723 Olivia Street, Key West - Newly Renovated

Just Listed 723 Olivia Street, Key West. This home has just completed a total renovation that I started in February 2016. I wrote about the in this house in 2014 soon after the owners moved and out and put it on the market. After some time passed, the house was sold and went through planning phase. At the beginning of 2016 the house was lifted and moved  few feet to the west and placed on new concrete piers. The old two story front porch was rebuilt and given a new look which is more appropriate for this style of home. The rear of the house has a new two story addition plus a pool with waterfall. While some of the interior rooms remain the same size as decades before, all of the interirors have been renovated and most have been repurposed. The house today is essentiallly brand new.

The character of the former home was maintained by re-purposing several rooms in the original house into bedrooms and making the new addition an open concept living space. Let's start at the front door and make our way through the house as it is today.

As I recall the old house was laid out with the parlor in the front followed by dining room and kitchen at the rear. Today The parlor is a main floor bedroom followed by adjacent full size bath. In later years a new owner might use this space as a master suite instead of climbing the stairs. Petronia Lane also known as Poorhouse Lane can be seen through the side windows. Few cars actually pass the house as the lane is incredibly narrow. Bill Butler Park is located about 225 feet up Poorhouse Lane. That would be a good spot to take the dog for morning and afternoon walks.

The new living area at the rear is deep and broad. Multiple sets of French doors open out to the new pool and deck area. The indoors and outdoors become one so easily in Key West where this January the daytime temperatures are in the low 80s.. 

The second floor master suite is also located in the new rear addition. The vaulted ceiling gives the bedroom an extra spacious feel. A large walk-in closet and a super-sized master bath are located adjacent to the bedroom. Notice the steps in the photo two above. Both this room and the main floor living area have steps placing each floor a short distance from the floor level in the old portion of the house where today there is a third floor bonus room. There are two other bedrooms on the second floor one of which has a door which opens out to Olivia Street. Olivia Street is a one-way street primarily used by locals who live in this neighborhood but also by people like me who know it as an alternative to Truman Avenue located a block to the south.

While most of  the houses on Olivia Street have been update, a few of the old girls still remain virgins. Many  of theses houses stay in family ownership until the final occupant moves away for good. At that time most of these homes are offered for sale and buyers seize the opportunity to have their way with the virgins so to speak.
CLICK HERE to view the Key West MLS datasheet and to view more listing photos. Then please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642, to set up a showing of this home. I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Key West. This home is offered at $2,495,000. It has 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a pool, and off street parking. And it has an attic which now is identified as a bonus room.