This magnificent 4-bedroom home with an additional 1-bedroom apartment over a two car garage is located in the gated waterfront Dolphin Cay community. The water view Mediterranean style home is well suited to family living, retired living, and retired with grandchildren living. A gracious entryway welcomes you to an open floor plan perfect for entertaining as well as relaxing.
The home incorporates numerous architectural features including extra wide crown molding, tray ceilings, and built-in cabinetry throughout. Next to the main living area is a chef’s kitchen built around a 14-foot granite island. The kitchen has a suite of stainless steel appliances including a 6-burner gas stove with two ovens, three dish washing machines, a sub-zero refrigerator, ice maker, wine cooler, and a wet bar. The first-floor master-suite includes a separate sitting room, tray ceilings, fabulous bathroom with a walk-in closet, garden tub, multi head shower, and built in woodwork.
The second floor can be accessed by either stairs or a built-in enclosed elevator. On the second floor is an additional master-suite with two large separate closets, a very large bathroom with a garden tub, and a multi head shower. Also on the second floor, are a second very large bedroom, a water view bedroom, a state-of-the art three tiered seating media room with a 110" dropdown movie screen and an HD projector, and a walk-in laundry room.
There are two bonus spaces in the home, on the main floor is a paneled water view office with built-in shelves, on the second floor is a bonus room between two oversized bedrooms overlooking the pool.
The one bedroom apartment over the garage includes its own entrance, kitchen, separate seating and bedroom areas, walk-in closet, as well as its own bath and laundry room. The apartment is perfect for guests, kidlets, workshop, or live in care provider quarters.
For outdoor entertaining there is the pool with waterfall over the spa, a large outdoor kitchen with a granite counter bar, gas grill, and landscaped pool area. Updates to the home include: a new roof on both the primary and secondary residences, an elevator, a newly resurfaced pool and spa, a whole-house generator, three (3) new AC units, a new tankless water heater, and mosquito repellant spray system. Solar panels are available for buyer installation. The luxurious amenities of this beautiful 88-acre well established Dolphin Cay community include a guarded entrance, 3 swimming pools, tennis courts, private beach, fishing pier, fitness room, library, and community room. Dolphin Cay is 10 minutes from downtown St. Petersburg, Ft. DeSoto and St. Pete beaches.