PREMIER RESIDENCE | THE STONE FACADE IS REAL STONE

The stone façade is real stone.

On a street of handsome houses, 200 Brightwaters Boulevard stops you differently. Not because it’s larger or louder — in fact, the scale is deliberately understated. What slows you down are the materials. Beach rock, cut and laid. A two-story fireplace on the exterior. A tile roof. Stately columns. A European iron gate at the front walk, through which you get your first glimpse of what’s behind it. I cannot think of another house in St. Petersburg with an approach like this one.

You hear the water before you see it.

Standing at the gate, there is the sound of water moving on the other side of the wall. The house is wrapped entirely around the pool — there is no perimeter yard to speak of. The entire lot is living space, indoor and outdoor, flowing into one another through doors that open in every direction. It presents like an Italian villa. That is not a stretch.

The main living room is double-height, vaulted, with reclaimed wood beams reported to have come from a historic home somewhere else in St. Petersburg. The centerpiece is a two-story beach rock fireplace — the real thing, real stone, floor to ceiling — that anchors the room the way great fireplaces are supposed to. The Peacock floor tile flows from inside to outside, ground floor throughout, shifting color with the light and the water. Heavy, European, exactly right for this house.

But then, there is inside. The primary suite is on the main level. Tall ceilings, more reclaimed beams. An exceptionally well-considered bathroom, dressing room, and changing area. A separate office with its own entrance off the rear of the house — its own parking — for the person who works from home and wants that boundary. Entertaining-scale kitchen with a full secondary pantry. The two upstairs guest suites — each with their own bath and a shared living area — are for the people you’re glad came to visit and equally glad to send upstairs.

200 Brightwaters Boulevard NE | Snell Isle | St. Petersburg, Florida

$4,999,000 | 3,786 Sq Ft | 3 Bedrooms & 3 Bathrooms | Salt Water Pool | Deep-Water Dock With Dual Boat Slips

Listing courtesy of Crissy McWilliams · Michael Saunders & Company

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