Bradenton, FL, 34207 - For Sale By Owner

Additional features: Floors: 1, School district: Manatee, Features: Carpeted Floors, Pool

1549 Pleasant Road, Bradenton, Florida 34207 (Bayshore Condo Association, Manatee County) Condo information: 254 Condos around a large courtyard. Age restriction: one owner must be 55 years of age and buyer approval required by association. Association fees are approximately $156 per month. Taxes are about $800 a year. Insurance is about $900 a year (we are in a safe zone). Amenities include heated pool for year-round swimming; picnic table and shuffleboard in quad; and heated/cooled clubhouse with library, piano, stereo, and kitchen. Association fee includes Verizon FIOS cable television (basic plan), as well as common water, sewage, public insurance, and landscaping maintenance. Pay laundry (12 washing machines and 10 dryers) is in separate building connected to resident managers office.

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Unit information: Size is one-bedroom, one-bath, approximately 576 square feet, with kitchen, dining room and living room. Located on the second floor of a two-story building (built in 1964, no elevator). Building is concrete block and brick, with composition roof. Kitchen and bath floors are relatively new vinyl (by previous owner). Floors were rebuilt with screws and 3/4-in plywood, with new pads and carpet (June 2007). All walls painted with flat or semi-gloss white. New air-conditioning and heating unit (2005). There is a large double bedroom closet and a large divided hall closet (with the water heater). Bathroom has combined tub shower, and a small sink with classic 1964 lights. Cabinets are clean and original; three new shelves with Irish design steel frames above window and doors. Kitchen and dining room have ceiling fan light fixtures. Kitchen and hall have smoke detectors. Living room with lanai and the bedroom face north (good for painting; owner teaches at Ringling College of Art), overlooking the large, central courtyard. Double bedroom window are tinted louvers. Bath, kitchen and dining room face south, under large overhang and entrance walkway. Lanai doors from living room are double-sliding glass. The lanai was rebuilt in October 2007 and was prepaid by the owner; it is screened, with sliding aluminum doors with plastic windows. External storage closet (4x4x8 ft) on entrance walkway. One parking spot (#9) reserved in front for owner, with visitor parking lot around the corner for other cars. Pricing: $74,500.00 Owner cannot carry contract. Prefers to sell as-is, partly furnished, with right to inspect. Recent upgrades (April 2009): New Low-flush toilet, kitchen plumbing, bathtub calking, Frigidaire Refrigerator (top freezer), Frigidairexa0 glass-top stove, electrical panel, front screen door screen, curtains, Simmons Beautyrest Queen bed, Double futon, wicker dresser and nightstand, Mission-style computer desk and one file-drawer side table,dining room table and microwave cart, and microwave.

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Area information: One block to Bayshore Gardens Center, with Publix supermarket, Target store, doctors, dentists, restaurants (5), JoAnns crafts, hair stylist, and mailing store. Near County bus stops for MCAT. Post office is 1/3 mile. Manatee Community College is 1/2 mile west. One 1/2 blocks to Route 41, with restaurants, gas stations, office supply stores and other supermarkets. Fifteen-minute drive to gulf beaches, such as Coquina and Bradenton. 8-minute drive to golf courses. Directions: From Route 41 (Tamiami Trail), turn west on Flamingo Blvd, (60th St.), then north on Todd Street after 1 block, then west on Pleasant Road after one block; building is on north side.

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