My Favorite House in St. Pete. It's Not for Sale.

There is a house on a corner in Historic Old Northeast, a block off the water, with a chocolate brown roof and navy shutters against clean white stucco.

It is not for sale, and I am not writing this to sell it to you.

I just want to tell you why I love it.

The proportions are what got me first. Old Northeast has dozens of Mediterranean-style homes, and plenty of builders reach for that look without quite landing it. This one lands it completely.

The arched entry over the front door repeats the curve of the roofline above it, the kind of detail an architect gets right on purpose. There's even a pool tucked in along the side.

Part of what I love most about this work is standing in front of a house like this with a client and helping them see what I see.

Not just the square footage, but the proportions, the style, and the choices someone made nearly a hundred years ago that still hold up today.

St. Petersburg is full of houses like this if you know how to look.

That habit comes from 25 years of reading buildings the way I used to read balance sheets, looking for what's true underneath the surface.

A house either holds together or it doesn't.

This one holds together completely.

Weighing a Florida residence into the mix? I'd welcome the conversation.

The View From Here | Sunday Lifestyle Series

Jon Kelly
The Tenpenny Collection | St. Petersburg, Florida
Real Estate Sales Associate | Exclusive Buyer Representation