Just Listed by Preferred Properties 714 Passover Lane, Key West. Buyers looking for a fixer property should take a look at this architecturally interesting three story home located on an irregular 6,547 sq ft lot in the heart of Old Town. I dug into my old shoe box and found two photos that show the house in 1965 and later in 1973 just as Key West was being re-discovered by a generation of poets, authors, and artists of all types.
The 1965 photo shows the sagging front porch and missing slats on the east facing side. The house northwest toward Passover Lane.
Passover Lane remains one of the walking lanes in Key West. It is not wide enough for a car. There are but four houses on this lane each of which has been updated and improved over the years including 714 Passover which now has novelty siding and wrap-around porches on the first and second floors and a roof-top deck on the third level.
I recall having been inside this house years ago when I was an agent at the former Prudential Knight Gardner Realty. At that time I saw this place as a lot of work. I have watched house after house in Old Town get renovated and made into something much better than before in most instances. The property looks like so many of the houses before they were renovated to new high-end standards. Now I really do appreciate the potential this house, lot, and location offer as perhaps a throw-back to less programmed renovation and more of a return to basics kind of place.
A separate stand alone cottage above adds both character and development potential to this very large lot that is peppered with trees including a grand Royal Poinciana located on the east facing Windsor.
I have never quite understood what the falling down structure on Windsor Lane is but its existence adds real value when it comes time to develop a new site plan. Perhaps giving up this structure provides a new off street parking space. The property is zone HMDR and has three ROGO units. I think the highest and best use would be as a nice single family home with guest cottage, pool, and off street parking in a great location. See the aerial photo below.
CLICK HERE to view the Key West MLS datasheet on 714 Passover Lane, Key West, then please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642, to schedule a private showing. I am a buyers agent and a full time Realtor at Preferred Properties Key West.
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