12535 Ophelia Dr, Pensacola

Listing Courtesy of Patricia Woodburn ERA LEGACY REALTY SPENCER 850-384-6926

This one owner family estate, known as "Palmetto Place", is on 5.48 wooded acres, boasting 595' of waterfront on Weekly Bayou, adjoining a natural greenbelt housing "country club" deer, a den of red fox, squirrels and other small wildlife. An asphalt driveway enters a 15' electrical gate in the surrounding chain link fencing. Behind the bi-level home is a waterfront haven featuring a 25'x13' covered wood deck, 22'x25' spaced pilings to restore the boathouse (formerly housed a 20' craft) draws 4', storage, utilities, fish cleaning table, swing, boat lift, finger pier. Here, you will find the highest flag pole on the bayou! There is deep water access to Perdido Bay for back water fishing and the Intracoastal Canal to use Pensacola or Orange Beach Pass to the Gulf of Mexico for deep sea and game fishing. Look back at the gorgeous live oak trees, noting the covered elevated wood deck/outdoor kitchen with metal roof, as you are wandering up to tour the home hardened by Rebuild Northwest Florida. Across the front porch, enter the foyer to the living room featuring brass lighting from Old Pensacola Courthouse, boxed beams w/scored wood ceiling, possibly pickled paneling under drywall. The remodeled eat in kitchen adjoins a pantry, laundry, craft area, mud room, closet with American Standard energy heat pump 2/2018, water heater 2/2012, door to 2 car garage with original commode closet. A short few steps up leads to two bedrooms, full bath, office space, storage, beyond the barn door. From the living room, step down past another full bath, to a wrought iron railed stairway marveling at the pickled paneling, raised bricked hearth for a Fisher cast iron wood stove/heater in the family room, storage, large bedroom with double walk in closets and exit to rear of the home. Ecobee Thermostat Sensor w/on-line control. Hurricane protection fabric tubes. Motion Sensors. Ductwork replaced Appraisal required repairs. Roof 2020. House never flooded!