Property For Sale!
Here is a beautifully clean, fully furnished home in Arcadia, Florida, available NOW for those that want to get away from the cold, drab, horrible winter months up north!
It is a 48ft. single-wide mobile home with a large addition. New ceilings and floors. Central A/C that is only a couple years old. This was a non-smoking home.
It's 1 bedroom 1 bath. Completely furnished with REALLY nice furniture! No trashy stuff here. Also included are cookware, dishes, flatware, towels, sheets, etc.
In the bedroom there's a really nice double bed with mattress & box springs, ceiling fan, dresser, mirror and 2 closets!
The kitchen has a refrigerator, table and chairs, 4 burner stove, china cabinet and a double basin sink with a brand new faucet, full size microwave oven, coffee maker & LOTS of cabinet space. All in great condition.
The living room has a sofa-bed, end tables, coffee table, recliner chair, ceiling fan, a brand new TV with built-in DVD player & a revolving TV stand with a VCR. The carpeting is less than 5 years old.
There's a built-on addition with lots of windows, 2 more cabinets, ceiling fan, an old wooden table & captain chairs in great condition taken from an Italian restaurant in Baltimore. This thing is heavy! The table is 2 inches thick.
In the back room of the addition there's a washer/dryer, a utility sink and lots of shelf space. There's another room in back of this one for additional storage space.
It's located in a clean city-owned trailer park for 55 and older with lots of nice friendly neighbors who know and watch out for one another.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask. You can call me at (941) 224-6160 or e-mail me at: longjohnm@verizon.net. Please, no realtors!
Thanks for your interest. This is REALLY a nice place!
Asking price: $20,000
Here is a little information on Arcadia and its outlying areas:
Originally a frontier gateway to southwest Florida, Arcadia has survived turbulent wars, disastrous fires, and boomtown expansion. The area has preserved its 19th century architecture and Old Florida charm from early colonial settlements along the Peace River Valley. The Peace River provides a number of scenic walks and canoe trips for those who can appreciate rushing rapids and complacently clear ponds.
Many of the historic homes and businesses were restored and placed on the Registry of Historic Places in 1985, and Arcadia became a Main Street city in 1985. A leisurely stroll through the residential and downtown streets of Arcadia reveals the southern colonial charm and natural beauty of one of Central West Florida's gems.
In the town of Arcadia, the way of life persists most stubbornly. Ranches surround the town, shops sell cowboy boots, and twice a year (March and July), rodeo excites the quiet town. Other times of year, visitors come to canoe the aptly named Peace River. Outfitters provide equipment and shuttles for half-day to many-day adventures. Riverboat tours also operate on the pristine river, banked by cypress trees festooned with mistletoe. Look for ancient shark teeth on the sandy shores.
Downtown's historic district tells its past in the faces of brick buildings. Old homes hold a bed and breakfast and memories of yesteryear glories. Local restaurants serve diner-style comfort food and everything feels homey and relaxed.
Scattered throughout Arcadia's countryside, cattle ranches spread between tiny towns such as Ona, where you'll and the never-duplicated Solomon's Castle. The creation of a slightly eccentric artist, it is made entirely from recycled materials. Stay for lunch in The Boat in the Moat, the pirate ship he built next door. Zolfo Springs provides a pleasant stop along the river, where Pioneer Park represents a gathering of old-time structures in a shady park with picnicking, camping and fishing.
The main thoroughfare through this section of heartland, Highway 27, lies to the east. It stabs through the center of pretty little Lake Placid, but get off the main path to discover the treasures hidden here. Enter a virtual trip into local history via Lake Placid's 34 realistic and stylized murals painted on the sides of the family drug store, antiques marts, arts and crafts co-op, and other historic and commercial buildings. Some, like the cattle drive mural on a grocery store right off Highway 27, is orchestrated with sound effects. At the old train depot, learn more about the lake town's resort bygones under the leadership of the Dewey Decimal System inventor. Built in 1926 and listed on the National Historic Registry, it is home to the Lake Placid Historical Society.
Lake Placid has another reputation beyond its past. In present tense, it is known as the Caladium Capital of the World for the fluttering fields of dappled red, pink, green and white elephant-eared plants it grows. August is time to celebrate the reputation with a Caladium Festival that includes bus tours of scenic, colorful fields and yards.
For a lay of the land and its shimmering lakes, climb or take the elevator to the top of Placid Tower. To get close and personal, get on the water for renowned bass fishing and bird watching, or visit Winter Scrub State Park on the north side of Lake Placid and Archbold Biological Station. Highlands County claims 77 lakes in all for watersports enthusiasts. Lakefront cottages and lodges offer profound escape.
Neighboring town Sebring has quite a different reputation. In contrast to the area's quiet, it boasts the thunderous noise of its international raceway, site of the Twelve-Hour Endurance Race in March. A deluxe boutique hotel at the hairpin turn accommodates fans and at other times offers racing school packages. Historic Kenilworth Lodge is another fabulous place to stay with a view of lovely Lake Jackson.
To retreat back to the quiet, visit Highlands Hammock State Park, Florida's oldest state park. It gets its name from the ridge that runs up the back of this part of Florida. At the state park, hikers and cyclists appreciate the ecology of swampland and uplands alike, where trees grow tall and deer, alligators and bald eagles live.
Sebring runs together with Avon Park, a historic citrus-growing and ranching town that offers conveniences to highway travelers, along with golf courses, a historic museum and downtown antiquing, for those who veer off the main road. The pastoral lakes setting of these towns furnish travelers with soothing vistas and happy places to play, explore and recharge.
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