Key West Properties Blog Major Award for Over-Looked Renovation

 

I went to the Key West Citizen this morning to view the local news. They rarely print anything newsworthy. It's mostly fluff and ads. But then I saw an article entitled Group recognizes preservation of historic properties which I read. CLICK HERE I sold two of the properties recognized for Historic Preservation Awards ( 806 Southard Street and 533 Petronia Street). The owners, architects, builders and sub-contractors should be proud of the work they did and the recognition they have received. The author of the article misspelled the name of one of the owners of 533 Petronia Street. Nobody likes that. His name is Scott Burau not Buram. Minor point.

806 Southard Street

533 Petronia Street 

Sadly an equally impressive renovation at 1007 Thomas Street  was over-looked. Well, not exactly over-looked because he owner did not apply for an award. But should have. I wrote about the house in my projects of Key West series. I will share a couple of old and new photos and a link for the interested to readers to view more.

1007 Thomas Street  March 2019

I represented the buyer in the purchase of this property. I remember going inside the house with the buyer's architect Serge Mashtakov PE. The front porch had been enclosed years earlier to create more "living space". There was so much clutter inside that I stayed pretty much in one spot as the architect maneuvered around the place. I remember seeing voodoo dolls and other scary things inside. 

I found the black and white photo of the house after it was updated in the 1950s or 60s. The wrought iron columns were so popular back then. The photo shows us the porch was enclosed thereafter.

Shameless plug for the General Contractor

Look thru the open doors. That is the Key West Lighthouse in the background with all the little people peeping out to the wonders of Key West - wishing they could live here. 

I held an open house the day after I listed it. No adverting. Just my blog and Instagram and a couple of signs. I had 81 visitors and a signed contract in a week. Half the viewers were locals who stopped by to see the house. Every person was in awe. Many commented on how horrible the house was and how odd the former owners were. This was a testament to the design and care fo the owner, architect, and builder.

CLICK HERE to view more photos of  1007 Thomas Street which a lucky buyer closed on this week for $1,640,000. My congratulations to the buyer, the seller, Stan Shaw Construction, Serge Mashtakov PE, CHECK Electric, Greg Oropeza Esq, Richard McChesney Esq. and Laurie McChesney, my broker who helped me while I was on the mend.