This Belleair Beach open water (greater than a half mile, premium southern facing) design award winning classic home with a private boat dock is being sold directly by the family from the Phillippy estate. Add a boat to your dock (approx. 30ft) and you are ready to ski and captain your boat in your bay and the Intra-coastal Waterway. This award winning design classic has a very open, vaulted ceiling, sliding glass doors on the bay design. It has a premium island protected southern bay exposure and views. There is reasonably deep water access to the intra-coastal water way system. Check your favorite aerial view map service (e.g. http://maps.Google.com, http://www.MapQuest.com, http://maps.live.com) and the exact address (428 22nd Street, Belleair Beach, FL 33786-3415), this is a beauty! All waterfront, upscale neighborhood with $800K to $4M homes (even after the current market discounts). Watch dolphins play in your bay! Fish off your dock and ski in your bay while guests watch and party in your lanai, pool, spa, screened/covered patios and open living room. This home has entertained the corporate elite many times. The swimming pool & spa are both premium quality and larger than most. The both are heated independently by natural gas provided by the city utility company. Inside the home is a remote pool & spa computer control center. The premium patio pool table stays with the home. Built-ins include a quality queen sized Murphy bed with desk combination (which may be sold with the home to efficiently use space), a quality, heated, whirlpool bathtub, etc. The estate has a large laundry-work room close to the kitchen and garage with separate full bathroom and entrance for staff. Fast internet connections are available. Strip off the carpets and other floor coverings to find a quality terrazzo base under even the patios. The two car garage has extended working and storage areas. The estate uses recycled water for the lawn. Pavers on the pool deck and combination straight and circular driveway (which can park 6 to 8 cars) add to the classic touch. You can move into this beauty immediately and/or have a premium location for building a larger home. Other items that might stay with the home based upon price negotiations include two refrigerators, clothes washer and dryer, microwave oven, Murphy bed and desk system, a premium convertible bed, premium patio and pool furniture, lawn mowers and most garden equipment, most of the furniture, etc. As indicated, this estate property is Greater Tampa Bay MLS listed under a "no brokerage" agreement. This MLS listing arrangement allows the estate to offer this property at the best possible price. We are selling this estate directly as owners (the title has already transfer to the family) and can close within weeks of a contract. We are willing to work with real estate buyers' agents with a contractually assurance of 2% commission. The price was reduced from $1.15M to $949,000, then to current price. Cash buys it at $795,000. We are also considering leases. We are asking $2,900/month for a long-term lease, if the leasee's provide some maintenance. Thank you for your interest. We hope that your family is able to enjoy and entertain on this property as much as the Phillippy family was for many years.
