Quiet country living on 12.55a w3br 2ba house & workshop

General:  The 3br 2ba country style wood home is located at 2211 Old Polk City Rd. Lakeland Fl.  33809.  With  350 ft. frontage on the Old Polk City Rd.  The residence is located near the rear of the property for the ultimate in privacy, peace and quiet.  The property  is only 5 minutes away from shopping and schools.  Access to I-4 is only 2 miles away and  the Disney/Orlando or the  greater Tampa bay area is only 45 minutes away.  Included along with  the  home is a huge cement floored workshop and an even larger earth floored barn. 

The house is of wood construction, and built specifically to enjoy all the outdoor beauty of the properties natural setting. The floor plan is approximately 1500 sq. ft. laid out with the master bedroom and a private bath on one side of the living and dinning area with the other two bedrooms and bath on the opposite side of the house.  Once entering the residence you will immediately be drawn to the lodge style massive freestanding wood burning fireplace in the center of the cathedral ceiling living and dinning rooms. Observe the  properties majestic grandfather oaks and yellow pines from  the living and dinning rooms twin 6 ft. picture windows. Also note that most of the homes interior walls are covered with rare premium hardwood  paneling such as Rosewood, Rough Sawn Barn Board, Pecan, and Country Printed Birch, etc.  Also note the  custom designed hand made fireplace mantle, cornice boards  and window trims throughout the home,  each adding to this homes  overall intrigue.  The home has  new vinyl exterior siding, new ceramic tile floor in the kitchen, a new exterior deck and new carpet in the living and dinning rooms, all installed in 2008.

Land: The property is 12.55 acres total.  A plantation style Laurel Oak tree lined drive brings you to the residences yard, about 1 1/2 acres, and its custom designed oval brick receiving drive in front of the house.  The remaining 11 acres is in improved pasture and a former tree farm.   Approximately 6 of the 11 acres has an automated irrigation system set up for the tree farm.  The property was previously used for a livestock operation and tree farm  qualifying it for an agricultural tax exemption.   The property also has a 25 ft. drive proceeding to the east to connect to an existing easement drive.  This second drive gives an alternate exit for the rear portion of the property if the rear parcel is ever subdivided.  The property could be also used for a horse farm, an agricultural farm, or just remain in open pasture.  The property is well drained and never has standing water in the wet season.

Workshop/Barn: The workshop is wood framed construction, 22 ft. wide x 50 ft long with 10' high ceilings. It has a metal roof, cement floor, a new plywood ceiling, new shop lights, a half bath  and is wired for 110/220 volts. The floor plan is set up with (4) 10 ft wide access doors, so vehicles, could be pulled in for maintenance, or the shop could be used for fabrication or dry storage etc. The barn is 36 ft deep x 56 ft wide, wood frame, metal roof, and has an earth floor.