5165 Dover St NE, St Petersburg, FL 33703

It doesn’t get much better than living on the water, where dolphins play and herd fish against the seawall, manatees slowly swim by, you can catch dinner from your dock, or take a quick boat ride out to the sandbar at Weedon Island or downtown and park at the Pier for dinner.  This 4 bedroom 3 bath waterfront pool home (plus large bonus/game room) is the perfect place to lay down some roots with over 2800 square feet and tons of storage space.  Tile flooring throughout, you won’t find a stitch of carpet here.  When you walk into the home, to the left around the corner, you’ll find a sizable game/bonus room and a large walk in closet for storage.  Living room offers a wood burning fireplace and opens to the kitchen and dining area, perfect open floor plan for entertaining.  Kitchen offers a large butler’s pantry with additional shelving and refrigerator.  Master suite offers dual walk in closets and walk in shower in the bath.  Den/library area could be used as additional office space.  The best part of the home is the outdoor space!  Huge screened patio redone in December 2020 with new screens, support brackets and paint.  Massive pool heated by solar panels on roof.  Patio offers a pass through window to kitchen for easy passing of food and beverages to your guests, and even an outdoor shower.  Outside, you’ll find an outdoor kitchen area, mature mango, kumquat, avocado trees, and a 10,000 lb boat lift and appx. 500 sq ft. of vinyl decking.  Huge 16,000 square foot lot with open views of the canal.  One bridge to open water.  Other features of this home include 4 zone irrigation system that utilizes reclaimed water, 6 zone security system and Ring doorbell, new AC condenser in 2019, Gutterguard installed in all gutters, sump pump installed in May 2021 that pumps any excess water to canal.  There’s even room for your RV or additional vehicles on the right side of the garage when facing the home.  Don’t miss this spacious property, schedule your private tour today.