Opportunity to own a half acre, one of the largest properties on the intracoastal block in downtown West Palm Beach! Enjoy the existing estate home with screened wrap around porch overlooking your private tropical garden, or opportunities to build new with intracoastal and ocean views, renovate, or subdivide into premier lots. Endless possibilities for a home buyer, investor, or builder. Imagine living in paradise, just steps away from Flagler Drive's safe bike and walking path leading to Palm Beach; with tree lined streets and a very lushly landscaped yard. This expansive over 1/2 acre corner lot, is extremely peaceful and private, while still in a prime downtown WPB location: the highly coveted Northwood Shores neighborhood has five star restaurants, shopping, public tennis courts, and
Full Description: When dreaming of what life might have been like for early Florida pioneers in the lush land of endless possibilities, this magical house on the over 100 year old property captures that image, but with modern day conveniences. This historic home is filled with rich charm and character, not to mention it's most fascinating history, with stories of Native Americans trading with the original owner, a local dentist who Henry Flagler hired to travel with him, while he built the railroad to Miami and Key West; and proudly touts of only positive memories of births, weddings, and countless festive parties. 3402 Floral Avenue is truly a classic, as it sits proudly on 22,925' of lush tropical paradise, in Northwood Shores, one of South Florida's best kept secrets: walking distance to fine dining, hip coffee shops, and an original working post office. A 15 minute bike ride on a bike path to the beach, steps away from the Intracoastal, just a couple of minutes to the City's only public free boat drop, and a 10 minute drive to Palm Beach, museums, and downtown West Palm Beach. The home is cedar shingled covering original thick cement cinder block, wood floors, mahogany stained wood trim, five and a half bedrooms, two baths (additional third bathroom fully prepped for new owner), the home is an artist, remote worker, family, or even inventor's dream come true. Five patented ideas were conceived within the walls of this lovely home, along with a made for Lifetime Channel movie (filmed in 1994), and 3 weddings. This property will envelope you into a positive mood enhancing experience, and inspire you to grow your own food on it's 100 year old plus pesticide-free land. When Fall arrives, and the temperature drops slightly, open up the large living room four sets of double French doors onto the wrap around porch and feel like you are in the most beautiful treehouse ever; as Winter arrives, light the original fireplace designed to heat the entire home to nestle together with family and friends. This is a one of a kind home, which has an exterior look of Nantucket, yard of Caribbean island tropical fruit producing trees (mangos, guava, mulberry, soursap, noni, breadfruit, jackfruit, sugar apple, cherry, bananas to name a few), six above ground vegetable boxes, treehouse, and very large greenhouse. The home sits on the quietest street in Northwood, you will only hear the sounds of birds, and trees whistling.
