Sunday, September 23, 2018
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Homes Sold in the bay area
$350,000
8431 Orient Way NE 3 bedrooms, 2 baths
St. Petersburg in Riviera Bay: Built on an oversized lot in 1978, this block home has an updated kitchen with stainless-steel appliances, granite counters, woodplank porcelain tile floors and breakfast bar, family room with wood-burning fireplace and French doors out to screened Florida room and outdoor deck, master with walk-in closet and en-suite bath, and two-car garage with two driveways. The 2,072-square-foot house was listed at $349,900 and sold in August. Lockhart & Associates Real Estate
$2,400,000
3910 Gulf Blvd., No. 200 3 bedrooms, 3½ baths St. Pete Beach in the Dunes: This luxury condo, one of six whole-floor custom residences, has a private elevator, three en-suite bedrooms, elegant open-plan kitchen with large center island, coffered ceiling and built-in electric fireplace in living/dining area, Hollywood-style theater, floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood and tile flooring, and beach- and east-facing balconies totaling 800+ square feet. Built in 2008 and recently redesigned, the 4,250-square-foot was listed at $2,650,000 and sold in August. NextHome Beach Time Realty, Annie Fleeting
$387,000
14665 Crown Drive 3 bedrooms, 2 baths Largo in Imperial Point: Built in a no-flood zone in 1969, this home has living and dining areas surrounding the contemporary styled kitchen with new stainless appliances, island with pendant lighting and white granite counters, restored terrazzo flooring, spacious master suite, laundry room, professional landscaping and lighting, paver driveway, white barrel-tile roof, new Low-E double-pane windows, and garage with newer epoxy flooring and water heater. The 1,990-square-foot house sold at its listing price in August. Jack Keller Inc., Steven Segrete TO SUBMIT YOUR SALE for consideration in this column, please send us a photo of the home plus the address, sale price, listed price, month sold, number of bedrooms and baths, and short description. Submissions may be emailed to bmoch@tampabay.com (put HOUSE VALUES in the subject line).
Carrollwood calls to many home buyers looking for eclectic living
A modern design with transom and floor-to-ceiling windows fits right in with the varied architectural styles in Carrollwood Village. There‘s nothing cookie-cutter about these neighborhoods, where it’s not unusual to find a half-dozen diverse styles on the same block.
BY NICK STUBBS Times Correspondent
Straddling Dale Mabry Highway, Carrollwood is a place so close, yet so far away—close to shopping, dining, services and entertainment in the bustling North Tampa region. Yet turn west anywhere off the highway between Bearss Avenue and Busch Boulevard, and within a couple of hundred feet, across
Steep, angular roof lines were common in designs of the 1970s. This classic in Carrollwood Village is a showpiece for the modern designs of the time.
some invisible threshold, quiet, shady park-like neighborhoods emerge. Here the lots are generous and the homes are studies in architectural styles. An English tudor might sit next door to a colonial or a mid-century modern. Ranch, Mediterranean, and even art deco elevations might share the same block. The eclectic display in the Carrollwood Villages almost seems carefully arranged to create wonder. But the Villages are natural, emergent products of time and evolving tastes, like all of Carrollwood.
“It’s right off Dale Mabry but it’s like a private oasis,” said Janet Wasserberger, of the Wasserberger-Magrill Team of Keller Williams Tampa Proper-
Florida ranch-style homes like this one are common in all parts of Carrollwood. Many date to the 1970s.
ties. “You don’t expect that.” Far from the “cookie-cutter” homes on tiny lots one sees in so many new communities, the surprise that is Carrollwood is what’s made it so desirable, said Wasserberger, particularly among northern buyers used to more elbow room in their communities. Another big factor is Carrollwood’s proximity to shopping and services. “Location is everything,” she said. Carrollwood began in the late 1950s with the “original” or
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