Tampa Bay Times - HOMES - July 29, 2018

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Homes Sold in the bay area

$475,000

2021 14th St. N 3 bedrooms, 3 baths St. Petersburg in Euclid/St. Paul: Built in 1947 and upgraded, this traditional center-hall colonial features original hardwood floors, new kitchen with Silestone counters, oversized master suite with two closets and updated bath with custom frameless glass shower, double-hung impact windows, new paint and plumbing, updated electrical, Pebble Tec pool/spa, one-car garage with alley access and full block construction on first and second floors. The 1,932-square-foot home was listed at $485,000 and sold in June.

Strickland Property Group, Bonnie Strickland & Jennifer Burke

$297,000

2542 Eagles Crest Court 5 bedrooms, 3 baths Holiday in Key Vista: Built on a pond and preserve area in 2003, this home features marble counters throughout, new interior paint and plumbing fixtures, under-stairs storage, inside laundry room with washer, dryer and large closet pantry leading to the 19-foot-deep three-car garage, community pool, tennis courts, playground, and clubhouse with fitness center and computer room. The 2,469-square-foot house was listed at $298,500 and sold in July.

Future Home Realty, Larry & Kimberly Lavin

$430,000

4849 Edgewater Lane 4 bedrooms, 2 baths Oldsmar in East Lake Woodlands: Built in 1995 on a large lot with no rear neighbors, this home features a wide open great room with high ceilings, glassslider wall, plantation shutters and hardwood flooring, remodeled gourmet kitchen with quartz counters, portable island and warming and refrigerated drawers, master suite with 36-inch handicap-modified doors, covered and screened lanai area with self-cleaning saltwater pool and newer A/C and irrigation system. The 2,412-square-foot house was listed at $449,900 and sold in June.

Re/Max Elite Realty, Eleanor Evans

History creates a ‘sense of place’ in Dunedin and Safety Harbor

BY NICK STUBBS Times Correspondent

When shopping for a home, many are drawn to places with historic depth, charm and character. The neighboring North Pinellas County cities of Safety Harbor and Dunedin qualify on all three counts.

With a rich Scottish heritage, Dunedin was incorporated in 1899 and is the oldest town south of Cedar Key. While settled in 1842 by the first European in Pinellas County, Count Odet Philippe, Safety Harbor was incorporated in 1917. Dunedin sits along St. Joseph Sound on the gulf coast, while Safety Harbor is just to the east on the shores of upper Tampa Bay. Between these historic villages, is the real world of the U.S. 19 corridor, with (love it or hate it) an abundance of commercial development, shopping and dining.

Both long-established areas, most in the real estate game agree they are “built out,” with little space for new development and homes. The pinch is even tighter now with high demand, and home shoppers will find the inventory of available homes low, and prices are likely to be a bit above average, said Craig Burquist, owner broker of Bremer Burquest, whose firm focuses on the Dunedin market.

That shouldn’t discourage those in love with quaint Dunedin from looking, he said, adding there remain good options, including single-family homes, condos and townhomes currently on the market. He said most of his home seekers have

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This condo under construction by F&M Development sits on North Bayshore Boulevard in Safety Harbor in the downtown district. It provides panoramic views of upper Tampa Bay, and though incomplete, about 85 percent of units have already been sold.

already scouted and researched Dunedin, and like what it has to offer.

The beach along the Dunedin Causeway, Honeymoon Island, a vibrant and revitalized old downtown district, parks, a strong arts culture, the Dunedin Country Club, scores of great restaurants and easy access to the Gulf of Mexico for boaters make it the “complete package” for many, Burquist said.

In fact, one of Burquist’s pet peeves is out-of-town appraisers who are not dialed in about all that Dunedin has to offer.

Once they realize, it makes a big difference in appraised values, he said.

Dunedin has many condos and townhomes, with the majority along the coast north of downtown. Here the Mediterranean-style San Ruffino Condos and Townhomes complex is pictured, with St. Joseph Sound in the background.

“You have to know the town itself” to appreciate the value of Dunedin, Burquist said. “There are lots of things (in Dunedin) to keep people happy—lots of things to do.”

Single-family homes listed around $250,000 can sell in as little as a day, said Burquist. A townhome with no elevator and a water view typically goes for around $500,000. Even the tiny, older bungalows on the outskirts of downtown Dunedin fetch top dollar, he said.

Downtown is particularly appealing to those who want to walk or bike to shopping, enter-

$274,000

10636 Laguna Plains Drive 4 bedrooms, 2 baths Riverview in Medford Lakes: This family home, built in 2015, features rich floors and volume ceilings, office space, seamless glass sliders, open kitchen with granite counters, built-in wine rack, cabinets with crown molding, island, breakfast nook and dining space, master bedroom with walk-in closet, dual sinks, shower and jetted bath, upstairs laundry room, covered lanai and community pool and cabana area. Listed at $269,900, the 2,755-square-foot house sold in July.

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Newer homes with classic features like this one north of downtown Safety Harbor fit right in with the historic homes so prominent in the quaint little town.

tainment, dining, craft breweries and the arts, said Burquist.

Those near downtown can hop on the Pinellas Trail, as well.

For those into water sports, the Dunedin Causeway is a playground for jet skis, paddle boarders, sailors and kayakers.

There’s fishing and swimming, or just relaxing on the sand in the shade of a beach umbrella.

For many, quick access to Honeymoon Island is the big draw. A pristine state park with some of the best beachfront around, it’s what many believe makes Florida special.

Burquist knows one couple that isn’t into the nightlife or social gatherings so much, but can’t resist the solitude of Honeymoon beach.

“They love beach walks,” he said. “For them, it’s why they’re here.”

For Safety Harbor residents, the vibrant old downtown and marina area are the stars. Constructed upon a natural mineral spring there is the famous Safety Harbor Resort and Spa. Just north of downtown is Philippe Park. Sitting on Tampa Bay, it is a shady escape into the past, its focal point a 20-foot-high ceremonial mound built by the Tocobaga people. There are three walks up to the plateau, which offers a panoramic view of the park and bay.

Such water views are what attracts buyers to Safety Harbor, said Marc Maconi, sales and project manager for F&M Development. The company is nearing completion on a multi-story condo building downtown that offers a view of the bay. Prices for units are $500,000 to $880,000, and it’s nearly sold out.

The property for the project was acquired a few years back when the market wasn’t ready, but with the housing market in full recovery, it was the right time to begin work, said Maconi. A custom builder in the area for 48 years, he said he’s acquired a few lots nearby along North Bayshore Boulevard, slated for luxury waterfront homes of around 4,000 square feet.

They’ll be pricy, he said, but he expects buyers will be lining up.

“It’s about the views and convenience (to north Pinellas shopping, airports and work centers); it’s a very desirable place,” Maconi said of Safety Harbor. “It’s minutes to Clearwater Beach; 20 minutes to St. Pete or Tampa.”

Like most areas in this part of the county, new homes are

This historic two-story sits on the coast along St. Joseph Sound in Dunedin. Many such majestic homes, carefully preserved, still stand in the city, which was incorporated in 1899.

difficult to find. Those that are available usually are replacements for older homes that have been demolished.

As with Dunedin, the newer homes and communities that appeal to larger families stretch out toward U.S. 19 from the downtown areas, which in both cases are composed mostly of older bungalow-style homes more suitable for couples or small families. In both cities, these older neighborhoods are characterized by original brick streets, ancient oaks, lots of shade and an almost storybook feel.

“Safety Harbor is very quaint,” said Maconi, adding that most anyone who visits agrees.

The view from the top of the native ceremonial mound at Phillippe Park in Safety Harbor is worth the climb. The park is a well-manicured and shady escape, and is rich with history.

All the same adjectives apply to Safety Harbor and Dunedin, said Burquist, and they are situated so close together they can be explored in one afternoon.

Both, he added, belong on the short list of anyone looking for an enclave of charm and history in the heart of bustling north Pinellas.

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Want to live on Beeswax Lane?

Tampa Bay developers strain to create new street names

BY SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN Times Senior Correspondent

When Newland Communities began developing FishHawk Ranch in Hillsborough County two decades ago, naming streets wasn’t much of a problem.

“Literally, we would get out our list of Florida native bird names every time a new section came online,” said Pam Parisi, Newland’s vice president of marketing. Hence, Osprey Park Place and Eagle Ridge Drive.

But now that the company has two more huge developments — Waterset in Hillsborough and Bexley In Pasco County — finding names for all those new thoroughfares can be a lot more challenging.

“It certainly is,” Parisi said, “because you run out of ideas.”

Since developers began turning vast tracts of farm and ranch land into sprawling communities, Tampa Bay has gained more than 1,000 streets. With old classics like Main, Central and Maple long since appropriated by established cities and towns, residents of new master-planned communities can find themselves with addresses on a Beeswax Lane or a Kale Banyan Drive.

For those tasked with naming streets, inspiration generally comes

from the overall theme of the community, the history of the property or both.

At Starkey Ranch, which once was an actual ranch, “the first thing we did was try to implement names that were significant to the ranch,” said Matt Call, project manager of the Odessa development that eventually could have more than 5,000 homes. Thus Lyon Pine Lane pays homage to an Odessa lumber company, Lyon Pine, that once made turpentine out of tar from the pine trees prevalent in the area.

Although Call does most of the street-naming himself, he ran his ideas for the two main thoroughfares — Heart Pine Avenue and Rangeland Boulevard — past colleagues to make sure they were appropriate and “had a good ring to them.” The group rejected the name Milkweed — ‘‘we don’t want to name a street after a weed’’ — but endorsed names like Long Spur that are easy to spell and pronounce.

“When you’re on the phone with someone ordering something or updating your address with the power company, you don’t want to have to repeat it a bunch of times,” Call said.

All proposed street names must be approved by Pasco County government. Names cannot duplicate or be similar to existing names.

According to the guidelines, they should be “pleasant sounding, easy to read and of a character which allows the public, and children in particular, to remember the name in an emergency situation.”

Call said county officials have approved 80 percent of the names he’s submitted. Among the rejects: Blue Stem, because of a general ban on the use of colors in names that could be confusing to first responders with their codes blue and red alerts.

At Bexley, a few miles east of Starkey Ranch, the county turned thumbs down on Parisi’s idea of naming streets in one guitar-shaped section after famous guitarists and guitar makers.

“The county wanted to make sure we had licensing agreements, which of course we didn’t, so we had to back off of that,” Parisi said. Instead, she came up with generic guitar-related names including Amped Way, Tuner Bend and Chord Drive.

Newland starting planning Bexley in 2007 before the housing crash, then put it on hold until 2016. The concept of the 1,834-acre community, once part of the Bexley Ranch, changed during the down time and so did the inspiration for some of the street names.

Bexley is close to the 42-mile Suncoast Trail and has its own bike trails as well as a BMX park. “With our second round of envisioning, we came upon this biking theme,” Parisi said. “It felt a bit more on the adventurous side than keeping with the ranch theme.”

As a result, Bexley now includes Tubular Run, Cruiser Road and Slipstream Drive. Cyclists can dine at the Twisted Sprocket Cafe.

Huge communities like Bexley are typically developed in stages,

sparing the need to come up with 100 or more street names at a time.

But that doesn’t make the process much easier.

“Every flower, every tree (name) is gone,” Parisi said. “It’s a challenge to keep any kind of theme going without getting a little creative.”

In Bexley, she ultimately named one street after her daughter — Jensen Lane. Another street, Grace Way, is named for a former co-worker.

Meanwhile, as FishHawk Ranch expanded, it became harder to find bird names for streets: Night Thrasher is a Florida bird but the name seemed better suited to a horror movie. So in FishHawk’s final phase, Parisi “went a bit nostalgic” and named one street Colony Glen Way after the street she grew up on in Pleasantville, New York.

Then there was the project manager who “went rogue,” as Parisi puts it, naming streets Caldera Ridge (there is no volcano in FishHawk) and Quarry Lake (no quarry and no lake).

“He was an engineer who was just very into soil-type things,” she said. “We just laughed. What I love is that (naming) gives everyone on the team an opportunity to leave a mark.”

Like Pasco, Hillsborough requires developers to submit proposed street names for approval. So many names have poured in that the county streamlined the process with a computer program that first screens by objective points like length, special characters and known vulgari-

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With all the new-home communities springing up in the Tampa Bay area, developers find it challenging to come up with street names that don’t duplicate existing ones. These are streets in Bexley in southern Pasco County.

ties. Names that pass the objective tests are then reviewed for subjective qualities like “pronouncability.”

When names are too close to existing names — say, South Fire Street and Sapphire Street — “we have the right to deny the name ‘Sapphire’ because it sounds too similar to South Fire for someone trying to field an emergency call,” said Jason Balmut, manager of the county’s streets and addresses department.

Balmut is mindful, though, that developers like to tie street names to a theme, be it places, animals or gems. In this case, “we would offer the developer a suggestion such as ‘stunning sapphire’ to make the aural distinction and keep the theme,” he said.

Since 2008, Hillsborough has approved 1,164 street names and denied 254. Names are limited to 16 characters — more than that, and

sign makers have to “narrow the font, which causes the letters to run together and decreases legibility,” Balmut said.

Among the more unusual sources of street names in the Tampa Bay area was the 1985 western movie Silverado. For Metro Development Group’s community of the same name in Zephyrhills, marketing director Jen Austin named streets after people connected to the movie, both real and make-believe.

There’s Paden Wheel Street, after actor Kevin Kline’s character Paden.

There’s Emmett Burch Street, after Scott Glenn’s character Emmett.

“And the director was Lawrence Kasdan so we gave him a street,’’ Austin said — Kasdan Park.

This story was originally published on tampabaytimes.com 7/17/2018. For more stories like this, visit tampabay.com.

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Homes Sold in the bay area $420,000

8470 W Gulf Blvd., No. 605 2 bedrooms, 2 baths

Treasure Island in Sunset Chateau: This two-story, direct gulf-front penthouse on Sunset Beach has a full kitchen with white appliances and raised-panel cabinets, dining area, brand-new carpeting and interior paint, ceiling fans, newer air-conditioning system, private balcony, gulf-front pool, outdoor shower, covered parking and a no-minimum-stay rental policy. Listed at $450,000, the 1,180 squarefoot unit sold in June.

Lockhart & Associates Real Estate

$380,000

5432 Cartagena Drive 3 bedrooms, 2½ baths

Sarasota in Ashton Pointe: This open-plan home, built in 2013, has upgraded cabinets, stainless-steel appliances, large center island, pendant lighting, granite counters throughout, plantation shutters on all windows, office/den, upgraded flooring in all bedrooms, inside laundry, brick pavers, tile roof, hurricane shutters, two-car garage and landscaped yard maintained by the HOA. Listed at $389,000, the 2,062-square-foot house sold in July.

Century 21 Jim White & Associates Inc., Rhonda Wright

$232,500

3222 Jademoor Circle 2 bedrooms, 2 baths Palm Harbor in Westcott Square: Built in 1985, this well-maintained home features a covered screened patio at the entrance, spacious floor plan, eat-in kitchen, wood-burning fireplace, vaulted ceilings, inside laundry room, two sets of glass sliders from master bedroom and living room out to a 30-foot-long enclosed lanai overlooking a pond, clubhouse and pool area, newer A/C and two-car garage. The 1,350-square-foot villa was listed at $244,900 and sold in June.

Century 21 East Lake Realty, Sandra Harris

$199,000

5260 Baldock Ave. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths Spring Hill: This open-plan home, built on a ¼ acre lot in 2006, has formal living and dining rooms, family room with vaulted ceiling and Surround Sound, kitchen with Cambria quartz counters, breakfast bar, soft-close drawers/cabinets and stainless appliances, upgraded tile flooring, master suite, designer fixtures, 12- by 30-foot covered lanai and 15- by 30-foot above-ground pool with saltwater filtration system.

The 2,093-square-foot house sold at its listing price in June.

Keller Williams Realty Elite Partners, Dougherty/Denis Team

$295,000

6906 Collingswood Court 3 bedrooms, 2 baths

New Port Richey in Oak Ridge: This well-maintained home, built on an acre in 1981, features vaulted ceilings, open kitchen with large island and breakfast bar, family room with wood-burning fireplace set in stone wall, covered lanai, two-car garage, screenenclosed pool, shed, riding lawn mower and fenced yard. Listed at $299,900, the 2,044-square-foot house sold in June.

Charles Rutenberg Realty, Patty Dykstra

Flipping houses, flopping profits Thanks to a rise in home prices, the number of flips in the bay area has plunged in 2018.

BY SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN Times Senior Correspondent

Tampa Bay’s flipping frenzy may be coming to an end as rising home prices squeeze profits.

In the first three months of this year, the number of flips plunged 13 percent compared to the same period a year ago, a new analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions shows.

And while there’s still money to be made in flipping — flippers in Tampa’s 33603 ZIP code area saw a median profit of $120,000 — the returns on investment dropped in 65 percent of the bay area ZIPS included in the analysis.

Nationally, gross returns slumped to a nearly third-year low.

“The 2018 housing market is a double-edge sword for home flippers,’’ said Daren Blomquist, ATTOM’s senior vice president. While low

Flipping in select Florida counties County

Flip rate*

Gross return

Broward Duval Hernando Hillsborough Manatee Monroe Pasco Pinellas Polk Sarasota

6.7% 9.7% 9.3% 9.1% 5.3% 2.3% 10.1% 8.4% 8.3% 6%

50.5% 83.4% 51.4% 46.6% 47.8% 6.5% 45.1% 56.8% 72.2% 35.5%

* Percentage of homes sold in first quarter of 2018 that are flips

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Flippers paid the least for homes like this one in Ybor City’s 33605 ZIP. It was on the market earlier this year.

inventory is driving up prices at the back end, “those same marketing realities are eroding flipping returns at the front end by forcing flippers to pay more to acquire homes to flip,’’ Blomquist said.

Flips are defined as a home that sells in an arm’s length transaction twice or more in a 12-month period. For the Tampa Bay area, ATTOM’s analysis looked only at those ZIP code areas with at least 10 flips in the first part of this year — a total of 57.

The flipping rate was highest in Pinellas County’s 33714 ZIP, the Lealman area north of St. Petersburg, where nearly 20 percent of all homes sold were flips. That was also an area where flippers could still pick up homes cheaply — the median purchase was $73,500, the third lowest in the bay area.

In raw numbers, the most flips — 47 — were in Pasco County’s 34668 ZIP. It’s in the New Port Richey area, where flippers also were able to find homes at a median of just $74,000.

Flippers in Hillsborough County’s 33617 ZIP, the area east of Busch Gardens, enjoyed the biggest increase in gross return on investment — up 99 percent compared to the first quarter of last year.

ZIPs 33763 in Clearwater and 33709 in the Kenneth City area near St. Petersburg also saw jumps of more than 75 percent. (Gross returns do not include often substantial renovation and carrying costs.)

By far the biggest drop in gross returns was in Seffner’s 33584 ZIP where they plunged

78 percent. The second-biggest decline, 68 percent, was in the 33607 ZIP, which includes parts of the West Shore area and West Tampa.

This story was originally printed in the Tampa Bay Times on 6/13/2018. For more stories like this, visit tampabay.com.

Other Tampa Bay flipping facts: - Flippers paid the most for homes in Zephyrhills’ 33543 ZIP, a median of $215,200.

They paid the least in Holiday’s 34690 ZIP ($61,000) and Ybor City’s 33605 ZIP ($61,125).

- Flippers sold for the highest prices in South Tampa’s 33611 ZIP, where flips brought a median of $302,500.

Other areas with high flip prices were Valrico’s 33596 ($297,450), Tampa’s 33618 ($259,00), Zephyrhills’ 33543 ($254,500) and Tampa’s 33603, the area between booming Seminole Heights and Tampa Heights ($250,000).

- Homes took the longest time to flip – 239 days – in New Tampa’s 33647 ZIP. They took the shortest time to flip – 132 days – in Tampa’s 33607 and Seffner’s 33584.

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NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS

Ten great things about living in Dunedin and Safety Harbor

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Waterfront homes in Tampa Bay cost nearly 40 percent more

Waterfront: Dunedin and Safety Harbor sit on the water— Dunedin on the Gulf along St. Joseph Sound and Safety Harbor on upper Tampa Bay. Walk along the water’s edge, gaze out at it from a bench, or if you are lucky enough, peer out at it from a window in your home.

Village-quaint: The cities are the very definition of quaint, and feature old downtown districts, brick-paved streets, and some buildings and homes built a century ago. Both downtowns have been revitalized and sport many restaurants and shops.

No pirates: The original name of Safety Harbor is said to have come about because once ships made it that far into Tampa Bay the crews didn’t have to worry about being attacked by pirates. It was thus considered “safe harbor.” It (Dunedin, too) remains safe from pirates to this day.

Location: Dunedin and Safety Harbor are little worlds tucked away just outside all the commercial development of north Pinellas County. Divided by U.S. 19, both are 5 to 10 minutes away from scores of shops, malls and essential services.

Schools: Each city has a local public high school, middle and elementary school. They also have a number of private schools, ensuring there are plenty of options without traveling too far from home.

Jobs: North Pinellas County is a bustling hub of professional, medical and retail businesses. What it doesn’t offer in the way of work opportunities can be found in Tampa, Clearwater or St. Petersburg, both of which can be reached by car in as little as 20 minutes.

Dining: Dunedin and Safety Harbor are known as foodie towns, with their downtown areas particularly attractive to those who want to walk and sample. From an ice cream cone to a full-course meal, both offer lots of choices and variety.

Beer: Dunedin is well known for its craft beer. No less than nine breweries are located in the old downtown, and all but one are within easy walking distance of one another. Safety Harbor doesn’t have as many, but there are two popular craft breweries downtown.

History: Dunedin and Safety Harbor are places of great character and history. Dunedin, incorporated in 1899, has a rich Scottish history and is home to the annual Highland (Scottish) Games festival. Safety Harbor was the first place on the Pinellas peninsula settled by a non-native person—Count Odet Philippe in the 1840s. Before him, native people lived there for thousands of years.

Parks: Dunedin’s Honeymoon Island State Park, which in the 1940s was promoted as the ideal place to spend one’s honeymoon in small huts built on the beach. A barrier island, it is popular not only with Dunedin residents, but visitors from around the world. Safety Harbor has Philippe Park, just north of downtown. Overlooking Tampa Bay, it is a shady and peaceful place with picnic pavilions, a boat ramp, trails and the famous ceremonial mound built by the Tocobaga people. From its highest point, there is a spectacular view of the park and bay.

Coming Next Week: Parrish Growth

BY SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN Times Senior Correspondent

Waterfront homes in the Tampa Bay area sell for 39 percent more than homes not on the water, a new analysis shows.

Despite that hefty premium, however, waterfront prices in the bay area and many other parts of the country aren’t quite as special as they used to be.

Nationally, homes along the water — including lakes and rivers — sold for a 36 percent premium in the first three months of this year, Zillow found. That was the lowest level since the second quarter of 2002 and below the average premium of 41 percent since 1996.

In Tampa Bay, 3.3 percent of all homes are waterfront, defined as those where the owners can get to the water’s edge without leaving their property. Among major

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Waterfront homes in the Tampa Bay area sell for 39 percent more than homes not on the water, a new analysis shows.

areas only Miami-Fort Lauderdale has more homes on the water at 5.86 percent.

Tampa Bay’s relative abundance of waterfront homes keeps values comparatively low. Waterfront homes in 13 of the 35 major metro areas surveyed by Zillow are worth more than those in the bay area, with Los Angeles leading the pack at just over $2 million.

Jacksonville had the highest

premium for waterfront living (72 percent) of any U.S. metro area and the highest median price ($633,700) in Florida. That is because fewer than 1 percent of Jacksonville homes are on the water.

Nationally, the low supply of available homes is narrowing the price gap between waterfront and non-waterfront properties.

“Still, having waterfront access is incredibly appealing for many

buyers,’’ said Aaron Terrazas, Zillow’s senior economist. “Even as environmental risk factors like rising sea levels and storm surges gain more attention and make some buyers more cautious in the homes they consider, the premium for waterfront homes is likely to endure.”

This story was originally published on tampabaytimes.com 7/10/2018. For more stories like this, visit tampabay.com.

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Curb appeal & garden Timely Tendings | Invasive Species Spotlight Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthefolia) is a common invasive exotic plant in our landscape. In fact, it is a listed prohibited plant and noxious weed: https://assessment.ifas. ufl.edu/assessments/schinus-terebinthifolia/.

These prolific seed-producing shrubs/trees have escaped cultivation and are displacing native plant communities, therefore may not be planted, and removal is recommended whenever possible. You can recognize Brazilian pepper as an evergreen tree/large shrub typically with multiple trunks and branches that can reach heights of about 30’ tall. Its compound leaves (each leaf made up of 1-2” elliptic, finely

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toothed leaflets) are reddish, often with a reddish mid-rib. Flowers grow in white 2-3” long clusters from September-November with fruit maturing in December. Help our native Florida ecosystem by removing these when possible!

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Thursday, West Hernando/S.T. Foggia Branch Library, 6335 Blackbird Ave., Spring Hill. (352) 540-6230.

Tampa African Violet Society: Free. 7 p.m. Thursday, Learn about the root systems of gesneriads, from fibrous-rooted, to tubers or rhizomes. Common Ground Christian Church, 4207 N Boulevard, Tampa. (813) 9242686. www.tampaafricanviolets. com.

Rain Harvesting Workshop: Learn how save rainwater for landscape and garden use by building and decorating a recycled rain barrel; with rain barrels available for $40, advance purchase. weedonislandpreserve. eventbrite.com. Free (registration

Garden Events | Using Caladiums in the Landscape Wednesday Bok Tower Garden Workshop: Learn from a third-generation caladium farmer how to add colorful caladiums to your landscape.

12 - 1 p.m., included with admission Bok Tower Gardens 1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales (863) 676-1408 http://boktowergardens.org/

required). 10:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Drive NE, St. Petersburg. (727) 453-6500. weedonislandpreserve.org.

Pasco Extension Seminar: Free, unless otherwise noted; register at Eventbrite.com. 9 a.m.

Saturday, Begonias One Stop Shop and Stallings Building, 15029 14th St., Dade City. (352) 518-0156. pasco.ifas.ufl.edu/ events_calendar.shtml.

Bromeliad Bash: Tour the bromeliad gardens and get inspiration for your landscape, with colorful bromeliads, from common favorites to extraordinary and unusual types for sale, and experts with care advice, and ideas for planting location and designs, at this free day at the gardens. Free. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, University of South Florida Botanical Gardens, 12210 USF Pine Drive, Tampa. (813) 9742329. gardens.usf.edu.

Ichiyo Ikebana Floral Exhibition: Step into the serene world of Japanese floral arrangements and unique natural designs, at Ichiyo exhibit; watch as guest demonstrator from Jamaica, Myrtle Halsall, along with Jeanne Houlton and her students: Kathy LaDuke and Marie Tay Richfield, create artful designs in demonstration (starting at 2 p.m. Aug. 5). Free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, Addington Place at

College Harbor, 4600 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. (727) 864-1478.

Aug. 5-Aug. 31 Ichiyo Ikebana Floral Exhibition: Step into the serene world of Japanese floral arrangements and unique natural designs, at Ichiyo exhibit; watch as guest demonstrator from Jamaica, Myrtle Halsall, along with Jeanne Houlton and her students: Kathy LaDuke and Marie Tay Richfield, create artful designs in demonstration (starting at 2 p.m.

Aug. 5). Free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 5, Addington Place at College Harbor, 4600 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. (727) 864-1478.

Gardens Open House: Browse the organic, edible nursery for natural products like mosquito repellent, herbal salves, plus perennials, seeds, potting soil, herbs and medicinal plants, local honey and bee products, seasonal vegetable starts for sale; stroll the gardens for home edible landscape inspiration, while enjoying fresh herbal tea, with healthy lunch options for sale.

Park on lawn, no parking on Ray Road. Free admission. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 5, Willow Herbal Delight Gardens, corner Ray Road and Miller Road, Valrico. (813) 7593677. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 19, Okra Occasion: Growers, plus Friendship Farms and Fare, FarmNet, Grand Gardens gardeners, along with residents, share the magic of okra, with samplings of okra dishes, okra growing information, okra recipe mini-booklet, fresh okra for sale from local growers, plus an okra recipe contes (pre-registration required). Free. 6 p.m. Aug. 6, New Port Richey Public Library, 5939 Main St., New Port Richey.

(727) 849-1626. tarrylane.wixsite. com/friendship.

Pasco Extension Seminar: Free, unless otherwise noted; register at Eventbrite.com. 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7, Decorate a Rain Barrel Make your rain barrel an attractive addition to the garden,

learn how to beautifully paint them. Hudson Regional Library, 8012 Library Road, Hudson.

(352) 518-0156. pasco.ifas.ufl. edu/events_calendar.shtml.

6:30 p.m. Aug. 7, Composting: Turning Scraps Into ‘Black Gold’ Turn kitchen waste and yard clippings into rich soil addition.

Land O’ Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, Land O’Lakes.

(352) 518-0156. pasco.ifas.ufl. edu/events_calendar.shtml.

2 p.m. Aug. 9, Hummingbirds Learn how to attract the tiny gems to your garden. Centennial Park Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday. (352) 518-0156. pasco. ifas.ufl.edu/events_calendar. shtml. 6 p.m. Aug. 9, Hurricanes and Trees Prepare landscapes to minimize storm damage.

New Port Richey Library, 5939 Main St., New Port Richey. (352) 518-0156. pasco.ifas.ufl.edu/ events_calendar.shtml. 10 a.m.

Aug. 11, Pet Safe Plants Learn about attractive plant choices that are not poisonous or harmful to pets. Zephyrhills Library, 5347 Eighth St., Zephyrhills.

(352) 518-0156. pasco.ifas.ufl. edu/events_calendar.shtml. 10 a.m. Aug. 18, Basic Vegetable Gardening Choose the right location, learn what vegetables to plant, and how to care for them.

Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’Lakes Blvd., Land O’Lakes. (352) 518-0156. pasco. ifas.ufl.edu/events_calendar. shtml. 2 p.m. Aug. 21, Begonias Add colorful begonias to your landscape. New River Library, 34043 State Road 54, Zephyrhills.

(352) 518-0156. pasco.ifas.ufl. edu/events_calendar.shtml.

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