In an earlier blog I wrote about why I stayed in Key West to weather the storm that Hurricane Irma would unleash on my island home. Later I wrote about the damage to Key West and specifically to the Old Town area which most of my readers are concerned about. I am glad that I stayed but I endured
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09/25/2017
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAYSeptember 25, 201712:00 to 2:00 PMThe two above photos show the front half of the very large Old Town lot that measures 50 feet wide by 103 feet deep. There is a move-in condition 761 square foot CBS home with two bedrooms and one bath located on the back half of this lot. No wat
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09/24/2017
Earlier I blogged about Key West before the storm hit our town. I used photos to show how Key West prepared to meet what Chad Myers on CNN predicted as a 'catastrophic' hurricane. He warned of a tidal surge of ten to fifteen feet and winds that would wipe out all the old wood houses in Key West.
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09/23/2017
Readers up north may not appreciate how expensive it has become to live down here in Key West. Key West used to be a bargain. But popularity of our island paradise has caused housing costs to rise far greater than wages for most full time residents. Finding a place where you would actually like
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09/22/2017
More than thirty years ago someone told me one of the best lessons about Key West real estate: you can't tell what a house is like from the front! Look up at the photo of the pool at this freshly renovated Casa Marina Area home. I live a block away and have seen the front of this house for more t
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09/04/2017
Open House Today12:00 to 2:001126 Stump Lane There is a lot of home built into this 570 square foot Key West cottage which the owners call "Little Shangri La". It has a formal entry hall that leads to the main living area with cathedral ceiling, Dade County Pine walls, a home office or spare gu
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09/03/2017
That past two weeks in Key West habr been pretty amazing. Town is like it was twenty years ago. There is a noticeable, no a remarkable, decrease in the amount of tourists. Parking is easy. Traffic is a breeze. I don't have to watch for numbskull bike riders who think they are pedaling on a prete
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09/02/2017