1104 South Street, Key West - Just Listed

Just Listed by Preferred Properties Key West: 1104 South Street, Key West. $2,395,000. If it were only that simple. 

What first looks like a simple two story home located over a garage suddenly becomes more complex when first floor glass doors open into the entry with water trickling down the flagstone walls. Turn right and enter into this home. Turn left and head over to the pool. It only gets better in either direction.

Who would have thought with such a simple front facade that the living area would be so profound. I cease to be amazed each time I see this space. It could be Bali or some place on the South Seas. But no, it is located at 1104 South Street in Key West. Years ago Ernest Hemingway lived in the house next door at 1102 South Street where he wrote A Farewell to Arms.

There's an office located just off the living area. How could any serious individual get any real work done with views of the pool so close? Really. The kitchen has all the necessities including windows over the kitchen sink. More on that later on.

The dining pavilion is located just off the kitchen. In th e real world a lot of people eat meals in the living room watching BRAVO or whatever. Serious meals requires serious dining space. This home has it. What a great space to impress your friends and curse your frenemies. The photo two above shows the view from the front entry hall looking toward the pool. The photo immediately above shows the living room. Look up to see the rear sun deck located off the guest room also shown below.

The spiral staircase leads to the guest room on the second level. It has both a front porch and a rear such deck. The  ceiling is vaulted and gives the room a very spacious feel. Long time readers know how fond I am of guests. This is a good place for guests or teenagers. 

Another guest bedroom and bath are located on the first floor.

The master bedroom is located on the second floor above the the "carriage house" front facade. This space is both expansive and dramatic. French doors open from the bedroom and bathroom out to two separate covered second floor balconies. I can imagine sitting out there sipping coffee in the morning and nursing a nightcap under the stars.

CLICK HERE to view the Key West MLS datasheet and lots of listing photos of 1104 South Street offered at $2,395,000. Then please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642. I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Key West. I live two blocks from this house. I have lived in this area for 25 years. Forget the south seas. It takes forever to get there. The south side of Key West is the place to be.

 

1104 South Street, Key West - Price Reduction

You know the saying "You can't judge a book by its cover". Well in Key West real estate you often cannot tell how incredible a house is by the view from the street. The home at 1104 South Street presents a simple facade. If you are just driving by you might think the house sits above the garage below. And you would be wrong.  Passers by have no idea how magical the house is behind the facade. Now there's a better reason to stop and take note of this unique property because the asking price has just been reduced to $1,990,000. 

Two glass panel doors at the front driveway open to a entry where water drips down flagstone walls and delivers you to an intersecting exterior walkway that leads to the main entry or alternately to the pool and garden area. The listing Realtor describes this home this way:

"With a pleasing but unassuming exterior, this house is a dramatic surprise inside. Entrance is through a long cool breezeway with trickling water walls on either side. This leads to a series of interconnected pavilions with soaring cathedral ceilings and walls of French doors. The huge living room, spacious dining room, kitchen and study surround an intimate courtyard with lushly landscaped swimming pool. The secluded master suite has four walls of windows and several inviting balconies. There is a bedroom suite downstairs and a separate guest bedroom and bath upstairs with its own rooftop deck. All this and an enclosed garage too. This unique home is very special."

The living room and adjacent study provide comfortable living spaces. Both rooms have French doors that open out to the deck and pool area. The study area flows into the kitchen which flows into the dining pavilion.

This home is a bit of a contradiction. It sort of looks all glamorous and almost to perfect to live in. And yet it has such an easy flow and genuine relaxed and comfortable feeling when you are there. I immediately "got" this place. I know I would love living here. Even though the house is pretty amazing, it is the easy transition from the architecturally interesting interiors to the simple pool and lush gardens that make this home very appealing.

The large canvas sails over the pool deck area emanate from the second floor guest suite which has its own sun deck which provides the perfect place to get a stunning Key West all over tan. The bedroom with en-suite bath is just adorable.

There is a main level guest suite and bath located on the main level. I took more photos of this wonderful home which you may see if you CLICK HERE.

The master bedroom is located on the second floor of the "carriage house" at the front of the property. This space is both expansive and dramatic.

French doors open from the bedroom and bathroom out to two separate covered second floor balconies. I can imagine sitting out here in the morning sipping coffee and watching neighbors out walking the dog or jogging. At night you could look off to the west and see our magnificent Key West flirted just a bit by the swaying palms that dot the Casa Marina neighborhood.


CLICK HERE to view the Key West mls datasheet on 1104 South Street which is offered by Preferred Properties Key West at the asking price of $1,990,000. Please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642, to schedule a private showing of this special home. There is not another like this in all of Key West.