700 Eaton Street - Old Town - Key WestI borrowed the above photo from the Internet that the photographer called a "dilapidated" Key West house. That photo reminded me of another black and white vision from my past (our collective past, really), and that is of the Boo Radley House in
To Kill a Mockingbird.
It's funny how a house can look so scary, so foreboding. Some places make people just cringe when they walk by scary houses. I, on the other hand, get excited about the prospect of fixing up old places to see what they could become if given a second lease on life.
Boo Radley's House today - only now it's painted and sits behind a white picket fence
700 Eaton Street viewed from the west side
Shed addition to the rear of 700 Eaton StreetThe scary and "dilapidated" house at
700 Eaton Street with its enormous side yard is now available for sale at the asking price of
$1,190,000. It will be interesting to see what becomes of this potentially great Key West property.
I got to see the inside and to walk the grounds of this relic a few weeks ago during Realtor caravan where we look at recent listings. I was just awed by the grounds. I took my time taking photos of the various vignettes scattered across the side lot and rear yard. I marveled at the charm of this place the way it sits. I wished I had a buyer for a place like this. But I knew that way too many potential buyers would refuse to even consider this grand old property just because it sits on Eaton Street-as if that is a crime. Damned fools! - I thought.
The house almost looks like it hasn't been lived in for decades. That's not the case, but it sure looks that way. Not much has been done to the inside. The place is full of Dade County Pine, old glass windows, solid doors with ancient hinges and door knobs that still work. I stood on the second floor front porch and took a photo of the Royal Poisianna Tree. Late this Spring that tree will be ablaze with tiny red flowers. What a view that will be from the porch.
Decades of paint have been stripped off the Dade County Pine walls in the front room (above)
If you are looking to redo a Key West house, please call me,
Gary Thomas,
305-766-2642 to schedule a showing of 700 Eaton Street. I am a buyer's agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Coastal Realty, Inc. in Key West, Florida. This is worth your time!
700 Eaton Street - Old Town - Key West
It's funny how a house can look so scary, so foreboding. Some places make people just cringe when they walk by scary houses. I, on the other hand, get excited about the prospect of fixing up old places to see what they could become if given a second lease on life.
Boo Radley's House today - only now it's painted and sits behind a white picket fence
700 Eaton Street viewed from the west side
Shed addition to the rear of 700 Eaton Street
I got to see the inside and to walk the grounds of this relic a few weeks ago during Realtor caravan where we look at recent listings. I was just awed by the grounds. I took my time taking photos of the various vignettes scattered across the side lot and rear yard. I marveled at the charm of this place the way it sits. I wished I had a buyer for a place like this. But I knew that way too many potential buyers would refuse to even consider this grand old property just because it sits on Eaton Street-as if that is a crime. Damned fools! - I thought.
The house almost looks like it hasn't been lived in for decades. That's not the case, but it sure looks that way. Not much has been done to the inside. The place is full of Dade County Pine, old glass windows, solid doors with ancient hinges and door knobs that still work. I stood on the second floor front porch and took a photo of the Royal Poisianna Tree. Late this Spring that tree will be ablaze with tiny red flowers. What a view that will be from the porch.
Decades of paint have been stripped off the Dade County Pine walls in the front room (above)
If you are looking to redo a Key West house, please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642 to schedule a showing of 700 Eaton Street. I am a buyer's agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Coastal Realty, Inc. in Key West, Florida. This is worth your time!
