PORT ST. LUCIE HOMES
The stone-paved entrance leads to two four-car garages that offer plenty of space to keep vehicles out of the Florida sun.
BY A GREG GARDNER | PHOTOS BY ROB DOWNEY
seemingly endless journey to find the right
design for Judie S. Budnick’s perfect home
ended when a butterfly flew in front of her
while she was looking at blueprints.
Budnick and her husband, Robert, traveled up the
coast from Broward County to North Carolina and
back down Florida’s West Coast, viewing more than
500 homes in dozens of communities before the floor
plan came to her in the flutter of a butterfly’s wings.
On a sweeping lot in the exclusive Port St. Lucie
community of Tesoro, the home’s design had to be
to be comfortable for her mother and a nurse as well
as the couple and their teenage son. The heart of
the butterfly is the living room, kitchen and family
room, which all open out to the most spectacular
views in Tesoro with a natural lake, three golf holes
and no houses.
“The privacy this property affords us you won’t
find anywhere in the U.S.,” said Robert Budnick, a
former vice president of a Fortune 500 company that
buys and sells companies. “When we saw it (Tesoro
in 2002) by helicopter it was forest and swamp. We
are founding owners here.” >>
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BUDNICK COLLECTION
The Budnicks designed their dream home to allow comfortable living spaces for three
generations of family.