For Sale By Owner

We just dropped the price $375,000 below recent bank appraisal because we moved to our new Lake Houston home.  This buy of a life time home is smoke free with attached guest/caretaker suite and centrally located within the gated and guarded River Wilderness Golf and Country Club Community. Among other amenities, the community has a private golf course with a beautiful clubhouse, an athletic center with tennis courts, and a private boat storage facility. A new marina with boat launch and clubhouse restaurant on the Manatee River is under construction and expected to be completed in late 2007. Our home stands on a 23,522 sq. ft. golf course lot that includes 30 apple-banana trees, 2 orange trees, and 1 lemon tree. The home has a caged 20 X 48 pool with 8 foot spa and waterfall. Both are heated by either solar, electric heat pump or gas -- or any combination of the three. The pool and spa water is kept germ free, without chlorine, by an AguaRite system. All pool related functions are monitored and controlled by two electronic pads; one in the master bedroom and the other at the spa. The pool has a large shower, a dressing area, and a porcelain tile deck. The roof is slate grey tile, the walls are stucco over concrete block, and the 4,085 sq. ft. of one-level living is zone air-conditioned by 2004 Frigidaire equipment. The air is purified by two electronic air filters with ozone bulbs to prevent mold growth. A whole house Rain Soft water softener provides a constant supply of soft water. The main house interior has 12 foot ceilings, 8 foot tall doors and crown molding throughout. A Central Security alarm system and Madico Protekt hurricane safety/solar security filmed windows protect the home. A Guardian Generac power system with its own 250 gallon in-ground propane tank automatically backs-up electricity for the entire home 15 seconds after a FPL supply failure. Main house rooms include a 22 X 16 master bedroom with a ceiling fan, his and her baths and a 13 X 11 den, two guest bedrooms with ceiling fans and baths, a 21 X 28 living room with a Key West Coral surfaced fireplace wall, a powder room, a 15 X 12 formal dining room with arched display and built in storage, and a 17 X 27 family room with two ceiling fans. The family room has a Key West Coral surfaced wall above the entertainment center. The 13 X 15 kitchen has near new SS dishwasher and refrigerator, a wall oven stack, a glass top range with microwave ducted hood, a built-in desk, a 10 X 10 eating area and a 9 foot long bar -all with granite counter tops and porcelain tile half walls. The 12 foot long entertainment bar of oak and porcelain tile has a built-in freezer, refrigerator, wine cooler and sink with disposal. A large laundry room has storage and a utility sink. The main house also has a 16 X 40 covered lanai with an inlay porcelain tile deck, 3 ceiling fans, a full kitchen with Jenaire down draft grill, glass top range, side-by-side refrigerator/freezer with ice and water dispensed through the door, a gas grill and double sink. The guest/caretaker quarters has a 12 X 12 covered lanai with ceiling fan just off the living/sleeping area disappearing glass wall. It has a kitchen with SS ice maker refrigerator, a glass top range/oven with microwave hood and a stacked washer/dryer in a laundry closet. The eating area has a built-in Bose sound system. The living/sleeping room has a large closet and media center adjacent to the full bathroom with storage and utility closets. Arthur Rutenberg constructed the home in 1996. I designed and built the guest suite and remodeled the entire home in 2004. No detail for comfort, convenience, or security was overlooked. The house has 6 hose bibs, 12 sinks, 6 water closets, 6 showers, 1 Jacuzzi whirlpool bath, 3 refrigerators, 3 freezers, 1 wine cooler, 3 glass top ranges, 3 ovens, 2 microwave ovens, 1 Jenaire down draft range, 1 SS gas grill with two remote propane tanks, and 2 laundry facilities, each with a washer and dryer. [Note: Owner is a licensed Florida real estate broker and owns the property listing agency. The $725K asking price is for a direct or realtor sale.  The Google map and aerial photo are old and not correct. Our house is on the 4th lot north of the cul-de-sac street, which in the old photo is the 3rd house because lot 2 house was built in 2004 after the picture was taken.]