet not everyone in the “The Garden State” grew up at the Shore.  In fact, we gave some great lakes include Shongum Lake in my childhood hometown of Randolph.

This time of year we are always reminded of what it would be like to live on/near the water.  And since not every community has the Atlantic or Pacific in the backyard I wanted to check out some great waterfront homes that don’t have force you to track sand back into your car.  I found this one, which could be the ultimate “not-at-the-Shore” waterfront home in Mercer Island, Wash.  But that’s not all:

And, of course, we cannot forget the pool.  There are more than 43,000 homes on coldwellbanker.com for sale with pools, but unfortunately none come with the “floating basketball hoop” like the one played we played on for hours at the Yazdan’s while growing up.

If you survived without the Shore, I’d love to hear about your memories “on the water.”

Senior Manager, Public Relations & Giving for Coldwell Banker. Grew up in Sarasota and attended college at Western Carolina University. Athena wanted to wake up in that city that doesn’t sleep so headed to Madison Avenue to start her marketing career. She has been with this awesome brand for more than 15 years and can be found generating buzz about CB in every way possible. Athena helps to grow the brand’s position as the most storied real estate company within the industry and has led many high-profile endeavors; she was at the forefront of the brand’s pioneering smart home campaign, raised $6 million in two years to build 130 Habitat for Humanity homes, and led the Homes for Dogs program in partnership with Adopt-a-Pet.com that resulted in tens-of-thousands of dogs finding their furever home. She currently leads the CB Supports St. Jude program, which encourages the Coldwell Banker network’s 96,000+ real estate agents to make donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital for every real estate transaction they represent. In her spare time, you can find her either digging up a new area in her yard for another flower bed or planning her next travel adventure. She's the proud mom of three cats Jolene, Ziggy and Lucy.

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