The Anna Maria Island Sun Newspaper

Vol. 14 No. 48 - September 24, 2014

REAL ESTATE

Wanted – a home for my boat

 

You’ve heard the old adage, the happiest days in a boat owner’s life is the day he buys a boat and the day he sells it. But if you’re one of those boating diehards who never want to experience the day you sell your boat, then you may be looking for a home for your floating obsession.

Everyone who lives in Florida wants to live on the water. After all, that’s the reason most of us are here. However, purchasing a home on the Gulf of Mexico or Tampa Bay comes with a premium. If you also happen to be a boat owner, then that premium gets even more expensive. Since maintaining a permanent boat dock directly on the Gulf or the bay is not an option, you will have to pay separately for dock space away from your waterfront home.

Renting dock space in a marina in our area runs approximately $9 per foot per month for an annual rental and $11 per foot per month on a monthly basis. This translates to between $360 and $440 per month for a 40-foot boat. You also can purchase boat slips, which are setup as condos and usually include a monthly or annual maintenance fee. Condo slips can be bought and sold just like real property, and increase and decrease in value the same. At the Longboat Key Marina on Longboat Key, for example, slips are available to purchase between $330,000 and $59,000 for slips between 40 to 55 feet. As you can see, boating is not for the faint of financial heart.

However, there are other options, and Manatee County has plenty of them. Anna Maria Island is blessed with several canal-front residential areas, all of which either already have docks or at least have the ability to create one. Key Royale, as well as many other streets across from Key Royale off of Bimini Bay in Holmes Beach, are developed along canals and are a perfect choice for boaters. Anna Maria city also has several streets with canals that can be accessed from Tampa Bay through the Key Royale Pass, and although Bradenton Beach is short on canals, many property owners on the Intracoastal side of the Island do have boat docks. Anna Maria also has several condos with boat slips available to owners.

On the mainland, there are many housing communities on canals where boat docks are offered – Flamingo Cay, Coral Shores and San Remo Shores are three of them. Cortez has three condo complexes where boat slips are part of ownership – Mariners Cove, Smugglers Landing and The Pointe, as well as the communities of Harbour Landings that we talked about last week, Sunset Harbour and Cove Sound. And don’t forget the river. The Manatee River has beautiful waterfront homes where boats can be docked, as well as communities leading out to the river further east, like The Inlets.

There are others I’m missing, but you get the picture. If you have a boat and want to avoid high monthly and annual fees to find a home for it, considering a property with available boat dockage is an option.

According to the National Marine Manufacturers Association in 2013, new and used boat sales in the United States reached $36.7 billion. Based on that number, I don’t think boating is something that is going away any time soon.

If you’re like me, the happiest day of your life could be the day you buy a home for your boat, which just happens to come with a home for you as well.

Real Estate Transactions
Real estate transfers as of October 1-31, 2013
Sponsored by Alan Galletto Island Real Estate

Sold Date | List Price | Sold Price | Address | Provision | Property Style

Anna Maria

06/06/14 625,000 625,000 317 N. Bay Blvd. 1777 57x110 2 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/30/14 995,000 995,000 219 Willow Ave. 1575 3 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/16/14 899,000 868,000 700 Jacaranda Rd . 1900 50x150 4 Br/2.5 Ba SFR 06/23/14 745,000 730,000 225 Gladiolus St . 1893 71x102 3 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/27/14 699,000 675,000 746 Jacaranda Rd. 2151 50x100 2 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/02/14 759,000 680,000 305 Poinsettia Rd. 1296 52x112 3 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/30/14 995,000 925,000 526 Kumquat Dr. 2480 79x126 4 Br/2.5 Ba SFR 06/30/14 799,900 772,500 209 Chilson Ave. 1892 72x148 2 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/16/14 619,000 610,000 302 Spring Ave. 1484 52x73 3 Br/3 Ba SFR 06/19/14 477,777 420,000 711 N. Bay Blvd. A 1512 54x100 4 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/18/14 2,299,999 2,000,000 785 N. Shore Dr. 3478 4 Br/4 Ba SFR 06/06/14 499,000 400,000 415 Pine Ave. 3190 52x145 5 Br/4 Ba Dup 06/19/14 477,777 420,000 711 N. Bay Blvd. A 1512 54x100 4 Br/2 Ba Dup 06/06/14 279,000 272,000 522 Pine Ave. 4d 822 2 Br/1 Ba Condo 06/06/14 485,000 440,000 105 Beach Ave. 50x100 Vac.
06/20/14 599,000 550,000 106 Park Ave. 75x100 Vac.

Bradenton Beach

06/06/14 295,000 250,000 108 12th St. N. # A 1400 54x100 2 Br/3 Ba Dup 06/25/14 245,000 235,000 1801 Gulf Dr. N. 232 691 1Br/1 Ba Condo 06/20/14 129,000 129,100 2601 Gulf Dr. N. 614 692 2 Ba/1.5 Ba Mobile 06/18/14 124,900 122,500 2601 Gulf Dr. N. 210 494 2 Ba/1.5 Ba Mobile Sold Date Listed Price Sold Price Property Address SFUA Lot Size Property
Cortez
06/02/14 279,900 270,000 4204 126th St. W. 503 1244 2 Br/2 Ba Condo 06/30/14 689,000 656,000 4146 Marina Ct. 411 2604 3 Br/2 Ba Condo 06/13/14 189,900 185,000 9604 Cortez Rd . W. 326 1218 2 Br/2 Ba Condo

Holmes Beach

06/13/14 999,000 950,000 205 69th St. 2000 35x100 4 Br/4 Ba SFR 06/30/14 599,000 568,000 209 81st St. 1591 3 Br/2.5 Ba SFR 06/30/14 875,000 817,500 109 81st St. 1789 64x80 3 Br/2.5 Ba SFR
06/06/14 685,000 680,000 530 67th St . 1286 80x113 3 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/27/14 799,000 725,000 202 75th St. B 1967 4 Br/2.5 Ba SFR 06/27/14 995,000 806,400 529 72nd St. 2076 105x112 3 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/30/14 890,000 850,000 518 72nd St. 1941 95x117 3 Br/3 Ba SFR 06/16/14 679,000 679,000 207 73rd St. 1600 76x105 3 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/03/14 649,000 632,500 302 60th St. B 1200 3 Br/2 Ba SFR 06/03/14 698,000 632,500 302 60th St. A 1500 4 Br/3 Ba SFR 06/18/14 869,000 835,000 314 60th St. 2356 4 Br/3 Ba SFR 06/12/14 237,900 227,500 3607 E. Bay Dr. 207 980 2 Br/2 Ba Condo 06/13/14 429,900 425,000 6500 Flotilla Dr. 173 1622 3 Br/2 Ba Condo 06/16/14 312,000 297,500 3705 E. Bay Dr. 106 1121 2 Br/2 Ba Condo 06/24/14 259,900 245,000 4307 Gulf Dr. 108 1027 2 Br/2 Ba Condo 06/30/14 384,900 384,900 4101 Gulf Dr. 1 2613 50x100 Dup, REO
06/19/14 49,000 50,000 5337 Gulf Dr. 300 4886 82x118 Comm.

Source: Manatee County Property Appraiser’s Office


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