Captiva, FL-Island Gorgeous Inside and Outside!

Absentminded is the perfect island home located in the center of the village on Captiva Island, FL.

Offered For Sale By Owner at $1,695,000 including all furnishings and amenities, it is below market price according to the For Sale By Owner - Estimated Market Value Report, copies available upon request.

This is the ONLY home on Captiva Island listed at For Sale By Owner. We are year round residents of the Island and available to show you why we love Captiva. We are also willing to discuss continuing to manage the house as a vacation rental property for the new owners.

Features:
- Four bedroom/bathroom suites for you or your (paying) guests
- Comfortably sleeps 10 with a queen size sectional sofa in the family room
- Beautifully and fully furnished with painted island style furniture, local artwork, upscale bed and bath linens, all cooking/kitchen/table items convey, patio furniture, beach chairs and towels, six televisions, two DVD players, a stereo system throughout the house with speakers in every room
- Live and work here AND/OR vacation here AND/OR invest and retire here
- Walk to beach, restaurants, the Island Grocery Store, shopping galore
- Large eat-in kitchen with upgraded appliances
- Plantation style shutters on all windows and doors
- Key West style three story architecture
- Faux painted walls throughout
- Ceiling fans in every room
- Three story caged lanai encloses the heated pool, spa, and powder room
- Fully equipped with great amenities including a pool table on the pool deck
- Elevator for moving people, groceries, or luggage
- Built-in stainless steel grill and venting on the pool lanai deck
- Patios and balconies on all three levels
- Large closets for storing you island attire
- Two car garage with a full sized extra refrigerator and a free-standing freezer
- Two air conditioning units
- Wireless cable connectivity
- Washer/Dryer
- Great vacation rental history grossing 70K-90K per year

When entering the main floor, you are greeted by the Florida sunshine as it streams through plantation shutters into two self-contained living areas. The Den, on the left, offers a large TV, a queen size sleeper sectional, and plenty of other T.V. viewing seating, or game playing space, for the whole family. The Great Room, on the right, has two yellow linen upholstered sofas flanking the gas fireplace with a mounted 50 inch plasma TV and DVD player along with lots of additional plantation-style seating, cathedral ceilings, and a wall of windows with french doors leading out to the screened, upper deck lanai and spiral staircase to the pool deck below.

The well equipped and large kitchen with breakfast nook features a painted Main Cottage table and chairs and counter space with stools to keep the cook or take-out king/queen company. The adjacent dining room includes an armoire, fully stocked china cabinet, and a dining table with upholstered seating for 10 people. The dining rooms french doors lead out to the private dining deck with a four person round cafe table and swivel chairs for enjoying a view of the pool below while sipping your morning coffee.

The main floor queen-size bedroom suite has a full bathroom with step-in shower. Take the elevator to the third level where the three additional bedroom suites are located. The second and third b/r suites each have two twin beds, one suite features a large full bathroom with step-in shower and the other has a full size tub (with shower) for bathing little ones.

The king size master suite is huge! It has two walk-in closets and an additional linen storage closet. The wall mounted flat screen TV and DVD player are located above one of two large painted dressers. The Master Suite has a large bathroom with double vanity sinks, jacuzzi tub, separate glass doored shower, and a wonderful dressing table with a terry covered dressing chair. Master suite occupants will lounge on the private deck in their navy blue cuddle chairs. The Gulf of Mexico and Pine Island Sound are both visible from this deck.

The ground floor lower level includes a half-bath powder room convenient to the large three story screened-in entertainment/outdoor pool room with a built-in gas BBQ grill (recently completely rebuilt with new stainless steel components), large eating table & swivel chairs, and multiple lounge chairs for lazing around the heated pool and spa. The outdoor pool table and blue and white pool changing room are also located on the pool deck.

Less than 2 blocks:
To the Beach for shelling, sunbathing, and swimming
To the Bay for fishing, boating, manatee watching
To restaurants and shops for all that
To Southseas Resort