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The View from Island Avenue, Miami

Gina Kirkpatrick, Miami real estate broker, shows Bob a building at the Miami Beach end of the Venetian Causeway, 5 Island Avenue. Morris Lapidus, designer of the Hotel Fontainebleau, designed this building as apartments back in 1967. The apartments were later converted to condos. The building houses some "reasonably priced" condominiums that are just far enough away from the beach to be affordable and just close enough to everything else to make for an excellent getaway second home in the Miami area. Kirkpatrick guides Bob through his initial tour of the one-bedroom 950-square-foot condo, its views, features, and possibilities.

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The View from Island Avenue, Miami

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" Gina let me ask you the first question what's it like down in south beach and the Deco district."

" Says -- grades and then that's really exploded. So you find that you're paying a lot for what she's dead and you have areas. Bloom off the beaten path and you can find them around 200000 you can still find a Condo or an apartment for a couple 100000 bucks yes you can't. -- let's not let that you can end here."

" So this is why we've come to this particular. Street this particular area at the Miami Beach end of the Venetian causeway OK and what are we gonna look at here."

" I want to show you building called five island avenue you know it was designed by analyst -- as soon I'll show today it's. The Eden roc hotel and the fund and the mountains. So this is a building we have here that was built in 1967. Originally it was an apartment building next to it turned Condo I believe in 76 -- But here you have a great opportunity to -- to buy an apartment. Because it's turning over as you'll see some of the units are very original their. Dated how many units in the building. 39 units in the building but it's a great building officials say it is still terrific water views you're close to downtown."

" That was my next question I mean we're in walking distance of the Lincoln road -- all right. Yes and closer Lincoln road mom you're also right on the Venetian causeway which takes you straight into downtown and if I want to gonna be patient any of the public beaches I can get on bicycle and go for maybe -- perhaps the."

" They roller blades. Whatever mode of transportation you like our."

" Old boy this is somethin' else. We're on the twelfth. Lord sticks a little bass parts of the unit outside yeah nevermind you and if you want to be out here."

" he could see all the voting going on at the beautiful causeway."

" We're facing north up the intra coastal waterway yes and we've got a marina. Within a stone's throw and all the big Miami Beach hotels and stuff for off in the distance to the right. Yes. And this balcony has got to be. What does it maybe fourteen feet across. And about fourteen maybe six feet deep. And the exterior of the building has been totally redone this looks like crazy."

" Yes it's been pressing -- up to the west you've got the Miami skyline which is beautiful at night I'd bet well let's look at this apartment now you said it's his. -- really thick case that speak about one bedroom one and a half bass lots of closet space."

" Dark dark carpets but I guess you can get rid of those -- does the building allow you to strip down to."

" Yet you can't you would probably want to take this carpet out it's brand new but it's you can take the program put down of tiles wood floors. And this ceiling I'm sure you'd like to scrape that down make it smooth and took popcorn ceiling and again typical of sixties apartment construction."

" And a decorator touch."

" That's."

" He might want to remove and a lot of gold and a lot of yellow and a lot of dark brown kitchen cabinets. "

" It is original from the beginning so it has the term awesome wish this would need to be changed --"

" when you open the cabinets are even more decorative. Yes well. Yeah and the appliances are all out of the Brady Bunch. Definitely needs updating appliances all right and then what one bedroom and one bath -- to do what they have to ask."

" Did you have to have fast."

" It's flocked wallpaper. "

" You've also got your linen closet right here. Very decorative. This is the shower and toilet this is the main bathroom flamingo. Another sink and vanity. Patterns are amazing. And here you've got a very large closet what can."

" Wow. Well the previous owner had a real sense of color. -- this. Who vanity with Tom -- another positive what I. Still hanging closet here the -- you got a -- you get another closet here plus vehicle clouds in the front door you got a whole huge area here this all of this kind of a maze of little closets and and interest. And the bedroom is what it is is may be. Timber twelfth -- behind his -- And the view of course is unstoppable. So Gina what's the asking price and unit like this."

" Asking price is 895000. For this unit. Again this unit does come with covered parking. 24 hour doorman we've got the great pool --"

" Great amenities and you're right here -- buying more than just the thousand square feet you're buying everything else that comes with Condo living."

" Yes all right I'll think about it. Thanks so much thank you Bob OK."

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