In Stone Harbor, neighboring bayside homes hit the market for a combined $26 million

Always dreamed of living on the water in one of the swankiest Jersey Shore towns, right next door to friends or relatives?

For $26 million, your crew could now make it a reality.

Neighboring bayside homes in Stone Harbor are for sale for $14.95 million and $11.7 million respectively.

“It’s extraordinarily rare to see 150 feet of contiguous bay frontage become available at the same time in a turnkey condition,” said Jack Binder Jr., the listing agent on both properties.

“They’re both incredible properties, but in different ways,” said Binder, of the Jack Binder Group.

“One is a little smaller but finished as well as you could finish a home,” he said. “And the other is irregularly large by our town standards, and it has probably one of [the best] — if not the best — rear yards you could have."

Both homes sit on Carnival Bay and are within walking distance of the beach and downtown Stone Harbor.

At 335 104th St., the “smaller” $11.7 million new construction home spans 2,700 square feet, plus a 300-square-foot attic, Binder said. It has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a pier with a pool and hot tub, and three additional elevated decks, including a rooftop space with a firepit, TV, and full wet bar.

Next door, the $14.95 million property at 339 104th St. measures 4,500 square feet, with seven bedrooms, six full and two half-bathrooms, an elevator, and a 900-square-foot waterfront pier with a pool and raised hot tub.

The home was built a decade ago, according to Cape May County property records, and was purchased for $5.9 million in 2018 by Mary and Joseph Fenkel, who founded the South Jersey-based McLean Packaging. According to online obituaries, the couple died last year.

The new-build next door was recently finished, Binder said, and just happened to hit the market right before Memorial Day. The listing says the home was “conceived by one of the island’s premier collaborative teams,” which included Brandywine Developers, Asher Slaunwhite Architects, and Megan Gorelick Interior.

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Binder declined to identify or discuss either property’s current owners. He said both homes would be well-suited for families who want a Shore oasis where they can both relax and entertain.

For the 4,500-square-foot property, “it’s probably going to be a larger family that is looking for space and sections of a home to be able to congregate together in large groups, or hide from each other if you want some quiet time,” Binder said.

While Binder ultimately expects the homes to sell to separate buyers, he said he isn’t ruling out the possibility of one person scooping up both.

“Density is a real issue in any Shore market,” Binder said.

“The side-yard setbacks when you come to Avalon, Stone Harbor, Ocean City, Cape May, they look really different than Main Line Philadelphia,” or other suburbs to which Shore homeowners may be accustomed, he said.

“So you do see people — if they’ve had enough success in their life — try to acquire the neighboring properties when it becomes available for sale."

People looking for homes in Stone Harbor tend to have deep pockets. The median home listing price is about $4.5 million, according to Realtor.com, and the town has consistently ranked among the priciest places to buy down the Shore.

For many residents, their Stone Harbor property is a second or third home, Binder noted.

The 1.4-square-mile borough has fewer than 900 full-time residents, according to census data. It is estimated that its summertime population swells to around 20,000.