Step into the Charles Emery House and go back in time to 1925 when things were made to last. It was custom built in typical Florida style to accommodate family furniture and to make use of natural sunlight & the cool lake breezes through 44 double-hung windows and 2 sets of double French doors. The home features 10' ceilings, crown moldings, a wrap-around front porch, original oak floors, plaster walls & unique 2" thick cork insulation to keep the house warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Besides lovingly maintaining it, we have made some necessary improvements and upgrades. We added modern appliances. We added a central air conditioning system with heat pump and modernized/upgraded the original 1925 wiring & electric service to accommodate it. We also added a 9.156kW ground mounted Sunpower Solar array to cover most (sometimes all) of our electricity needs. We added ceiling fans and windows with screens to the wonderful wrap around front porch so we could enjoy it year round. Finally, we had the driveway and walkways covered with paver bricks and added a gathering area with a gazebo in the back yard. The house has a front porch on the first floor that wraps around one side. You enter a large living room from the porch through either of two sets of original french doors. A formal dining room is accessible through a set of french doors off the living room or through a swinging door from the kitchen. The front bedroom is off of the living room and it has a 2nd door at the back of it leading to the main bathroom. From the main bathroom, there is a hall leading to the kitchen and another hall leading to the back bedroom and the master bedroom. The master bedroom has an attached sun room with a set of french doors in between them and another door which leads to the back bathroom. The back bedroom also has a door to the back bathroom. The upstairs is one large room with about 1100 sf that we use as a Family Room, library and a small movie theater, there are four doors up here that open to a large cedar storage closet and other attic storage areas. The full basement is under the entire length and width of the house, it's accessible through a door in the kitchen and a set of doors on the outside of the house. The detached garage was built with a bedroom, a bathroom and a porch, which was likely used by the Emery's servant/cook. Howey in the Hills is somewhat secluded from, yet convenient to, the best of Orlando’s attractions and both Florida coasts. It's a small, quiet, safe and well-kept community on the shore of Little Lake Harris with gently rolling hills in the center of Lake County and the state. Lake County has the highest elevations on the Florida Peninsula and is a natural eco-tourism destination with recreation areas, fishing, boating, golf and a wide variety of other outdoor activities nearby. Lots of info is available online regarding the town of Howey in the Hills, the historic Howey mansion and life in Lake County in general, please contact me with any other questions.
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