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Trinity, Florida Villa with Pool!

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From the magnificently landscaped front and back yards to the resort-style alfresco entertainment center that features a shimmering freeform pool with ornate paver and pebble surround, as well as a large, covered dining area, this 2-bedroom plus den/office, 2 full bath, 2 car garage home in the gated St. George enclave in Trinity’s Fox Hollow is idyllic. On this OVERSIZED lot, recent HIGH-END UPDATES include a BRAND-NEW ROOF installed this month, NEW screening for the lanai, NEW pool pump, NEW electric vehicle charging station, and a NEWER A/C with UV light installed in 2021. Hurricane window in master bedroom, hurricane sliders in master bedroom and great room and hurricane garage door were installed in 2016 along with new garage door springs in 2022. Inside you’ll be greeted by a dramatic foyer topped with a barrel-vaulted ceiling to mirror the front entry design. Triple tray ceilings crown the great room plan showcasing full views of the stunning outdoor space. The adjacent kitchen is more than just a cook’s dream, it makes for a wonderful gathering space with its casual dining bar, wine frig, and windowed breakfast nook. Pendant lighting illuminates the granite countertops, shining cabinetry and fixtures, while clerestory windows mounted above contribute natural light. A separate formal dining area is beautifully integrated into the plan with accessibility from all rooms — just awaiting the holiday season! The den/office space was treated to elegant french doors, planked flooring, and boasts a huge picture window; the multi-purpose possibilities are left to your creativity! Like a suite in a spa, lush carpeting, crown molding, and private entrée to the lanai and pool define the master bedroom that includes a sunken garden tub, dual sinks, and gleaming granite, alongside a separate shower room. The second bedroom is also well-appointed with its full bath offering a modern styling take. The tour of this lovely home is complete with a windowed laundry room offering ample storage atop side-by-side appliances. Monthly association fees cover lawn maintenance that includes trimming of bushes and trees plus exterior painting. Beyond these doors, a short walk brings you to the famous Fox Hollow Golf Course and Club and a short drive reveals all the restaurants and retail you could possibly want! With Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park just north, the unparalleled Gulf of Mexico due west, and the renowned town of Dunedin just south, here’s your home…just like you pictured it.

5 Acre Estate- 3 Bed/2 Bath/Pool/Barn

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Nestled on 5 glorious acres, this two-story, 2315 SF ranch style home is accented by a charming wrap-around porch. Set well back from the road, it’s a true pastoral estate dotted with lush trees and featuring a free-standing barn, storage shed, and working chicken pasture. Inside, newly updated big-ticket items include: NEW roof and NEW skylights (both in 2021); NEW wood blinds in the bedrooms, laundry, and master bathroom; NEW luxury vinyl plank flooring in both upstairs bedrooms and office/bonus room; and NEW interior paint. Inside the 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home, brilliant natural light illuminates the Great Room boasting a wood burning fireplace framed by natural stone. Vaulted ceilings add a touch of splendor and reveal the second floor’s hallway with airy effect. The adjacent dining space is absolutely lovely. Lit by three large windows, it too is bright and spacious. As for the kitchen, besides the dual serving ports that are your must-have entertainment portals, the casual dining bar makes a cozy statement. From the stainless-steel appliances to the vivid cabinetry, tiled backsplash, and recessed lighting, the kitchen offers open vistas of your great outdoors as these two rooms combine to span the width of the home. The ground floor master suite is sunny and welcoming. Its ensuite bath is a beautiful mélange of contemporary lines and rustic styling, cabinets galore, dual sinks, and a walk-in shower. With the bedroom connected directly to the home office, your morning commute is an effortless one! Besides this inspired layout, the guest bedrooms and baths have wonderful ambiance with unique touches that set them apart from the everyday. In further amenities, you’ll find a well-appointed laundry room with window, commode, and utility sink. Off the lanai is a storage room with shelving, the perfect spot to house holiday décor, luggage, and of course pool equipment. The completely covered back porch that runs alongside the shimmering pool makes for a setting to suit any celebration. The pool and tile-trimmed spa are topped with a birdcage. This is your backdrop for parties, or those cherished weekends spent relaxing. Partially fenced, the property has both a septic system and a well. It is only 30 minutes to one of Florida’s largest parks, the glorious Myakka River State Park. Thirty minutes will also bring you to stunning Sarasota as well as Siesta and Lido Keys, and another 10 to the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. Relish the sweet serenity of this private enclave.

Estate Pool Home on 1.48 Acres in New Port Richey!

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BRAND NEW RENOVATIONS abound in this stunning 6,351 SF custom-built, 5 bedroom/5.2 baths/3 car garage pool home that offers privacy and seclusion with its security cameras and gate-controlled entry. Situated on a 61,273 SF (1.4-acre) fully fenced corner lot you will also enjoy NEW ACCESS TO TAMPA via the Suncoast Highway at Ridge Road, with its international airport; national championship teams, Bucs, Rays, and Lightning; and music and theater venues. The eat-in kitchen offers custom cabinetry, a center island with a second sink, double ovens, a NEW CERAMIC GLASS ELECTRIC COOKTOP, butler station and a built-in desk that were just treated to BRAND NEW QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS AND A COORDINATED BACKSPLASH. ALL NEW APPLIANCES SHINE and come with extended warranties: Samsung side-by-side refrigerator, and Samsung dishwasher. The NEWLY REMODELED TUXEDO CEILING OFFERS DUAL LIGHTING, LED DIMMABLE SPOTLIGHTS, AND HANGING ACCENT LAMPS. The gorgeous living and dining rooms sport BRAND NEW NuCORE WOOD-LOOK LUXURY VINYL FLOORING and NEW TAILORED LUXURY CARPET that winds throughout the great room, bar area, music room, stairway, flyover walkway, and closet breezeway. The first-floor 29 x 15 ft Master Suite is in its own wing and has a private entrance revealing its opulent en suite bath 17×12 ft with BRAND NEW QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS, FAUCETS, AND UNDERMOUNT SINKS. French doors lead to a private indoor heated-jetted spa BOASTING NEW PUMP, FILTER, ELECTRIC HEATER AND ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT and separate steam room that seats six. BRAND NEW SECOND FLOOR GEO-THERMAL 5-TON AC/HEATER is partnered with the NEWER MAIN FLOOR GEO-THERMAL A/C; both with warranties. BRAND NEW QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS, FAUCETS, UNDERMOUNT SINKS, LIGHTING, MIRRORS AND DÉCOR were installed in all the second-floor Baths. A NEWER ROOF with zinc strips (2020), NEWER HOT WATER SOLAR PANELS (2020) and NEW CONTROL EQUIPMENT combine for an amazingly energy efficient home. Additional renovations include: NEW INTERIOR PAINT in the master, several bedrooms, and the dining room; NEW MAYTAG WASHER AND DRYER, NEWER POOL MARCITE, NEWER EXTERIOR PAINT (2018), NEWER OUTSIDE BATHROOMS (2018), NEWER MASTER BATHROOM AND UPSTAIRS BATHROOMS (2014), and major renovations (1997). The huge open-concept Great Room is lit with sunshine from two floors of windows and includes a wood burning fireplace with marble hearth, vaulted ceiling, and a large wet bar. The 17 x 16 ft cabana, pool- and kitchen-adjacent, is highly adaptable as a home office, art room, personal fitness center, or playroom.  The four bedrooms on the second floor are exceptionally spacious with more than enough room to establish sitting areas along with individualized work or play spaces. This living area was thoughtfully designed to accommodate all personal or multi-generational family arrangements with ample space for in-laws and grandparents. The house is currently connected to county water; two wells provide sprinkler water and alternate water source. Stable your horse 3 blocks away. The lush, wrap-around yard is magnificent for any fun family activity or personal time. French doors from the main entertainment area open onto the resort-style grand lanai complete with two full baths/changing rooms and a lap POOL. Although wonderfully secluded, this home is in the heart of everything–Play at HOME–Play at the BEACHES–Play in TAMPA—LIVE BIG!

Palm Harbor, FL – 3 Bed/2 Bath Pool Home

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In the heart of Palm Harbor, the jewel of Pinellas County, sits this 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage home. A fully fenced backyard surrounds this family pool home that boasts an exquisite shade tree on the front lawn. The fresh living room/dining room combo is not only airy and spacious, it reveals the al fresco entertainment space that includes a lanai accessible from multiple sets of sliders and a pool featuring plenty of areas from which to enjoy the exquisite Florida sun. Both the pool filter and pump were UPDATED in 2021. The welcoming interior complements the outdoor living space wonderfully. Vaulted ceilings reflect the natural sunlight while NEWER interior paint and light fixtures, plus NEWER laminate flooring, carpet in the bedrooms, and tile shine throughout. Both bathrooms were recently UPDATED including a NEW tub in the secondary bath, as well as flooring, tile, sink, vanities, lights. The eat-in kitchen is outfitted in NEWER appliances offset by a sleek glass tile backsplash that provides the perfect pop of color. Both baths are well appointed with fine fixtures and finishes that boast contemporary design aesthetics. Additional updates include NEWER washer and dryer in an enclosed, interior laundry room, NEWER water heater, NEWER HVAC, and NEWER garage door. Although minutes from St Joseph Sound, celebrated Caladesi Island State Park and Honeymoon Island, this home is not in a flood zone. Its irrigation system is reclaimed water. Along with all the superb nuances of this neighborhood from retail to restaurants, it is zoned for the excellent Ozona, Palm Harbor and Palm Harbor University schools, less than 30 minutes from Tampa International Airport, and the famous Clearwater Beach. It’s time to claim your corner of paradise.

Grand Estate Home in Highlands of Innisbrook

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A stunning Arthur Rutenberg luxury home is nestled in the grand Highlands of Innisbrook on a premium golf course site that overlooks the Osprey South Course #8 fairway. Over a lot size of 15,002 sf (.3444 acres) shines this 4 bedroom/4 full bath/3 car side-loading garage. There are NEWER hardwood floors in three of the bedrooms and the office, NEWER draperies/verticals, NEWER plantation shutters everywhere, NEWER tankless water heater, NEWER tile roof and gutters, NEWER exterior paint, NEWER lighting and chandeliers. Architectural intricacies abound including barrel cut doorways, rich crown molding, graceful pillars atop decorative pedestals, tray ceilings, and sleek niches. Clerestory windows throughout sit above the eye line bringing in even more of the spectacular natural light. A double tray ceiling and sparkling chandelier usher you home to the grandeur of the living room’s coffered ceilings shining down on gleaming marble floors that lead to the sliders, uniquely positioned at a 90-degree angle to reveal the alfresco entertainment center. The dining room is wonderfully open and accessible offering a warm welcome to your guests when hosting more formal occasions. Recessed lighting and dramatic pendants illuminate the kitchen’s radiant color palette, center island with storage, butler station, and casual dining bar that comfortably seats four. Besides the NEWER stainless-steel sink, NEWER faucet, and NEWER dishwasher you’ll enjoy a large walk-in pantry as well as a breakfast area framed by sliders to the covered outdoor dining. The adjacent family room boasts an exquisite picture window over a gas fireplace, beneath another tray ceiling. In the well-appointed, windowed laundry room you’ll find NEWER cabinets, NEWER granite counters and stainless-steel sink joined by a NEWER washer and dryer. The master suite is introduced with its own foyer to unveil a picture-perfect retreat that also sports sliders that sit at a 90-degree angle for a panoramic vista. This haven is luxuriously complimented by its stunning bath complete with deep soaking tub with jets, large shower room, vanity, NEWER counters and sinks as well as NEWER shelving in the closets. The secondary bedrooms are spacious and sunny; their baths outfitted in fine finishes. Two are connected by a jack and jill bath, one displays a private screened patio, and another a NEWER walk-in tub. Behind glass French doors is the magnificent home office. Dressed in a built-in mahogany desk and cabinetry, a trio of windows form a brilliant alcove. Outdoors, the resort-style lanai is breathtaking. You’ll relish verdant views over splendid NEWER pavers. Surrounding the resurfaced, heated pool with spillover spa and NEWER pool equipment are plenty of relaxation nooks and NEWER cabinets and sink. The garden area is gorgeously landscaped with slate stepping stones and a cozy firepit area. Along with a whole house generator, water softener and central vacuum, the garage is air conditioned and has built-ins with tons of storage so may serve as a mixed-use space. This gated community has a 24-hour guarded entrance. Featuring four championship 18-hole golf courses, six pools, 11 tennis courts, a fitness center, a full-service spa and four restaurants; it is also connected to the Innisbrook Golf Resort, home of the PGA Valspar Championship. This manse defines distinctive living.