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This is a home that offers stunning elegance. The essence of this featured home is that it is a custom designed 10th floor oceanfront penthouse with expansive views.

This penthouse is professionally decorated and boasts tile and hardwood flooring. You’ll definitely find exactly what would be expected in a custom home, namely, crystal chandeliers, gourmet kitchen, and customized window treatments.

Here are the additional details:

Beds: 4

Full Bath: 4

Half Bath: 1 Sq. Ft: 4065

Amenities include heated pool/jacuzzi, full fitness ctr, social, theater & game room. On site mgmt and secured access. THIS IS THE ONE TO SEE!

$2,170,000

City: Jacksonville Beach

State: FLORIDA

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(904) 910-0203
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Larry is presenting this stunning 5th floor unit that features fabulous direct ocean and city views. Upgraded kitchen appliances, fireplace, premium countertops, custom paint, reverse osmosis water treatment system, designer ceiling fixtures, and surround sound.

And just like you’d expect in a home built for convenience, there is a hose bib on the balcony for easy, carefree cleaning. Under-building parking provides additional vehicle protection and you’ll also find a storage room that can accommodate 2 motorcycles and more.

Additional details:

$1,000,000
Beds: 3

Full Bath: 3

Half Bath: 1

Sq. Ft: 2605

Street: 1031 South 1st St

City: Jacksonville Beach

State: FLORIDA

MLS: 574890

Call Larry Buchanan, Realtor at: (904) 910-0203

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EXPANSIVE OCEAN and CITY VIEWS

This is a beautiful eighth floor unit that comes with two (2) covered under the building parking spaces. You’ll like the maintenance free extensive tile floors and stainless steel appliances, including a Sub-Zero side by side refrigerator.

This luxury condo also features designer ceiling fixtures, and 3 terraces.

On-site amenities include, heated pool, billiards and theater room, fitness center, sauna, hot tub, and a dedicated steam room.

$600,000

Bdrms: 2

Baths: 2

Sq. Ft: 1716

MLS#: 564995

Sq. Ft: 1716

1031 South 1ST

Jacksonville Beach

32250

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You’re probably asking yourself, what does Larry know about wild flowers? I’m laughing out loud when I think back a few years at the easy answer I’d have for that question.

Actually, I’m a Realtor rather than a gardener. But I’ve watched how buyers respond to bright flowers and a nicely landscaped home so I thought I’d share an article with my blog readers. I assure you, curb appeal and landscaping go hand in hand when making a home more attractive….to buyers.

So what’s it take to add a little color and pazzaz to your curb appeal with wild flowers? Read on…

A wild-flower garden has an attractive sound. One thinks of long walks in the woods, collecting hands full of colorful plants, and then of the fun in fixing up a really cool wild garden.

Many people say they have no luck at all with such a garden. It is not a question of luck, but a question of understanding, for wild flowers are like people and each has its personality. What a plant has been accustomed to in Nature it desires always. In fact, when removed from its own sort of living conditions, it sickens and dies.

That is enough to tell us that we should copy Nature herself. Suppose you are hunting wild flowers. As you choose certain flowers from the woods, notice the soil they are in, the place, conditions, the surroundings, and the neighbours.

Suppose you find dog-tooth violets and wind-flowers growing near together. Then place them so in your own new garden. Suppose you find a certain violet enjoying an open situation; then it should always have the same. You see the point, do you not? If you wish wild flowers to grow in a tame garden make them feel at home. Cheat them into almost believing that they are still in their native haunts.

Wild flowers ought to be transplanted after blossoming time is over. Take a trowel and a basket into the woods with you. As you take up a few, a columbine, or a hepatica, be sure to take with the roots some of the plant’s own soil, which must be packed about it when replanted.

The bed into which these plants are to go should be prepared carefully before this trip of yours. Surely you do not wish to bring those plants back to wait over a day or night before planting. They should go into new quarters at once. The bed needs soil from the woods, deep and rich and full of leaf mold.

The under drainage system should be excellent. Then plants are not to go into water-logged ground. Some people think that all wood plants should have a soil saturated with water. But the woods themselves are not water-logged.

It may be that you will need to dig your garden up very deeply and put some stone in the bottom. Over this the top soil should go. And on top, where the top soil once was, put a new layer of the rich soil you brought from the woods.

Before planting water the soil well. Then as you make places for the plants put into each hole some of the soil which belongs to the plant which is to be put there.

I think it would be a rather nice plan to have a wild-flower garden giving a succession of bloom from early spring to late fall; so let us start off with March, the hepatica, spring beauty and saxifrage. Then comes April bearing in its arms the beautiful columbine, the tiny bluets and wild geranium.

For May there are the dog-tooth violet and the wood anemone, false Solomon’s seal, Jack-in-the-pulpit, wake robin, bloodroot and violets. June will give the bellflower, mullein, bee balm and foxglove. I would choose the gay butterfly weed for July. Let turtle head, aster, Joe Pye weed, and Queen Anne’s lace make the rest of the season brilliant until frost.

Wow…I didn’t realize how much reading a simple process could be:) But at least now you have the basics and with a little help from our always varying NE Florida weather, you’ll probably amaze yourself with the results of your wild flower garden. Just take a little time each week to stop back to review this article.

But in case you’d prefer to explore other ideas for improving your curb appeal I’ve got an option for you.

Click on this link for details about a great book, simply called: Curb Appeal

There are great pictures and descriptions of the types of small changes that can make a huge difference in how your home presents itself to prospective buyers.

I hope you find this somewhat lengthy article to be useful information. Please feel free to leave your comments and questions.

Larry
Larry Buchanan Realtor
Keller Williams Realty
Office: 904-247-0059
Mobile: 904-910-0203
email: Larry@LarryBuchananRealtor.com

Jacksonville is holding the line in regard to real estate values. Home sales are down throughout the US and this time around the east coast has also started to slide.

Market analysts insist Jacksonville and Jacksonville Beach homes for sale are at record market values. However, no one can predict the bottom of this market. What is certain is we are definitely in a buyers market.

Check with me if you have not had an evaluation of your home in more than 3 years. You definitely don’t want to be caught short before the market begins its next shift.

Larry Buchanan Realtor
Prudential Network Realty
904-910-0203
email Larry@LarryBuchananRealtor.com

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Whether you are actively looking for a home or sitting on the sidelines waiting for the right time, you’ve probably heard about short sales.

Short sales have been around for a while, however they are becoming more common in today’s real estate environment. Basically, a short sale is a positive option for a home owner who is in jeopardy of foreclosure.

Several factors must be in place in order for a short sale to be available to a home owner looking to sell. The most important factor is a bank or mortgage holder who is willing to work with the home owner in order to avoid beginning the foreclosure process.

While short sales are just beginning to gain traction in the local market, I have facilitated several in recent months. The process requires lots of communication with the mortgage holder and the home owner wishing to sell.

For the prospective purchaser, the benefits are plentiful. Naturally, this is not something that’s is always available, however, when a short sale is on the table, the sceniaro for a win-win outcome is definitely in play.

I’ve been in the area for nearly 25 years and can help with any questions you may have in regard to real estate in NE Florida.

NE Florida real estate is considered an undervalued and overlooked commodity which makes your timing more important than ever.
Please do not hesitate to call me with your questions or comments.

Please feel free to call me at 904-910-0203. I look forward to speaking with you.

Larry Buchanan, Realtor®
email:Larry@Larry Buchanan Realtor.com
Prudential Network Realty, Inc.
PS Click here to see my current listings in the Greater Jacksonville Area

Since my decision to become a Jacksonville Beach Realtor, even though I serve the entire NE Florida area, I noticed something about this market. Naturally, I study what’s happening in the area with a focus on things like the strength in the school system and the market values and property values of close by areas. Specifically areas like Ponte Vedra and St Augustine’s Palencia community.

My research indicated that, based on national surveys, Jacksonville Beach homes are good values when compared with any other real estate market in the nation. Ponte Vedra real estate mimics the same level of strengths. The age of the homes and the natural beauty of the areas and proximity to the beaches, makes these beach communities a perfect setting for both singles and families.

Whether you are a real estate investor or just thinking about starting your search for homes in Jacksonville Beach, now is the best time of the year to begin your search. Especially in regard to Jacksonville Beach oceanfront penthouse properties and condos or single family homes. And Ponte Vedra real estate and other properties add to the wealth of properties for your consideration.

Truly NE Florida real estate is an undervalued and overlooked commodity that’s just beginning to trigger international and local interest.

Please do not hesitate to call me with your questions or comments. If you haven’t done so recently you’ll want to check on market values or property values in our area.

My direct number is 904-910-0203. I look forward to speaking with you.

Larry Buchanan, Realtor®
Larry@Larry Buchanan Realtor.com
Prudential Network Realty, Inc.

PS Click here to see my current listings in the Greater Jacksonville Area