1022 Fleming St. Key West - Just Listed

I have written about this Legal Duplex before and I am using an older photograph as the lead photo in today's blog. See if you notice any difference in the current photo below.

I sold 1022 Fleming Street five years ago to a customer who looked at it once and said this is it. No hesitation. I had shown it earlier to another potential buyer who hemmed and hawed and procrastinated too long. He lost it. I had second potential buyer who ruminated too long and as recently as this past month reminded me about her sorrowful mistake in not buying at a lower price.  It will be interesting to see how long it takes the current owner to sell this beautiful home that sits on one of the very best blocks in Old Town Key West. Let's take a look at the property from front to back, bottom to top.

Ellen Gvilli at Oceansir.com, the listing Realtor, describes the property this way:

"From the old world but with new charm, this legal Duplex is a great investment property and/ or vacation home. Or live in one unit and rent the other. Each spacious floor has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath, full kitchens with stainless appliances, laundry, open living/kitchen/dining areas and lots of outdoor space. The downstairs unit opens to a nice deck with a pool and the upstairs unit is filled with lots of natural light and surrounded by a beautiful wide wrap around porch. Located in a prime location in the heart of Old town close to the Old Seaport, restaurants and bars, Offered fully furnished and ready for your next move..." 

This is a very pretty house from both the street and from the inside.  It offers the same basic features on both floors with slight variations.  Both units have living areas located at the rear with kitchens tucked into the left rear corners.  Both have pool and garden views from the rear. The main floor unit has direct pool access. The second floor unit has a balcony that looks down to the pool and out toward the neighboring homes. Both units have two bedrooms which are accessed via the quite large west side interior hallway. The hallway has plenty of ambient daytime light that floods this hall. The bedrooms also have windows opening out to the east and front side porches.  East side windows in all bedrooms open out to this east side hallway onto the covered porches. The last photo above shows the first floor porch view of Fleming Street. Let me show you this house, let you sit on that sofa, and imagine that being your dream home.

 

Key West is full of pretty old houses but few have two levels of views and pretty as 1022 Fleming Street.  The second floor living room ceiling is vaulted (not shown in photos). This adds to the drama going outside on the deck. This space is so pretty. A new owner would be torn between living on the main floor and walking out to the pool or on the second level and radiating on the views.

I could go on and on and tell you stories about the older couple who made this place their home for years and years. This is such a special place. It needs a nice new owner who will enjoy all that it has to offer. 

CLICK HERE to view the Key West MLS datasheet on 1022 Fleming Street Key West offered for sale fully furnished at $1,1590,000. Then 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.