$985,000 - 12535 Ophelia Dr, Pensacola

JUST REPLACED THE SEPTIC TANK AND ADDED NEW FIELD LINES TO THIS RARE 595' WATERFRONT HOME ON WEEKLEY BAYOU, ON 5.48 ACRES OF UNRESTRICTED OPPORTUNITY! A Generational Estate is awaiting your family: natural greenbelt houses "country club" deer, den of red fox, squirrels, other small wildlife. Open space for RV parking. 15' electrical gate in the chain link fence. Behind the bi-level home is a waterfront haven featuring 25'x13' covered wood deck, 22'x25' spaced pilings to restore a boathouse, draws 4', storage, utilities, fish cleaning table, swing, approx. 4,000# boat lift, finger pier, tall flag pole. Weekley Bayou deep water access to Perdido Bay. 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. Under the front porch, enter the foyer to a living area featuring brass lighting from Old Pensacola Courthouse, boxed beams w/scored wood ceiling. The 2009 remodeled eat in kitchen adjoins a pantry, laundry/office/mud room, mechanical 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 beyond a sliding door, find two bedrooms, full bath, office space, storage. 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. There is an Ecobee Thermostat Sensor w/on-line control. Hurricane protection. Motion Sensors. Roof 2020. House is not in a flood zone and has never flooded. High water marked=blue ribbon base of large oak tree. No HOA, unrestricted county zoning. Double gate at right of 273' on Ophelia. Zoning allows 1 house per parcel without subdividing.