Welcome to your stunning residence in the prestigious Avocet Community, an elite 55+ community within the award-winning Rancho Mission Viejo! This beautifully designed 2-bedroom home, complete with an additional OFFICE, offers an ideal layout that harmonizes space, functionality, and elegance. Perfect for hosting gatherings, the open floor plan effortlessly merges the dining area, inviting living room, and an expansive kitchen island, providing the perfect backdrop for entertaining guests and creating cherished memories. Every detail of this home exudes sophistication and comfort, making it the ultimate sanctuary for a refined and relaxed lifestyle. Step outside to your expansive, covered back patio--an entertainer's dream--featuring a cozy fireplace, a Ranch Room with a retractable sunshade, and a TV, making it the perfect spot for relaxation. The home boasts over $100,000 in upgrades, including plantation shutters, recessed lighting, ceiling fans, engineered hardwood floors, and a wine fridge, designer carpet in the bedrooms, ebony-finished Shaker cabinetry with under-cabinet lighting and glass cabinet doors, a built-in BBQ, a DRIVEWAY, garage storage cabinets with epoxy flooring, and so much more! Experience a resort-like lifestyle with access to world-class clubhouses, including The Hacienda and The Getaway, offering amenities like a fitness center, saltwater pool, spa, bocce ball court, yoga studio, and cozy fire pits. When family visits, the award-winning RMV amenities cater to all ages. To top it all off, 71 Cerrero Court is just 8 miles from the stunning shores of South Orange County, making this home the perfect blend of elegance, comfort, and coastal proximity.