Nicholas Elefante

Incredibly rare and highly desired, private backyard access to the upper part of the crystal clear weeki wachee river!! Swim with the manatees, kayak and paddleboard right from your backyard!! Adventure awaits!! This home has it all... And so much more!! Impressive and stunning, italy inspired, custom dream home + amazing outdoor living space!! 3 bedrooms + large office (that can be used as a 4th bedroom) + 3 full bathrooms (every room has its own bathroom and one is a pool bath) + gas fireplace + oversized 2 car garage + heated pool with swim up table and seating + 6 person hot tub with waterfall + large rear covered lanai + outdoor kitchen with grill and bar seating + outdoor shower + the home is nestled on well over a half acre and backs up to the hoa preserve... So you have no rear neighbors to look at or to look at you!! This is the ultimate home for entertaining your family and friends!! Open floor plan + high ceilings + large french doors with floor to ceiling windows + transom windows make this home feel light, bright, spacious, and cheery!! This home will impress your friends and family from the minute they pull up into the circular brick paver driveway and walk into the grand entrance with soaring ceilings + formal living room + formal dining room... Then, it will impress them again when the home opens up into main part of the home... The kitchen and family room with gas fireplace and views of the pool and outdoors!! The very impressive, remodeled and upgraded kitchen is the heart of this home... As it is in italy!! The space is where daily family life unfolds... Where cooking, socializing, and family traditions are made and bring the family together!! Life happens in this space!! It is nothing less than a chef's dream with newer real wood upgraded cabinets, gorgeous quartz countertops, high end appliances... Wolf gas cooktop and rangehood, double cafe ovens, sub zero refrigerator, two large, impressive islands each with its own sink and dishwasher!! Coffee bar and wine bar with wine refrigerator!! Off the kitchen, there is an italy inspired outdoor courtyard which gives you a private space to enjoy your morning coffee, tend to your garden plants, and simply relax!! The master suite is private with the home's split floor plan! Dual walk in closets! The master ensuite bathroom offers dual sinks, soaking tub, toilet closet, and walk in shower with views of a private garden area outside... Again bringing the outdoors inside. Single owner: built by the owner of smart interiors, the area's premier interior design center!! This was her private home; she was the only owner. She visited italy many times for inspiration! Every inch of the home was intentionally and expertly designed to bring the best of living into this space! Foundation stabilized. All engineer's reports available. Fully insurable and financeable. Roof 2014. Ac's 2016. No flood. No cdd. The waters is an exclusive gated community w/guard, underground utilities, sidewalks, quaint light posts, tennis + basketball court + access to the community's private river park!! 5 minutes to oak hill hospital, 20 minutes to tampa general brookville hospital and bayonet point hospital. Minutes to the buccaneer bay water park on the head spring for the river. Close to shopping, coffee shops, movies! 15 minutes to the beach and sunset at pine island, boating & fishing in hernando beach. 10 minutes to the suncoast parkway for quick & easy access to tampa in 45 min! 1 hr to top us beac