The asking price on
112 Hutchinson Lane in the
Bahama Village area of
Key West was just
reduced to
$399,000. If you are a potential buyer looking for a reasonably priced fixer, this historic cottage may be the property you have been hoping to find
I checked the old Sanborn Fire Maps of Key West to
see if I could determine the approximate date this house was built.
Frequent readers know that our county property records were destroyed
in the great fire many years ago. During the Depression workers from the Works Project Administration reconstructed property records and unfortunately attributed erroneous "construction" dates. I went to the historic 1892 Sanborn Fire Map. Houses in this immediate area are clearly shown on that map but the lane ws not given a name. No matter, we can tell by looking at the black and
white photo below which was taken in 1965 that the house was ancient
then. Compare the way it looked then to the way it looks today. I wish
people aged as gracefully. Really, I do.
According
to the Monroe County Property Appraiser records the house is 720 sq ft and sits on a 43.5' x
66' (2872 sq ft) lot midway down one of the slowest lanes in Key West.
Mind you this lane is only one block long and dead-ends at the end
where a small compound of four homes share a pool. More than half of
the homes on this little lane have been updated.
This
house has one of the wider lots which would probably allow for the
reduction of the current two car off street parking spots into just one.
That might provide space for the addition of a swimming pool running
toward the rear of the lot.The house itself would benefit from an expansion that would include a new kitchen, new bath, new windows with shutters, etc. Even if a a new owner spent $400,000 you might end up with more square footage, a larger lot, a pool and off street parking for less than you would pay for the same size property on the opposite side of Duval Street.
The
house itself is a typical cigar maker cottage with the door on the
left. A hallway runs from front to rear along the south wall. The first
two rooms are bedrooms. The kitchen and bath are at the rear. The
kitchen is small. The bath was updated in 2012 and 2013. The exterior siding is board and batten
and looks to be in good condition.
Hutchinson
Lane is located three blocks west of Duval Street. Truman Avenue is a
one way street heading west toward the new Truman Waterfront park which is very slowly going to be built. Olivia Street is a one way street heading east from the
waterfront park past Duval and through Old Town where it ends at Eisenhower Drive. This neighborhood is mostly
residential with the exception of several restaurants located near the corner
of Petronia and Thomas Street. Blue Heaven is probably the most famous
restaurant there. The Ft Zach Taylor State Park and Beach are within
walking distance. When the new Truman waterfront park is completed, residents of Hutchinson Lane can walk there in less than five minutes.
CLICK HERE to view the Key West mls datasheet on this property.
I took more exterior photos of the house and the block which you can see if you
CLICK HERE. Better than looking at
photos, please call me,
Gary Thomas,
305-766-2642 to schedule a showing of this little cigar maker cottage. I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at
Preferred Properties Key West.
1 comment:
The view of the apartment is really very awesome. I hope this will impress people who want to buy or rent an apartment or villas.
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