Buyers looking to purchase a Key West property that they could renovate, add a pool, and have off street parking with a dynamite location in Old Town ought to consider the house at 1317 Elizabeth Street. The listing Realtor describes this 952 sq ft legal duplex this way:"Duplex in old town locat
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04/15/2015
Just Listed, but not by me, 10 Spoonbill Way, Key West, Florida. This 1624 sq ft home that is located in the Key West Golf Club Community is probably the best priced home in all of Key West as I write this blog. Read on, Dear Reader, and I'll tell you how I arrived at that conclusion.Every time
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04/12/2015
They don't make Key West cottages any cuter or more perfect than 818 Carsten Lane. If they did or if they could, everybody would own one. But they don't. Some places are so special that there is only one. And this is that one!I found an old photo of 818 Carsten Lane taken fifty years ago. The h
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04/12/2015
The listing Realtor describes the house at 846 Olivia Street as:"Unique property located on beautifully landscaped corner lot in the heart of Old Town. Built in 1908, this original tobacco barn boasts 3 bedrooms/3 full baths. Enter through the hand carved Brazilian mahogany door into a 20 x 30' g
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04/10/2015
Just Listed 1019 Elgin Lane Key West. This is a Bank Owned property located in a desirable Old Town location near the Historic Seaport. I searched the historic Sanborn Fire Maps and found this house shown on the 1889 map (when it was then designated as 909 1/2). Hidalgo Lane was the name of the t
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04/08/2015
Local folk artist Ronnie Bailey stopped by my office last week to show me (and my Dear Readers) his latest work a special commission of the two houses at 1010 and 1012 Olivia Street in Key West. The owner of these houses wanted to capture the essence of these houses as they now exist because lik
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04/07/2015
Just Listed, but not by me, is a Bank Owned home located at 24 Arbutus Drive in Key West, Florida. This 1832 sq ft home was built in 1964 which sits on a 6,000 sq ft (60' X 100') canal lot in the Key West suburb known as Key Haven. I found an aerial photo taken by Cory McDonald in 1968 to which
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04/06/2015
If you are in Key West and are out and about this Easter Sunday after church or after brunch, stop by my Open House at 812 Johnson Lane in Old Town Key West. I have put a GOOGLE MAP just below so that you can find me. This home will be visible to all between 12:00 to 2:00 PM. 812 Johnson Lane is
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04/04/2015
THE LONG AGO GOOD FRIDAY Good Friday fell on April 19th in the year 1957. It was the Good Friday I will never forget. i was ten years old. My dad arrived home late that night and walked in the front door with a box in his hands. He said something like "Son come here." He called me "son" a lot
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04/02/2015
