12535 ophelia dr

A Generational Estate of 5.48 acres with 595' on Weekley Bayou has a natural greenbelt housing "country club" deer, a den of red fox, squirrels and other small wildlife. An asphalt driveway enters a 15' electrical gate in the surrounding chain link fencing. Behind the bi-level home is a waterfront haven featuring a 25'x13' covered wood deck, 22'x25' spaced pilings to restore a boathouse (formerly housed a 20' craft) draws 4'. Storage, utilities, fish cleaning table, swing, approx. 4,000# boat lift, finger pier. Here, you will find the highest flag pole on the bayou! There is deep water access to Perdido Bay for back water fishing, Intracoastal Canal to Pensacola or Orange Beach Pass to the Gulf of America for deep sea and game fishing. Look back at the gorgeous live oak trees, noting the covered elevated wood deck/outdoor kitchen with metal roof, as you are wandering up to tour the home hardened by Rebuild Northwest Florida. Across the front porch, enter the foyer to the living room featuring brass lighting from Old Pensacola Courthouse, boxed beams w/scored wood ceiling, possibly pickled paneling under drywall. The remodeled eat in kitchen adjoins a pantry, laundry/office/mud room, closet to American Standard energy heat pump 2/2018, water heater 2/2012, door to 2 car garage with a toilet closet. A short few steps up leads to two bedrooms, full bath, office space, storage, beyond a barn door. From the living room, step down past another full bath, to a wrought iron railed stairway marveling at the pickled paneling, raised bricked hearth at a Fisher cast iron wood stove/heater in the family room, storage, large bedroom with double walk in closets and exit to the water. Ecobee Thermostat Sensor w/on-line control. Hurricane protection fabric in tubes. Motion Sensors. Ductwork replaced. Roof 2020. House never flooded, in a NO flood zone. High water marked=blue ribbon base of large oak tree. No NOA, unrestricted county zoning. Double gate at opposite end.