Evenings at 1003 Rhodes Villa Avenue tended to end on the loggia. The covered terrace faces the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach, framed by arches and Corinthian columns, with a heated pool and spa a few steps away and water wrapping the point lot on which the house sits.
The Meyer Lucas Team represented and sold this Mediterranean-style estate, which offered nearly 9,000 square feet of living space, six bedrooms, seven full baths, and 240-plus feet of Intracoastal frontage one block from the beach. The design choices that made it work on the water apply to anyone planning, buying, or selling a waterfront home in Palm Beach County, so this post walks through them room by room.
Mediterranean Revival took hold in South Florida in the 1920s, when architects including Addison Mizner built in Palm Beach and Boca Raton, and it has stayed in the region’s luxury vocabulary since. The style draws on Spanish and Italian coastal houses: smooth stucco walls, clay tile roofs, arched windows and doorways, columns, wrought-iron balconies, and covered outdoor rooms called loggias.
Those features hold up in a subtropical climate. Deep covered terraces give shade during the hottest hours, arched openings let breezes move through, and stone and tile floors stay cool underfoot. On a waterfront lot, the arches do a second job by framing the view.
The Rhodes Villa estate used the full set. Arched windows rise two stories on the rear facade, wrought-iron balconies extend from the upper level toward the water, and a columned loggia anchors the pool terrace. Inside, the formal rooms carry the same language through custom millwork, oversized baseboards, and Turkish marble floors.
The loggia functioned as the home’s main outdoor room. Corinthian columns carry arches on the open sides, and a tray ceiling finished in wood planks adds warmth overhead, fitted with recessed lights, a ceiling fan, and built-in speakers. The floor is travertine, matching the pool deck, so the covered space and the open terrace read as one surface.
Seating faces the water, and the arches frame the Intracoastal from each chair. French doors connect the loggia to the family room, and one of the home’s three first-floor powder rooms opens directly to the pool, which keeps wet feet off the marble inside. An outdoor kitchen completes the setup for hosting without a trip back to the main kitchen.
For homeowners planning outdoor space of their own, the loggia shows the value of treating a covered terrace as a furnished room with its own lighting, sound, and ceiling detail. Our look at the luxury amenities buyers expect in South Florida homes puts outdoor living near the top of nearly every list.
The pool runs along the rear of the house between the loggia and the seawall, finished in blue glass mosaic tile with a matching spa. At twilight the water reflects the columns and lit windows of the facade, the scene captured in the header photo. The pool and spa were part of a recent renovation, and artificial turf around the grounds keeps the landscaping low-maintenance between visits from the yard crew.
Lantern posts along the seawall mark the dock edge after dark, and a dining table near the spa gives guests a second place to sit with the water in view.
The floor plan sends sightlines to the Intracoastal from the front door. From the grand foyer, the view runs through the formal living room and out three sets of glass French doors and floor-to-ceiling windows to the pool and water.
The formal living room has coffered 20-foot ceilings, a custom stone fireplace, an oversized chandelier, and a full bar with an ice maker and wine cooler. A custom wine room sits off the kitchen for additional storage. The kitchen centers on a trayed, tongue-and-groove Pecky cypress ceiling, with a Wolf six-burner gas range with double ovens, a separate wall oven, two dishwashers, an oversized Sub-Zero refrigerator, a large island, and a breakfast area that opens to the family room. The family room also overlooks the pool and Intracoastal.
Entertaining space continued through the house with a theater with recliner seating and surround sound, a sauna, and an air-conditioned studio converted from part of the original four-car garage. Two guest bedrooms on the first floor gave visitors privacy from the primary suite, which was fully renovated.
Buyers who keep a large boat usually filter waterfront homes by a short list: whether a fixed bridge stands between the dock and the ocean, whether the water in front of the house is a no-wake zone, how much frontage and dockage the lot offers, and whether the dock has the power and lift capacity the boat needs.
The Rhodes Villa estate answered each one. The Intracoastal frontage has no fixed bridges to the ocean, the location sits in a no-wake zone that keeps the dock calm, and the expansive private dockage was marketed as able to hold two yachts of 100-plus feet. Dock electrical and the boat lift were updated, and a whole-home generator, a new roof, and whole-home water filtration rounded out the recent upgrades. Our guide to what makes a home hurricane-ready in South Florida covers why generators and roof age weigh heavily for coastal buyers.
Delray Beach is one of several Palm Beach County towns where Intracoastal frontage and ocean access come together. Our overview of the top towns for waterfront living in Palm Beach County compares the options, and boaters weighing the northern end of the county can read our Jupiter boating lifestyle guide.
Rhodes Villa Avenue sits in south Delray Beach on the strip of land between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic. The house was set at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, reached by a decorative brick driveway with parking for residents and guests. The beach is one short block east, and Atlantic Avenue, with its restaurants, shops, and galleries, is about a mile and a half north along the ocean.
That combination of a deepwater dock behind the house and sand within walking distance is uncommon in Palm Beach County, and it shapes how owners use a home like this. Mornings can start on the beach and evenings on the boat or the loggia, with downtown dining a short walk, bike ride, or drive away. Our Delray Beach neighborhood guide covers the city’s arts, culture, and downtown in more detail.
Homes at this level in Delray Beach tend to serve a few kinds of owners. Full-time residents who boat use the dock year-round and the beach daily. Seasonal owners use the home as a winter base with the water and downtown close by. Owners who host often get the most from the layout, with a theater, bar, wine room, outdoor kitchen, and loggia giving guests several places to gather at once.
Sellers of homes like this one compete on the features buyers cannot add later: frontage, bridge clearance, distance to the beach, and lot position. Design and condition determine how well those advantages show. At Rhodes Villa, the twilight photography, the renovation list, and the rooms organized around the water view gave buyers a clear picture of daily life on the property before they arrived for a showing.
The team has closed several waterfront sales in Delray Beach, including the ones covered in our recap of recent luxury waterfront sales. More of the homes we have represented are on our Past Sales page.
A loggia is a covered outdoor room attached to the house and open on one or more sides, usually through arches or columns. In South Florida it often serves as a shaded living or dining space beside the pool.
It typically combines stucco walls, clay tile roofs, arched windows and doorways, columns, wrought-iron balconies, and loggias. The style has been part of South Florida’s luxury architecture since the 1920s.
Yes. Some Delray Beach homes on the Intracoastal have no fixed bridges between the dock and the ocean, which matters for boats with tall towers or T-tops. Buyers should confirm bridge clearance for each property.
Rhodes Villa Avenue is about a mile and a half south of Atlantic Avenue and one block from the beach.
Yes. The Jupiter-based Meyer Lucas Team represents buyers and sellers throughout Palm Beach County, including waterfront homes in Delray Beach.
1003 Rhodes Villa Avenue has sold, and you can still browse the full property page for the photography and details. If you own a waterfront home in Delray Beach or elsewhere in Palm Beach County and want to know how it would position against estates like this one, start with a home valuation or call the team. If you’re searching for an Intracoastal home with dockage and the beach close by, we can help you find one that fits how you plan to use the water.
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