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Neighborhood Tour of Naples, Florida

In this episode, Bob goes on a neighborhood tour of Naples, Florida. We see the highlife both by car and by boat as Bob selects a "cracker" cottage to remodel.
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Neighborhood Tour of Naples, Florida

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" Here's an example of the earliest and name installed on cottage it was the first on the -- yeah does not 1899. But. Most of his early homes were built in the early nineteen hundred's. And here's one right here yeah elegant. It depends on nice his Atlantis unfortunately fallen into disrepair and -- and but it has nice lines and someone to fix it up with the advantages of great location close to the bearded man really hands boom is ready one."

" can go on forever over a hundred feet on what you call that a typical Florida product not really it started out to be in -- and the front the first part of the house but over the years it was added on him. The gentleman across the street on this property and added on to it as a dormitory for his children most delicate and -- content so that they have this -- here which really does look like an old arts and crafts style yes. Very typical deals like style has been really lovingly restored it -- beautiful."

" these houses look good deal newer."

" Now we have a variety of houses right along -- street. This is -- concrete masonry house probably built in the early fifties smaller though. On the three bedrooms are only two veterans and a says Florida what goes -- into the."

" How early -- and what about this blue and white when it looks maybe from the sixties or seventies and that was probably built in the early seventy."

" Just to get an idea of value. When that built it was probably worth about 80000. Now it's on the market for 379. But it's only a block from the beach right and that's where the values and anybody can use the -- the accessibility is right there on every avenue yeah."

" And then the big red tile roof one over here."

" That's pretty impressive takes up most of the lot they have that's a new home that was built just a couple of years ago and that takes real advantage of its of its -- why have they raised it up so. Well they wanted to be at the new flood elevation which is eleventh game."

" that we get insurance right that's right."

" That house would be worth a closer to 6700000. And it has every amenity expected at a house of the eighty's and ninety's --"

" Okay."

" Karen this is pretty impressive neighborhood now we're in court trial this is the most exclusive residential neighborhood in Naples. On the most southern part of Naples and its. Predominantly inevitable waterfront property cities are all waterfront houses yes and they're all value lies in excess of million dollars in the various different architectural styles are coming -- on Bermuda style home that was probably built. 1015 years ago and it's a good example of that style architecture this when next doors very -- what contemporary well this is nationally known architect Harry -- is a brand new house it was just completed. And it's on over three and a half. Lots of beautiful waterfront. Quite excited. This -- a new house that was just completed but as a good example of that Bermuda style architecture pillow with color yes really nice fashion the roof be quite. And normally it is but -- has some of the other elements of Bermuda architecture the shutters and the beautiful wooden mahogany door to the pretty color yeah that's certainly an excellent well -- new name. So this is downtown Naples and yeah I like the San famous third street shoving it down. And beautiful them. What into the storage -- theaters entirely collection of smaller boutique buildings and apartments and yeah just a collection of stores that are really special fire apparently had very few national -- and find buildings Georgian built -- little white columns. It's really nice and this is -- older buildings this on dates back to the early nineteen hundreds it doesn't feel like yeah. I think originally it was -- need to -- yeah. So this one looks kind of like Bermuda. There's some beautiful shops and -- them."

" One of the best respond to -- yeah water. And articulate their cottages here these are built -- fifties or sixties very simple it's got -- great. As you look around them because it protected mangrove areas that -- Beverly -- on my problem that right across the fast and -- brand new construction consummate don't plus five years ago. That's what enormous granite and it really ask ourselves is easily against -- and houses and when he -- it's been unbelievable. I want to go offshore really begins -- the beach houses being and as a -- doesn't -- disease begins."

" Many of these houses -- do."

" And minus two story house. -- was just completed and that right on their own private speech actually it's not I didn't and all of the avenues iron. And opens the residents of Naples so anyone enables."

" So you can walk right along there then what's this over here again it's it's yeah. Mark -- is."

" One of the most exclusive residential areas of the sentence and an innocent I'm Naples."

" That's a very low key. Comfortable and engage -- house was built in the late fifties and grill side of these."

" Bob now a lot of moldings and mark sharp drop condominiums. This -- of condominiums and it rises there in the city music hasn't quite an engine remains an artisan -- get a little bit further north Atlantic county there's no longer hi I'm amazed and sending him. Some of the new buildings aren't right I did when sentenced are. But they also saves an invasion."

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