111 Lorraine St., Crystal Beach, FL 34681

The sunsets from Crystal Beach are always awesome and so is the laid back way of life in this quiet friendly, Gulf front neighborhood! Enjoy the tropical breezes off the balconies, decks and porches of this 4 bd, 2 - 3/4 bath, 5 car garage stilt home. This Key West Style home sits on a shaded over-sized corner lot. It has vaulted ceilings, front and back, with a red cedar paneled bookcase and working stone fireplace. There are 3 shaded covered decks, a balcony and a private, enclosed 10’ x 12’ water-view deck off of the master bedroom that is large enough for a medium sized jacuzzi or hot tub, landscaped lawns that include pineapples, banana, loquat and fig trees, a large downstairs 1,000 sq. ft. shop/garage area with two garage bays and a newly paneled 800 sq ft single garage bay/recreation room that opens up into a fully enclosed, securely gated, vinyl - fenced 80’ x 20’ side yard giving you plenty of RV parking or room for a pool! There are lockable pet/child gates at both upstairs and downstairs, and a covered outside parking spot for your golf cart. This home is in move in condition, with recently installed vinyl flooring and over $25,000.00 in additional recent remodeling by the owner. The laundry room has a Samsung front loading washer & dryer and the master bath has a recently upgraded walk-in shower. There is public water access both at the public beach and a kayak ramp a few lots away. The school zones are tops: Ozona Elementary, Tarpon Springs Middle and Palm Harbor University HS. Besides being a great place to raise a family, this home is also a very versatile property. It has an ample sized southern exposure making it optimal for a solar powered electrical system, it is zoned R-3 in an unincorporated area of Pinellas, has a community church and a voluntary community association but no HOA fees! The bottom level has enough room to store up to 5 cars. In addition to space for parking your RV behind secured gates, you can legally park up to two trailered boats in the front and back yards. Bonus: the property has also been plumbed and wired for an easy conversion into a 2br/1 & 3/4ba, 2br/1ba duplex, giving the option of future prime income producing property. The house is built in excess of code to withstand 150 mph and over winds with plate steel reinforced K braces and pilings. Exterior walls are built with 1/2” plywood (not particle board) base and the siding is vinyl over red cedar giving it a high R-value rating. The owner is a big guy (also a contestant on the TV show “The Biggest Loser” Season 16”, so the sub-flooring in the home is 11/8” (not the standard 3/4”), so it will support 500lbs or more without flexing or making a creak. Grace Street is due to be paved by Pinellas County in financial year 2021-2022. In addition to the road improvement and new drainage, the county is pouring a new driveway on the property right of way to connect the existing concrete driveway to new black top roadway.