This is a large (3,800+ sq ft), gorgeous, 1-story, estate home situated within an upscale, suburban, planned residential community adjoining a pristine State Park preservation area; the home sits on a 1-acre lot that slopes from its street frontage down to creek-fed lake; the home was designed by and custom built for the original architect-owner; it is designed for entertaining with a unique multi-level floor plan that fits the sloping lot; the second owner of the home completely renovated it in the mid-late 1990's, converting it to its current Mediterranean villa style; since being sold in 2001 to its third and current owner, many significant additional owner improvements and upgrades have been made to the home including a major ($70,000+) remodel of the outdoor, elevated pool- patio area that overlooks Cove Lake; this project included renovation and refinishing of the 2,500 sq ft pool-patio deck with field stone and construction of a hardscape waterfall-slide feature; the master bath suite was completely remodeled-upgraded this year (2012); the home was re-roofed in 2008 which included renovating-upgrading the roof deck to current hurricane building standards and installation of 50-year warranteed, premium acrchitectural shingles Neighborhood Description Sweetwater Oaks and the adjoning developments (Wekiva, Sabal Point...) are beautiful, well-established and maintained, rural, up-scale residential communities. The public schools serving this area are excellent. The drive to downtown Orlando is typically 20-30 minutes. The area adjoins an enormous State Park and preservation area (Wekiva State Park) with fantastic scenic and recreational amenities. Sweetwater and its adjoining developments are golf-course communities. Sweetwater has the added amenity of access to Lake Brantley which is the largest and regarded to be the best recreational lake in the area. The Sweetwater Oaks HOA has a private boat launch/dock and beach-recreational area on Lake Brantley that is available for the private use of the homeowners. This home is located in a sub-neighborhood of Sweetwater Oaks known as Sweetwater Cove. Homeowners in Sweetwater Cove have the additional amentity of their own private-neighborhood park with lighted tennis courts. This park and many of the homes in Sweetwater Cove, including this home, adjoin Cove Lake, which is fed by Sweetwater Creek and outlets to the Little Wekiva River, a tributary to the Wekiva River which flows through Wekiva Springs State Park. The quality of life in this neighborhood is phenominal!
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