LESS THAN 500 FEET TO MOBILE BAY IN OLDE DAPHNE

This is a beautiful Creole Cottage only a few feet from Mobile Bay. The exterior is Hardiplank.   It has a 3 very generous bedrooms and 2.5 baths with approximately 3,000 square feet.  Children can walk to private, parochial and public schools.  Downstairs flooring consists of Brazilian Cherry hardwood in the family room, dining room and master bedroom with Travertine in the baths.  Ceramic tile is in the kitchen and large laundry room.  Carpet is in other bedrooms as well as the theater room.

If you desire to kick back and relax, this is the house for you!  Walk to the bay, less than 500 feet from access with seating and watch ships journey to and from Mobile.  Watch television and movies in your theater room with a Sony 60” LCD HD television with Sony/Jamo Surround Sound System and DVD in custom entertainment center with 4 bookcases.  Entertain in the remodeled kitchen with Black Galaxy 3cm granite and GE Profile cooktop with pop up vent system, dishwasher and microwave. Casual meals are in the breakfast area with a bay window overlooking the backyard. A butler's walkway from the kitchen to the dining room contains numerous cabinets, granite counters and built-in desk. Relax on the 27’ x 11’ screen porch overlooking your fenced backyard and catch the bay breezes or enjoy your swing and Hunter ceiling fans on the front porch across the front of the house

The roof was replaced in 2005.  New 3 ton and 2 ton 16SEER Trane Heat Pumps have parts AND labor warranty until 2016.  There is a double carport with workshop, covered RV/boat storage  and a framed storage building.  The front yard is fully sodded with a  irrigation system. Windows are fitted for aluminum and acrylic hurricane shutters.  Across the entire front and back of the top floor are huge walk-in, floored attic storage areas.

The main floor includes the master suite, family room, kitchen, laundry room, dining room and screened porch. The large master suite has two individual vanity areas, jetted tub, updated separate shower and walk-in closet.

Captain O'Neal Drive is a wonderful place to call home.  It is not a subdivision, and you are only a few feet from beautiful Mobile Bay.  You can also walk or bike to May Day Park owned by the City of Daphne.  Fish on the pier and watch beautiful sunsets over the bay.  It's a 15 minute drive over the bay to Austal/Brookley Field/downtown Mobile, AL.  Baldwin County has award winning schools but is able to offer low property taxes, ours were $846.00 in 2010.  Daphne is only 30 miles from the sugar white beaches of Gulf Shores on the Gulf of Mexico. The property was listed with a realtor in 2010 for $525,000.

The seller will pay up to $10,000 toward closing.