PORT ST. LUCIE HOMES
BY GREG GARDNER | PHOTOS BY ROB DOWNEY
10 Port St. Lucie Magazine
The key to viewing a home
at night is great lighting
to show off wonderful
landscaping. This home has
some of the most impressive
lighting in Sandpiper Bay.
Al and Marcia have enjoyed renovating and upgrading their home with the
latest developments in technology.
Al Broeg just can’t stop remodeling and upgrading
his Sandpiper Bay home.
Built from his design in 1997, the home Broeg
calls “Shangri-la” is a spacious abode for entertaining
as many as a hundred people. “This is a livable house
for two and it was not designed for kids,” he says. “This is
my last house. I never planned on leaving this house.”
Walking through the beautiful, stained-glass front doors,
the first reaction is, “Wow,” as you see through the living
room across the patio to the pool with sheer descent waterfalls.
To the left is the dining room, enormous kitchen and
family room. To the right is a huge wine wall that holds 1,200
bottles. The décor around the home is a mixture of art dedicated
to golf and fishing.
Flora around the home is exquisite, handled by Guerne
Landscaping. At night the lighting around the property
makes it stand out on the quiet street. “We tear out landscaping
and add new plants,” says Broeg, a partner in the Harpers
Pub establishments in Martin and St. Lucie counties.
Situated on a high-treed, half-acre lot in the original Sandpiper
Bay estate section of Port St. Lucie, the home has 3,000
square feet under air conditioning with a total of 4,500 under
roof. From top to bottom, Shangri-la has been transformed
into a comfortable home for entertaining with 48 seats inside
and out.
The shingles were replaced with a $30,000 metal roof
accented by the gray exterior walls. Original carpet was >>
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The stamped driveway sets off the new metal roof and paint. A window
was added to the side of the garage to give the home a more attractive
look instead of a blank wall.