319 Belle View Avenue

Description

This quaint and restored Mediterranean Revival-style home was built in 1926 and designed by Dwight James Baum, who created John Ringling's lavish Ca' d'Zan palace in Sarasota in the early 1920s, along with 42 homes in Temple Terrace's golf-course community. Featuring beautiful Saltillo tile entries, both original oak and heartwood pine throughout, with tile in the baths. This split floor plan shotgun layout is move-in ready! Large Brittany style windows and tall ceilings add a sense of airiness to the home and provide an abundance of natural light. The expanded three-point kitchen includes a kitchenette, modern cabinets, stainless steel appliances and an overhead range hood. The center of the home contains a cozy dining and living room with a functional fireplace opens through French doors to an expansive deck overlooking the spacious, fenced rear yard. Secondary bedrooms contain cedar wood closets and easy access to the hall bath with a restored oversized bathtub and shower with original tile flooring. The master bedroom, located opposite from the main living area and secondary bedrooms, features a naturally lit ensuite bath with a walk-in travertine shower. The exterior of this property features a large horseshoe driveway, stucco siding and a flat commercial TPO roof which insulates during summer months. The exterior also boasts a large sun deck with an adjacent detached cooled and heated 185sf exterior buildingan ideal home office or studio, it is also equipped with a laundry room containing the home's water softener system and tankless gas water heater. Lastly, the entire home is surrounded by an open low-maintenance landscape containing azaleas that bloom multiple times a year, gracing various bearing fruit including a huge avocado tree, and shade trees. If this wasn't enough, there are also 3 nearby parks, one with a boat ramp offering access to great fishing along the Hillsborough River (can you say 8# bass?). Temple Terrace is known for its rolling landscape, bucolic Hillsborough River views, and majestic trees! Centrally located, you can drive to major beaches within 1 hour and Tampa International Airport in 30 minutes, or less! Don't miss out on your chance to own this one-of-a-kind rare beauty that can serve as a great starter, retirement, or winter home - schedule your showing today! Located in close proximity to the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club with easy access by way of the under-street golf cart/pedestrian paths beneath Bullard Parkway. Also close to the public library, the TT Rec Center and everything this wonderful little city has to offer. Minutes from USF, Advent Hospital, the VA, Moffitt Cancer Center, and all the surrounding medical facilities. Easy access to I-75, I-275, I-4 and the Crosstown Expressway. A complimentary 3-month social membership to the TTG&CC is offered to new homeowners.