At $385,000 USD, Casa Anna offers an appealing price point in a prestige neighborhood This charming 2 bedroom 2 bath home is unusual. It is a smaller sister to neighbors that typically sell for half a million to 800 thousand dollars. Real Estate wisdom says to buy a smaller home in a great neighborhood with larger prestige properties. Listings like this one are rare and tend to sell quickly. It is a light filled home that flows to terraces and courtyards. It has bonus space off the living room and kitchen that would make a great den or home office AND it has a bonus second floor flex room that would be ideal for an art studio.

The wide plantation entry stairs feature flowering plants, wrought iron balustrades and blue accent tiles. From the street gate, they take us above the front garden to a wide flagstone lanai that sweeps across the width of the house. Set behind the front wall this space is private. It offers both underroof shade as well as sun spaces open to our famous blue skies. It flows into the living room and bonus office den as well as the entry foyer.

The foyer features a wide frosted glass and wrought iron door and this generous space is crowned with a Spanish cupola dome. While there is plenty of storage and space to display art treasures to the right, I love how you have an art wall directly in front. The perfect place for your most favorite painting to welcome you home. The front of this house is all about entertaining and the foyer blends into a spacious dining room with a pass thru to the kitchen that allows you to be social with dinner guests.  

A wrought iron railing separates the sunken living room and that one step allows for an unobstructed view from the dining room to the terrace, garden and a magnificent magnolia tree framing majestic Mount Garcia in the distance.

The living room’s gas fireplace has a raised hearth perfect for our occasional cooler nights. It’s south facing wall of glass leads to the lanai bringing the outside inside

To the west of the living room is a space just perfect for a home office. It features a large skylight that your house plants would love and bridges the lanai to the kitchen spaces. Off by its self but still handy to the houses heart.

The kitchen is an efficient large galley style with my favorite color combination of white and blue. Lots of storage with 2 pantry cupboards AND a walk-in pantry. It has an archway from the dining room as well as an arched pass through but it also seamlessly flows out to the lanai for al fresco garden dinners.

The home has a bedroom foyer with a large double linen closet and a full guest bath. This bath serves dinner guests as well as the guest room which is adjacent. The guest room is spacious and has a large walk in closet. The master bedroom is oversized and has a luxurious ensuite with a shower soaking tub combination and a 14 foot long walk in closet. It even has a wall safe that is original to the house. Both bedrooms have sliding doors that lead to a sanctuary courtyard. This large space has a cantera stone fountain and built in lounging niches. If this was my house you would find me there reading a book with the gentle splash of the fountain, but I could also picture it as the perfect place for your morning coffee.

In a corner of the sanctuary courtyard is a spiral stair case that takes us to the roof. La Floresta typically does not offer lake views because of its mature tree growth but this roof top has one. On this roof is what was originally a maid’s room. It is a small space but IDEAL as an art studio or writing den. It originally had an adjacent bath and the plumbing still exists. In fact, the owner has a brand new still in the box toilet to start with that restoration. As an art studio a sink to clean brushes would be ideal. If you have grandkids they would go wild as having this as a tree top bedroom of their own. I just love houses with spaces you can customize to your needs.

This home is being sold furnished perfect for a first-time buyer and ideal as a rental property for an investor. Off street parking with an automatic door opener. Light and bright with a cupola dome and skylights. Wonderful outdoor spaces that flow from the public and private areas of the house. That rarest of features … storage, with big walk in closets, linen closet and pantries. Flex bonus spaces for a home office, den, art studio or your visiting grandkids. Walk able to village life but buffered away in a quiet corner.

Properties like this are a rare find and highly prized. With this home if you sleep on it you won’t sleep in it. It will sell quickly.