Just Closed - Angler's Paradise In Prestigious Venetian Shores - Was $1,975,000 now closed at $$1,275,000!!

Venetian Shores is one of my favorite Communities in The Keys.  
What's not to love?  Islamorada at its finest.  Super wide and deep canals that can offer safe harbor for broad beamed boats.  Large spacious lots that provide enjoyment on the peninsulas that stretch out into Snake Creek like elongated fingers thirsty to feel the current.  And location??? The First Rule in real Estate!  Not to far from the mainland, not too far from Key West, quick proximity to both Ocean and Bay,  The Keys are yous!! Just waitng to be enjoyed to their fullest
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Do I like Venetian Shores??? Oh yes...Oh Yes I do!!!
Here is the most recent sale, and a very nice deal indeed.

107 Valencia Drive, Islamorada


List Price: $1,400,000 / Sold Price: $1,275,000
Original List Price: $1,975,000

3 Bedrooms / 2.1 Bathrooms
Mile Marker 86 Bayside

Description: Anglers Paradise! Room for your yacht! This architecturally designed 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home features media room with wet bar, guest quarters, 2nd floor private master suite, plus entertaining waterfront patio! Property is being offered with 70 X 100 permit ready adjoining lot with dockage totaling 140 feet of water frontage! Immediate access to ocean and bay!
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Just Closed in Largo Sound - Newer Construction - Beautiful Home - $444,000 - The Conchquistador Deal of The Day 2/27

15 Marlin Avenue, Key Largo

Largo Sound Park's Homeowner's Park

Those of you who follow my blog know that I am a big Fan of the Largo Sound Area, in Key Largo.  Largo Sound is a fantastic little area only minutes from Miami, yet a world away.

With it's proximity to Adams Cut, the mid Key Largo opening between Florida Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, the Largo Sound Area is ideal for Boaters who want the best of Both Worlds!!  With its community park and boat ramp...the water is yours!

Today's Deal is a rarity in that it was built just 2 years ago, and that we do not often see a great deal of homes for sale built in the last 5 years, as there have been ardent strides to limit new development here in the Keys. For a while development was rampant and threatened to impact the natural beauty and flora and fauna of The Keys.  So, now there are strict measures in place that curtail new construction of undeveloped land to a trickle.

This property is located in the Largo Sound Park neighborhood and has one of the best homeowners parks.  Homeowners parks are a staple in the upper keys and provide ramp access and  water front lounging for non waterfront homes in that particular community, usually for a nominal monthly or even yearly fee.

15 Marlin Avenue, Key Largo

List Price: $499,000 / 

Sold Price: $444,000

3 Bedrooms / 2.1 Bathrooms

Mile Marker 103 Ocean Side

Description: This 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home with a pool is just beautiful. All ss appliances , granite counter tops, crown molding, tile throughout, one car attached garage. This home is only 2 years old. Located in a x zone. Great homeowners park with beach and boat ramp with quick access to Bay and Ocean.

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Open up Your Wallets Because There Are Fantastic Deals to Be Had!! It's Time for the 17th Annual Gigantic Nautical Flea Market in Islamorada!

It's This Weekend!!!!
Do you need bumpers for your boat?  New rods or reels??? A spinnaker perhaps???
How about snorkel gear, davits or a boat lift???
If you do, or even if you don't  you've GOT to check out the 17th annual Gigantic Nautical Flea market this Sat and Sun the 25th  and 26th at Founders Park in Islamorada, produced by the Upper Keys Rotary Club.
There's something for everyone.

This is always a fantastic event and strategically scheduled for the weekend after the Miami Boat Show.   Because this Flea Market has become such a nationally recognized event, many vendors who attend the Miami Show stay an extra week and join ours!

So from home decor items to nautical jewelry to the nut's and bolts (and I do mean that literally) of boat maintenance, there are deals to be had and you're gonna love it!

For more information, visit giganticnauticalfleamarket.org

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Just Closed in Prestigious Venetian Shores - High End Short Sale, 38 Cents on The Dollar - Last sold for $2.95M, Now Closed at $1,119,000!!

120 Villabella Drive, Islamorada
Yes...Proof that even the wealthy are having financial woes these days, this property in prestigious Venetian Shores in the Florida Keys was just sold and closed as a Short Sale!

For those of you who may not be aware, in a nutshell, a Short Sale is when the Seller owes more than the Market Value of the Property and their lender agrees to sell it at a loss.  Seller walks away with nothing, no equity, zilch, but they avoid foreclosure, (both are lousy plays but foreclosure trumps Short Sale in the really bad credit department), Lender takes the loss, and takes it as a write off and the Buyer often times gets a good value.

This one is a really sweet deal, considering that they paid $2,950,000 in 2006!!
And Now it has Closed for $1,119,000!!

The deals are out there...just gotta find them!

120 Villabella Drive, Islamorada

List Price: $1,195,000 / Sold Price: $1,119,000
Last Sold Price: $2,950,000 in 2006

4 Bedrooms / 3.1 Bathrooms

Mile Marker 86 Bayside 

Description: SHORT SALE APPROVED AND CAN CLOSE IMMEDIATELY! ULTIMATE LUXURY! WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO! SUPERIOR HOME IN VENETIAN SHORES. 4BD/3.1BA, GOURMET KITCHEN, PRIVATE MASTER SUITE, ELEVATOR AND COMPLETE GUEST QUARTERS DOWN. 100' OF CONCRETE DEEP WATER DOCKAGE WITH SNAKE CREEK VIEWS AND IMMEDIATE OCEAN/BAY ACCESS. GORGEOUS PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPING. GARAGE AND PLENTY OF STORAGE.

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WOW! Navigable Waterfront Home Just Closed Under $400K!! The Conchquistador Deal of The Day 2.15.12

628 La Paloma Road, Key Largo
Location and Price...makes for a very nice combination. And today's Deal has both.
Lot's of bang for the buck.
This home is located in Key Largo, right behind the land part of Pennekamp Park.
A quick cruise thru South Sound Creek and you're in Open Water!!  World Class Fishing and Diving ois certainly on the New Buyer of this Property's To Do List for sure!

628 La Paloma Road, Key Largo

Gotta Love Having Your own Sandy Beach!

List Price: $456,100 / Sold Price: $390,000 


2 Bedrooms / 2 Bathrooms


Mile Marker 102 Oceanside


Description: Beautiful renovated concrete home with a concrete roof in Winston Waterways with direct access to the ocean and easy access to bay via the Adams Cut Waterway. Gorgeous first class concrete dock is brand new! Large screened patio is the perfect venue for parties & BBQ's. Open floor plan with vaulted ceilings. Expansive patio up, Permitted Bath down, Large 2 bedroom & living, down is non conforming.  Listed and sold by Sally Stribling of Coldwell Banker.

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Pope: Keys Church now a Minor Basilica

Yes, I know that it is hard to believe, but before Your Conchquitador embarked on his debauched life as a Buccaneer Real Estate Assassin, I was actually an Altar Boy!!!

Yes, dressed in a frock, and proficient in catching dropped wafers, pouring water and wine, lighting candles, swinging incense and ringing them bells!!

So, I do have a background as a Good Catholic Boy...I even graduated from an all boys Catholic high school!

With that, I am Proud to see that one of our Churches down here in Key West, St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, has had the enormous Honor to be named by The Pope as minor Basilica!!! One of only five in Florida!!

A good Sunday remedy for a raucous Saturday Night!

See the write up in Keysnews.com below:

St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church - Now a Basilica

"Pope: Keys Church now a Minor Basilica

Courtesy ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI
Written by Keys News Staff

The official designation ceremony is set for May 31.

Per decree of Pope Benedict XVI, St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Truman Avenue in Key West is now one of 72 minor basilicas in the United States.

Archbishop Thomas Wenski, head of the Archdiocese of Miami, which includes the Florida Keys, gave the news to parishioners in a video message played at masses over the weekend.

"Such recognition of one of our parishes by the Holy Father should link all Catholics here in South Florida most closely to the person of the Holy Father," Wenski said in reference to the pope. "In a certain sense, St. Mary Star of the Sea becomes the Pope's 'parish church' here in the Archdiocese of Miami."

Churches are given the basilica title in recognition of their historical and spiritual importance. St. Mary's was established in 1846 and is the oldest Catholic church in South Florida.

In its official announcement, the diocese notes Key West's party atmosphere: "May we not overlook the local pilgrimage from the local people of Key West … (who) desire to find peace in this place with 283 bars."

St. Mary's is one of just five minor basilicas in Florida; the others are: St. Michael's the Archangel in Pensacola; Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine; St. Paul in Daytona Beach; and the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando.

There are only four major basilicas, all in Rome: St. John Lateran; St. Peter; St. Paul Outside the Walls; and St. Mary Major."

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The Great Key Lime Pie Quest of 2012 and The Free Slice Offer. Only in The Keys!!!

Your Humble Conchquistador recently had the opportunity to entertain old friends from the far away Country of California.  Of course the highlight of their visit was the Keys.
Now, they were no strangers to The Keys, as I  had had the opportunity 12 years ago to introduce them to this magical oasis, and they fell in love...well after the obligatory..."Where's The Beach?" question.
The other thing the Lady of  The Couple fell in love with, was our Key Lime Pie!!!
So much so, that on this visit, we embarked on The Great Key Lime Pie Quest of 2012.

An unscientific, and unbiased, yet open minded hunt for the best Key Lime Pie in The Keys.  One Day...One Pie...One Victor.  So Tart, yet so Sweet.
Tough our intentions were to include the entire Keys, as I wanted to end up at Blue Heaven in Key West for their spectacular, Mile High slice, for time reasons we were limited to the Upper Keys.

Key Lime Pie  - Heaven on a Plate!

Local eateries whose offerings we sampled included, The Pilot House, D Hookers, Mrs Macs, and Mandalay, in Key Largo and The Island Grill, The Zane Grey Lounge,  and Morada Bay in Islamorada.

Though all were exceptional, and included the traditional slice and some unique variations, such as Maldalay's Key Lime Bar and D Hooker's Fried Key Lime Pie, one unanimously stood Head and Shoulders above the rest.

Nestled in a Cup as opposed to on a  plate, and resting upon a bed of a sweetened crushed crust of cashews instead of the traditional Graham cracker base, this creamy  blend of sweet and tart was sublime.  And that honor goes to The Zane Grey Lounge at World Wide Sportsman in Islamorada. 

Honorable mention goes to The Pilot House, and they have a special offer that you must check out below!!

Have you claimed your FREE Key Lime Pie from the Pilot House Marina Restaurant & Glass Bottom Bar yet? Like our official page from the link below and receive a free slice! If you have already liked the page, be sure to tell your friends so they can get in on this yummy deal too! http://www.fb.com/pilothousekeylargo

So there you go...our signature desert..A temptress of sublime deliciousness.

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Break out Your Fig Leaves...It's The Garden of Eden Festival in The Florida Keys!!

Garden of Eden Festival This Saturday in Islamorada

Break Out your Fig leaves!!

This Saturday, February 4th,in our own Garden of Eden, Islamorada

The Center for Green Studies presents: The Garden of Eden Festival at Founders Park from 9am until 6pm. 

The keynote speaker will be Captain Skip Bradeen of the Blue Chip II. 

They will be offering solutions to the community on how to turn our lives green. Festival visitors will discover techniques using renewable resources and earth sustainable human lifestyles at booths offered by local businesses and community organizations. Fig leaves are required! Come and do something about our planet Earth! Food, Refreshments and Fun for the young & the young at heart. Call 305-852-0570

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