Marketing a Breton Woods Bungalow in Brick on Zillow Showcase

A Breton Woods home in Brick often starts as a bungalow from a 1930s summer colony, and on Zillow Showcase the 3D tour, the floor plan and room-by-room photos let a buyer see how a smaller, older home lives before they ever drive down Mantoloking Road. I'm Dennis Mark Interdonato with The Dennis Mark Group at Keller Williams Realty Ocean Living. I'm a Zillow Premier Agent, and my listings can go on Zillow Showcase. Breton Woods sits by the Metedeconk River, and its history shapes how I'd market a home there.

Where is Breton Woods, and how did it start?

Breton Woods is an unincorporated community in Brick on the south side of the Metedeconk River. Mantoloking Road, County Route 528, runs right through it. Shops line Mantoloking Road, with smaller roads running off it.

The place has a clear starting point. Developer Howard Van Ness bought the land in the early 1930s, and it was laid out as a community of summer homes. It even had its own post office from 1937 until 1960. That history still shows today in the bungalows on the small roads off Mantoloking Road.

What does a bungalow from a summer colony need from its listing?

A home that started life as a summer place has a different story than a 1980s colonial. Over the decades, a summer home may have been winterized, added on to or rebuilt. A buyer scrolling through photos wants to know three things fast: how big it feels, how the rooms connect and what's been updated.

Photos alone can make a compact home hard to read. A wide-angle shot of a small living room can look bigger than it is, and that sets up a letdown at the showing. I'd rather give a buyer an accurate picture of the space and let the house earn the visit.

That's where I lean on the Showcase tools that show layout, not only looks. When a buyer understands the size and flow before the showing, the visit is about the house, not about surprises.

Which Showcase features show a smaller, older home best?

Start with the 3D tour. When I checked my Showcase listing at 647 Colts Neck Rd in Freehold Township on October 29, 2026, its 3D Home tour was captured with the Zillow 3D Home app, and "Listed By Dennis Mark Interdonato" showed on the tour. On a bungalow, a 3D tour lets a buyer walk from the front door to the kitchen to the bedrooms and feel the real distances.

The floor plan comes next. Zillow's agent page says Showcase listings include an interactive floor plan, and 647's floor plan breaks the house into Floor 1, Floor 2 and Basement. For a Breton Woods home, a floor plan answers the questions a buyer has about an addition: where it sits, how it connects and whether a bedroom is on the first floor.

Then the photos. Zillow's September 30, 2025 release lists high-resolution scrolling hero images and room-by-room photo organization as Showcase features. Grouping photos by room keeps a small home from feeling like a blur of the same corners. It also lets a buyer jump straight to the updated kitchen or bath.

Virtual staging can help an empty room in an older home. On 647, a buyer could tap "Stage this space" and pick a style such as Modern, Scandinavian or Industrial, a feature Zillow called recently launched in September 2025. A staged room is an idea, not furniture that comes with the house, so I make that clear to every buyer.

How do I show the river club and Traders Cove in a listing?

Breton Woods has its own private club on the river. The Property Owners Association of Breton Woods has a clubhouse, a river beach and a pool, open Memorial Day through mid-September, plus boat slips at its T-Dock for an added fee.

The club's own site lists the costs for homeowners in Breton Woods as a $75 one-time share of stock and $575 in annual dues, which include 5 pool badges. A boat slip is $775. Those are the club's figures as checked in October 2026, and they can change, so I'd confirm them again before any listing goes live. Membership is the owner's choice, and the listing should say that plainly.

Also on Mantoloking Road, Traders Cove Marina and Park at 40 Mantoloking Rd has playgrounds, a gazebo, fishing, crabbing, a walking trail and boat slips. In a Showcase listing, I'd keep those places in the description with their real names and addresses. The photos and the 3D tour belong to the house itself.

What should a Breton Woods seller have ready before listing?

Start with the house's history on paper. Gather any permits for additions, winterizing or a rebuild, plus the dates of a new roof, windows, heating or electrical work. On a home that began as a summer place, those records answer the first questions a buyer's inspector will ask.

Next, the river. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and have the flood zone and any elevation certificate ready. Breton Woods sits near the Metedeconk, and buyers ask about flood zones right after they ask about the club.

Then keep Showcase in perspective. Zillow designs Showcase to not exceed 10% of a market's listings, so not every home gets it. On October 29, 2026, 647 Colts Neck Rd was the one listing on my Zillow profile with the Showcase tag. Showcase is a marketing tool, and it doesn't promise a price or a sale date for any home.

For a number on your own house, start with what your home is worth, and my article on how much to sell your home for in Brick covers how I set a price. My Breton Woods neighborhood page has the club, the park, the roads and the sources behind every fact here. To see a Showcase listing up close, my Zillow Showcase page shows 647 Colts Neck Rd on a laptop and a phone.