PORT ST. LUCIE HOMES
Except for the tall palm trees, the Rocks replaced all of their landscaping as part of the outside makeover.
Whether he is upsizing or downsizing, Les
Rock always makes sure he leaves his design
on his homes in PGA Village.
The apparel manufacturer from Miami
took one look in 2001 at PGA Village and
knew where he wanted to live. Rock and his wife, Sharon,
had raised two daughters during 35 years in south Miami
when a business partner urged him to take a look at Port
St. Lucie.
“I had seen Tesoro and didn’t like it, but when I drove
through PGA Village, I said, ‘This is it.’ I loved it,” says
Rock, who is not a golfer. His first home on Spinthrift Lane
was 8,000 square feet, but it became too much for the couple
after their daughters moved out after graduating from
college. Downsizing in 2012, they sold the estate home and
bought a 3,500-square-foot house on the other side of the
development, remodeling it to their very specific tastes.
Contractor Joe Telese built the large estate home for Rock
and remodeled the current residence on Laurels Place. “Mr.
Rock knows what he wants,” Telese says. “The house was
dark and kind of dreary. He opened it up and gave it new
life. It was like day and night. He enhanced the front. No
one on that street has columns like that.”
Telese says the work took 30 days with crews working
almost day and night – an amazing feat considering
the scope of the remodeling work. Tile people sometimes
worked until one in the morning, he says.
All the carpet was ripped out of every room and replaced
with the same ceramic tile throughout the home. Each >>
The front columns were beefed up to make the estate’s entryway the most
striking of the 15 homes on Laurels Place.
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