1621 Sunshine Drive, Key West - Just Listed

Just Listed by yours truly: 1621 Sunshine Drive, Key West. This is a Two Story Three Bedroom / Three Bath 1,672 Square Foot Home built new in 2012. It is located two blocks from the White Street Pier and the Atlantic Beaches. 

But you won't need to go to the beach because you have your own heated pool and tropical garden located right outside your living room or which can be viewed from the deck off your second floor master bedroom.

There is more to this home than its excellent location and heated pool with tropical gardens. Let's take a look starting from the front door.

The house has Hardie Board Siding and Wind Impact Resistant Doors and Windows. The front and rear porches and decks were recently replaced with Lumberrock Premium Decking. The home was recently painted as well. 

A guest bedroom and bath are located just inside the front entry. The entire first floor features Travertine Marble Floors. Apple Homekit switches are installed for 10 wall switches, front door lock, and both thermostats. 

The home features  Hey Siri commands throughout the house and from far away. There are two pantries - one visible in the photo above and the larger walk-in pantry on the opposite wall located next to the laundry room with sink and storage.

The heat and humidity of the summer are gone. You can leave the doors open to the pool and rear garden for the next six months or so. The pool is heated. There is also an outdoor shower.

The master bedroom is located at the rear. It has en-suite bath plus covered rear porch with view of the pool. 

The second floor front bedroom also has a private balcony that faces southwest. You'll have those same wonderful sunsets all year long. The bathroom is en-suite. All bathrooms and the kitchen island have Brazilian Marinachi Granite counter tops. CLICK HERE to view many more photos of this property.

This home will have an Open House Sunday November 14 from Noon till 2:00 PM. No showings earlier. Act soon. I don't think it will last. I you snooze you will lose.

CLICK HERE to view the Key West MLS datasheet on 1621 Sunshine Drive, Key West offered for sale at $1,300,000 or $777 Per Square Foot. Call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642, to schedule a private showing. I am a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Key West. This could be your home by Christmas.

Watch This Blog Tomorrow - New Single Family Home Listing in Key West

All I can say is that I am waiting patiently by my computer for photos from the photographer. I will post them to the new listing, and the listing will appear like magic in tomorrow's blog. The three bedroom / three back house has a heated pool, two off street parking spaces, great location, and will be priced to sell quickly. It won't arrive early. It wont be late. It will be on Open House on Sunday beginning at !2:00 and close at 2:00.  Don't call me now because I can't reveal anything else. Can't show early either. 

Just Listed 809 Washington Street #102, Key West, Florida

Just Listed: 809 Washington Street #102, Key West, Florida. I have sold four units in this nine unit town home development located in the tony Casa Marina Area of Key West. I have lived in the Casa Marina Ares for 27 years and love it. We are close to just about everything that Key West has to offer but far enough removed not to be in all the hullabaloo except when we want to be.

The listing Realtor describes this 1800 sq ft town home this way:

Located in the much sought after Casa Marina neighborhood and set back from the street with mature tropical landscaping, is a well maintained townhome with 3 en-suite bedrooms and a well appointed powder room on the main floor. Custom finishes throughout with Carlisle wood flooring. The kitchen consists of stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. French doors reveal a lush tropical garden with a splash pool, completely fenced in for privacy. There are two en-suite bedrooms on the second floor with private balconies. The third floor also includes an en-suite bedroom with its own sitting area with multiple skylights. Just three blocks from Higgs beach, public tennis and pickle ball courts. Off Street parking.

These homes have the look of a traditional grand conch home you would expect to see in Old Town but all the convenience of a large modern day home. The unit has first and second floor covered porches on front and back. Inside the front door there is a charming vestibule to welcome you from a hard day at the beach or on the boat. As you enter you will immediately see the rear porch and pool beyond. But before you go there, you'll probably take a quick look at the beautiful kitchen with Viking appliances. There is a first floor powder room located under the staircase. Note also the tall ceilings, crown molding, high baseboards, and decorative wood trim. Two sets of French doors open out to the covered rear porch and private pool There is a rear entrance to the pool off a little lane to make the pool boy's work easier. The neighbors to the north are four sets of pre-war two story condominiums - each one bedroom. That development is meticulously maintained and managed. 

The second floor landing offers a sense of landing. A hallway leads to the master bedroom which is located on the back side of the second floor. The vaulted ceiling gives this room a dramatic aura, but it is the covered rear balcony that makes the space so special. This is the perfect perch for watching our wonderful sunsets without enduring the circus of Mallory Square and avoiding hundreds of tourists taking drunken selfies. Instead, you can enjoy a glass of wine with your loved one and appreciate all that you have achieved in life. 

There is a nice second floor guest bedroom on the right. Nice guests only! That bedroom has a private bath and doors that open out to the second floor covered front porch. There is plenty of people watching in the Casa Marina even from the second floor porch - joggers, dog walkers, lost tourists looking for a place to buy. The stairway continues to the third floor. That space runs the entire length of the house from front to back where there is a full bath. This bedroom can accommodate two queen beds or one queen bed and two twins. This home also has a fire suppression system built in for safety. 

809 Washington Street is ideally located a couple of blocks from Higgs Beach, public tennis courts, children's playground, Salute on the Beach, the doggie park, and Louie's Backyard. 

CLICK HERE to view the Key West MLS datasheet and more listing photos of 809 Washington Street #102 offered for sale unfurnished at $1,525,000. Please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642, to schedule a private showing of this lovely home. I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Key West  Let me share with you the advantages of living in the Casa Marina Area. 

BOOM! Goes North Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West

 

A loyal reader of my blog sent me a text on Friday asking if the Hilton Garden Inn had sold recently. I knew no sale went through the Key West MLS but decided to search the Monroe County Property records. And there it was: the hotel  sold on October 12, 2021 for $58,000,000. The buyer is a new LLC under BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE in New York City. BLACKSTONE purchased a smaller neighboring property for an additional $5,000,000 on the same day. As I said these sales were not reported in the Key West MLS 

Readers of my blog will recall I started posting photos of the renovation of North Roosevelt Boulevard in 2013 which included the former Holiday Inn. When the building was renovated and expanded the property was rebranded as Hilton Garden Inn. Other 1970 hotels and motels were each renovated during the same time period. The State of Florida Department of Highways saw the renovation of the hotels as an opportune time to redo a two mile section of US 1 as it enters the Island of Key West.  

By April 2015 the projects were progressing toward completion. Nothing happens quick in Paradise. CLICK HERE to view photos I took to commemorate the project. I took the final photos on Saturday morning. The palms and tropical foliate have grown so tall and thick that the hotel is almost invisible. By coincidence or planning, the new highway infrastructure really added to the revitalization of the hotel properties as a whole. .

Locals will recall the hell of trying to find alternate routes of travel during the two years of highway and hotel hell. It looks pretty good. 

Key West Where Freeloaders Go Free

 

A decade ago I sold one of my favorite homes in Key West to a lovely couple from the Midwest. They looked at houses for a couple of years during and after the Great Recession in 2008. They had cash to buy the perfect or imperfect house. They chose the latter. They engaged a premiere architect and builder and rebuilt their dream house. They added one of those new-fangled tv cameras to the front porch which allowed them to watch Key West in real time from their place up north. 

The gentleman owner looked like Mr. Wilson from the Dennis the Menace tv show from the 1960s except he was a soft-spoken man - not one to get prissy about anything like Mr. Wilson. 

My owner had true Midwest values but appreciated the quirky Key West lifestyle. To a point. He had a Rule, however: Thou Shall Not Sit on My Porch! My owner called the Key West police when he saw a well known vagrant sitting on his porch. He called the Key West Police Department which arrested the man. I have seen this man's mugshot dozens of since then. I know his name. All Key West cops know this guy by sight. They book him and then the county sheriff frees him. All the time.

My buyers eventually sold their dream house not because of the porch sitter. But he did screw with their vision of a perfect retirement in Key West.

I will share this with you: The Monroe County Sheriff boasts about the money he makes for the county by renting rooms in the County Jail to other government agencies. He houses and feeds inmates like a hotelier except the guests cannot leave. He lets habitual freeloaders like the porch sitter go free and houses criminals for profit.