Three generations can live at Ocean House Surfside in one of two ways: one large plan with two primary suites and a room for help, or two homes on the same floor, bought together and lived in as one household with two front doors. Which the building allows is written in the plans and the declaration, not the brochure. Here is how to read the layouts, the occupancy rules, the costs and the title before a family signs for more than one home.
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A large plan serves three generations when it has two primary suites at opposite ends, a second living room, and a room with its own bath for a caregiver or a nanny. Few plans have all of it. The other route is two homes on one floor, side by side or across the elevator lobby, each with its own door and kitchen; whether a door can join them depends on the slab, the risers and the developer’s consent before the walls go up. Ask which lines at Ocean House Surfside sit beside each other and whether any floor holds two homes of different sizes. The plans as published: Balconies up to 12 feet deep with wood-like ceiling accents; private elevators with dedicated lobbies; floor to ceiling impact glass; ceilings up to 12 feet in the penthouse; Poliform cabinetry, Gaggenau appliances, Fantini fixtures, natural stone; delivered finished with curated flooring. The count and the mix: 25 residences of two to five bedrooms.
Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison.
A family that shares a floor shares an elevator lobby, and in a tower with private elevator entry each home has its own; ask how many homes a landing serves at Ocean House Surfside and whether the caregiver and the guests arrive the way the family does. Ask whether a live-in caregiver counts as an occupant, how they are registered, where they park, and whether the staff room on the plan may be slept in. Read the occupancy rule with counsel: a declaration can limit how many people live in a home and how long a non-owner may stay, and a relative who is not on the deed may count as a guest. The building the family moves through: Arquitectonica, Bernardo Fort-Brescia; landscape by ArquitectonicaGEO. The spaces three ages share: Rooftop pool and spa pool with ocean views, indoor and outdoor rooftop lounges, summer kitchen, private fitness area, ensuite spa with steam and sauna, cinema, game room, staff quarters with service kitchen, private garage for six cars and private storage, mailroom with package receiving, 24 hour valet, EV charging, double height lobby, covered porte-cochère.
For the oldest resident the question is the route: from the car to the bed without a step, a shower without a sill, a terrace door a chair can cross. For the youngest it is the pool rule, the age for the gym and the lounge, and whether the children’s room is supervised or only furnished. Each has its own note on this site; here the point is that one building answers both at once, from one address. Where the building stands: 9309 to 9317 Collins Avenue, Surfside, on the ocean, between Bal Harbour and Miami Beach; views to the east, south and west. The operator who runs the day, where there is one: No brand or operator is recorded for this building.
Two homes mean two budgets, two tax bills, two insurance policies and two sets of deposits, and the family decides who pays which before contract, because the association bills each home alone. Title is the question for counsel: whether each generation owns its own home, whether a trust holds both, and what happens to a home when its owner dies or needs care, decided now rather than later. Ask the developer of Ocean House Surfside whether a combined purchase changes the price and whether both contracts close together. Who signs the contracts: MTP Oceanside LLC, developer of record (marketed with Multiplan); the sheet names the developer, not a marketing brand. What was settled at contract for each home: The deposit schedule is held by the desk and read with you before contract.
The trade-off is closeness against privacy. One large plan puts everyone behind one door and one budget, and nobody is ever alone; two homes on a floor keep two front doors and two bills, and the grandparents can close theirs. The desk reads the plans by line, the occupancy rule and the two contracts for Ocean House Surfside with you before anyone signs.
A family fits a floor plan, or it does not. Read the plan before the promise.
Developer materials for Ocean House Surfside as carried on the live dossier, verified 28 Sep 2026. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.
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