5435 Lykes LaneTampa, FL 33611Sale Price: $2,750,000

Rare opportunity to live in a light filled tree house on a secluded 1.25 acre site in Ballast Point. Life is fun in a custom built one owner home offering light filled rooms with high ceilings, plentiful windows & French doors overlooking a park like setting of mature oaks & 275+ ft on a brackish pond fed by the bay. Jog or bike ride from your front door to Ballast Point Park & onto Bayshore Blvd. Designed by Stephen Smith of Cooper Johnson Smith, this transitional home with metal roof is accessed via a private lane. The raised Acadian cottage offers symmetrical living room & dining room flanking the entry. A 7 ft window lined loggia gives the living & dining rooms a larger, open feel & provides a vista to the grand oak (illuminated by Premier Outdoor Lighting) in center of the rear yard. The master bedroom & sitting room open to a porch overlooking the pond. On the opposite end of the main floor, the kitchen, breakfast room & family room (with cathedral ceiling, wet bar & wood burning fireplace) open via 3 sets of French doors to a screened porch overlooking the 20x40 Holloway built pool & spa. The landing on the top floor serves as a den for the two bedrooms sharing a Jack & Jill bath. The fourth bedroom with en-suite bath is reached via a window lined hall. The ground floor offers a mudroom, covered patio, office & garage. Car enthusiasts: 3 car garage with 3 bays, 28.6 foot depth may allow for additional car storage. The large drive provides off street parking with 4 additional spaces. Since these photos were taken, the home's exterior has been painted white with gray trim, the upstairs bathroom floors refinished, the pool has been refinished, and home has been recently tented. Agent is owner.