Follow Us to the Open Houses in Key West - today - April 24th

None of the following listings are mine. I do hope that you will go and checkout the new listings and see what you can get for your dollars. I know prices are high. Nobody ever expected them to get this high. But I never expected a $100,000 cigar maker cottage in Old Town selling at $500,000 either. They are fetching over one million dollars today.  Let's venture around  the island including Key West by the Sea, Old Town, Casa Marina Area, Casa Marina East, Mid-Town, the Key West Golf Club, and the waterfront house located on the former Key West drive-in theater site. Yew we had a drive-in and bowling alley. We used to have cheap eats, cheap drinks, and cheap --- Well, we still have those. 

1014 Truman Avenue #3   12 - 2 PM

$995,000

Two Bedroom Two Bath Centrally Located Contemporary Condo in an Historic Building

1230 South Street    12 -4 PM

$1,995,000 

Legal Duplex Fixer-upper

Great Location in Casa Marina East Area Among Many More Valuable Homes

 

1410 Reynolds Street - Casa Marina Area   1 - 3 PM

$3,750,000

Three Bedroom Three Bath Casa Marina Area One Level Masterpiece

630 Elizabeth Street  11 - 1 today

$3,100,000

Incredible Move-in Ready Legal Duplex or Single Family Home Stunning Either Way 

906 Frances Street   12 - 2 PM

940,000 

I wrote about this listing last week. Newer construction located within a gated

compound community with delightful pool.

174 Golf Club Drive

$750,000

Two Bedrooms Two Bathrooms Gold Course Home

 6 Kestral Way   11-1

$740,000

Two Bedrooms Two Baths  Shop and Compare this Golf Course

On your way out to the Golf Course stop by

 

5020 5th Avenue #7

$2,590,000    11 - 1 PM  Text agent for gate code 305-766-0585

These homes were built new in 2017.  This home has direct water access. Check it out. 

 

2609 Staples Avenue  12- - 3  PM

$1,099,000

Three Bedroom Family Home   I was in this home last week. SUPER CLEAN. Lots of ROOM. Good family home.

2609 South Roosevelt Blvd #304C  KEY WEST BY THE SEA CONDO    12 - 3 PM

$850,000

Two Bedroom unit in the C building at rear. No ocean view but great price. Vacant.

613 Margaret Street  12 - 4

$4,995,000

Six Bedrooms Six Baths Beautiful Renovated and Expanded Home in the Heart of Old Town. Simply Stunning!

Tell the agents you read about this open house in my blog. I won't get a nickle out of it. 

Mid Town Queen - Key West

Attention buyers lurking on the Internet in all the wrong places for a piece of Key West that you can call your own.

There is more to Key West than the high priced houses in Old Town and Casa Marina. You need to venture out. Open your eyes. Go places you have never been before. 

Take a walk on the wild side. Or ride your bike or drive your car. But do not go at night. Just sayin!

This is the before photo. Before it got reshaped and resided. Gypsies lived here or whatever they called themselves. It got queened up, ... Er cleaned up. And made all aesthetic.

This Sea Side Special won't last long. Priced at just $599,000. That's what a house like this sold for ten years ago. That's a steal. Call me, Gary Thomas, the Mid Town Queen Realtor.

 

Key West Real Estate Throwback Thursday No 44

from February 6, 2014

Key West's Newest Beach

 A tourist recently captured a couple of photos of Key West's newest beach - The Fleming Street Beach located opposite the Monroe County Public Library.

If you would like to buy a place in Key West that has a pool and more privacy, contact me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642.  I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Key West. Let me help you find your place (with a pool!) in Paradise.

 

Update A few weeks ago I was driving on Fleming Street and saw the same guy still tanning on Fleming Street. A lot of people don't have pools. Some go to the Dante's, some go to the beach, some create their own place in the sun.

Key West Real Estate Throwback Thursday No. 42

from April 7, 2016

1521 Seminary Street, Key West - Affordable Home in Paradise

The newly listed home at 1521 Seminary Street in the Midtown neighborhood of Key West just may be the answer to the impossible dream that so many would be buyers have. What's that - you ask.  It's a cute little place with character with a large yard that you could add to over the coming years to create your version of the perfect place in paradise and to do so at an affordable price. The listing Realtor at Preferred Properties describes this unconventional delight this way:

"Lovely Mid Town Artist Home with an Old Town feel, centrally located for an easy bike ride to Downtown or the Beach. Open floor plan with Dade County Pine throughout and 10 foot ceilings. Large French Doors off of the Kitchen and one of the Bedrooms open up to the back deck and screened bungalow. The tropical foliage of mature palms surround the outdoor shower and bath."

This sweet little home is located away from Old Town which means a lot of would-be out of town buyers won't have the foggiest idea where it is located. GOOGLE solves that problem by providing aerial and street maps. CLICK HERE for an aerial view of the location and then click the toggle switch for a street view.  The street view, however, doesn't provide much help in that the house is located behind a six foot privacy fence.

You enter the home directly from the large wood deck in the front yard. As soon as you walk through the front door you know this is not suburbia. While the living room may look pedestrian, the kitchen and dining area are anything but. The kitchen has all the look and feel of a saw tooth addition you'd see in Old Town. The exposed vaulted ceiling adds volumes of character to this space. An arched opening between the kitchen and dining area is repeated on the rear kitchen wall. Another window provides a view of the perfectly picturesque artist studio to the rear. (More about that later.)

The Property Appraiser website recognizes two bedrooms and one bath. The red bedroom is located just off the kitchen. French doors open out to the rear deck which will be discussed shortly. The yellow bedroom is located at the opposite side of the house.

The rear deck provides access to the artist studio which is charming beyond belief. When I saw this place my mind immediately raced back to the hippie days in Boulder Canyon and Aspen and later to Old Town Key West before all the money and HARC changed things. This place was put together by love and creativity that a committee of architects, lawyers, and social do-gooders could never imagine. Nor create! 

There is a small "shed" located next to the artist studio. The washer and dryer are housed in this space which also has "facilities".  Please CLICK HERE to view more photos which will reveal more than I can write. They also show the huge rear yard which has room for a large pool. When you walk the end of the deck and  take a quick left you see the outdoor shower which is an earthly delight.

The Monroe County Property Appraiser website shows the 912 sq ft house as having been constructed in 1933 which would have been the Great Depression. We know that date is not correct but was selected by members of the WPA who recreated county records destroyed  by the great fire much of Old Town including the old court house. I checked the historic Sanborn Fire Maps none of which showed any homes in this area. I also looked at old aerial photos but was not able to find one that showed a house in this area. Still I am of the belief this house existed before 1933 either at this location or that it was moved to this location later. 

CLICK HERE to view the Key West mls datasheet and to view more listing photos of this wonderful home which is offered at $545,000. A new owner could move in here and not do anything. This is the personification of Key West casual before so much of town got renovated. True, a new owner could renovate and if that is your preference, you could update this place. But the point is you don't need to. That is why the asking price makes this place affordable. Please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642, to schedule a private showing. I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Key West.

Update. A couple days ago I was looking thru Instagram posts and saw an image that reminded me of how much the hippies and gays influence Key West four decades ago. They came to a town time and distance forgot and created their own little nirvana. I miss it.

1003 Seminary Street, Key West - Casa Marina Area Redux

 

1003 Seminary Street, Key West. Stunning Contemporary Conch House located in the Casa Marina Area. Renovation now complete. All new exterior. All new interior. Pool. Guest Cottage. Two bricked off street parking spaces. Near the beach. Near Old Town. Near Perfect. Furnished. Interiors by BEN TEAGUE DESIGN

Freshly Renovated & Enlarged 3/3 in the Exclusive Casa Marina Area. NEW Everything including New Great Room with Vaulted Ceiling with Doors Opening out to Covered Deck. Bricked Dining Terrace. Totally Private Pool and Tropical Garden. All New Kitchen, Custom Cabinets, Quartz Counter Tops, Gas Range. Fully Fenced & Landscaped including TREX Decking, Bricked Off Street Parking for Two Cars. $2,300,000.