Experience paradise as never before!

Are you looking for a gated community with access to your very own intercoastal waterway access? Would you like to have a heated saltwater swimming pool? This beautiful Snead Island property has been recently posted for sale. Experience paradise like never before. Walk into the main corridor equipped with 14 foot ceilings, crown moldings, and rope lighting that merges into the spacious kitchen. Entertain your guest with a walk through of the Aquarium style windows that gives you a gorgeous view of your multi-tiered lanai. This stunning home is minutes away from Emerson Point, Bradenton Yacht Club, and more. Click the link below to see the full listing for 1760 Amberwynd Circle West or gives us a call at 931-565-8877.

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Looking to renovate your kitchen? Check out the top 5 trends for kitchen designs of 2015.

1. Furniture- The furniture of your kitchen is the biggest thing that’s going to catch your guest’s attention besides your appliances. The current trend that’s happening is having a personal, warm, and welcoming kitchen. Go for those beautiful dark, cherry wood cabinets and shelving. Turning your kitchen into something like your living room makes it nice to be in and enjoy prepping your family’s meals
2.   Open Shelving- Gone are the closed cabinet doors! With open shelves it makes your kitchen look warm and lived in. Also with the easily accessible shelves it’s still totally function for you and your family. When your children use to leave the doors open and you’d have to dodge them. No worries! You never have to worry about the cabinet doors again.      
   
3.   Modern/Traditional- Many homes are now switching over to combining modern and traditional styles in the kitchen. It makes your kitchen sleek, but also very homey. You can feel free to mix the materials in your kitchen such as: having wood cabinets and marble counter tops to even having stainless steel appliances in your kitchen with wooden furniture. It makes it your own personal space for just about everything you and your family need.  
   
4.  Textures- Imagine walking into your home and seeing ridges on your counter. You’re asking yourself “Is that really ridges or just some form of an optical illusion?” Go on and touch it. Textures are the next biggest thing in kitchen designs. It makes people want to touch where it’s textured and it also adds more depth to your kitchen when using different textures.  
   
5.   No wall cabinets- Having no wall cabinets means that your kitchen will look bigger. Now, having no wall cabinets is not for everyone, but it gives you the illusion of space. You’ll also have more room to set up some of your beautiful paintings that you may have gotten from a local Anna Maria Island artist.

A Few Top Things to do on Anna Maria Island

One of the best things to do while vising Anna Maria Island is riding your bike. There are bike lanes throughout most of the island and there are rarely any hills to have to go over. Using a bike is a great way of getting from place to place. You don’t have to bother with any of the traffic and you can easily lock your bike at any bike rack located at most of the businesses. Riding your bike to the beach is great too! You don’t have to worry about finding a parking spot! All you have to do is put your beach items in the basket, bike to the beach location you love, lock it up, and now you’re ready to enjoy the beach.

Anna Maria Island’s beach is stunning. Enjoy the warm Florida sunshine and slight island breeze while resting on the white, sugary sands. Much of the island’s real estate gives opportunity to gulf front and waterfront homes as well as beach access points. Take a bike ride up to the Historic Anna Maria City Pier. The walk to the restaurant on the gulf is beautiful with the view of the Skyway Bridge, local fishermen, and wildlife such as dolphins or manatee. You can sit inside or outside to enjoy the views of the gulf. The food is delicious! Local favorites are the Fish & Chips dish, Shrimp basket, Crab cake Croissant, and the Grouper Sandwich. Occasionally there is also a jewelry shop outside the restaurant’s doors; so, feel free to take a look and find you may find something you like.

While you’re at the north end of Anna Maria Island there are tons of little shops to visit as well as some great food to try. There are boutiques, souvenirs, and more! Two Scoops, a local favorite for ice cream is nestled in a little stretch of business just outside of the city pier. Two Scoops has tons of different flavors for ice cream that you can choose from. If you want that waffle cone bowl- go for it! They have that too! They also have snacks, drinks, and a couple things you can buy as souvenirs. The best part about Two Scoops is that you can enjoy your ice cream outside looking out at the magnificent turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout Anna Maria Island there is a free trolley that you can hop on and see the sight of Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach, and Coquina Beach. With so much to offer this little island is perfect for your home away from home.

Bayfest 2015!

Coming up around the corner is the 15^th annual Bayfest. Bayfest is a festival that is held on Anna Maria Island each year that brings in many people from the local area and beyond. The festival is a family friendly event that has activities for every one of all ages. Relax and enjoy the live music from local bands or burst into a cheerful dance. For those of a creative nature, there are arts and crafts vendors that have items from beautiful paintings to handmade jewelry and clothing. After dancing and shopping around you probably would feel hungry by then. Great news!! There are many food vendors throughout the festival. There is food from local restaurants that ranges from BBQ, pizza, and chicken to crab, fish tacos, and gyros. Bayfest also has the Island’s largest, classic car show! There is a wide variety of cars for everyone to enjoy from antique, to classic, to muscle, and even custom cars. Bayfest will be held on Pine Avenue on October 17, 2015 from 10am to 10pm. Come out and enjoy the festivities! 

Property Values are Increasing

A recent survey performed by the Manatee County Property Appraiser’s Office has shown that Anna Maria Island’s worth has gone up 16.8% more than last year. All three cities on Anna Maria has each gone up at different intervals and are still continuing to rise. Anna Maria’s market value has increased from 2014-2015 by 18.2%, Bradenton Beach has gone up to 9.6%, and Holmes Beach’s value has increased by 9.4%. Across Manatee County the market values increased by 12% from 2014 while the taxable values are up 8%. TRIM (Truth in Millage) notices are being sent out to property owners on the island notifying them of their taxable values and how to calculate how much property tax they will owe. It will also show them their market values based on the sales. The TRIM notices are usually estimated higher than the actual market value. The overall increase of all three cities on Anna Maria brings the total to $604 million since 2014.

For more information on properties for sale on Anna Maria Island go to: http://www.annamariaislandrealestateforsale.com/

Palmetto: Oceanfront Home for Sale

1760 Amberwynd Circle, Palmetto, FL 34221

This listing is perfect for relaxing and entertaining guests. The open floor plan expands throughout the home from the vast kitchen and gorgeous multi-tiered lanai to the heated saltwater pool with a cascading waterfall. Go out for a boating adventure anytime with your boat docked at the newly covered Trex deck with a 10,000 lb. lift. Enjoy family gatherings or events with the expansive backyard surrounded with lush vegetation.

Feel like you are on vacation everyday in this beautiful John Cannon style home. The style is a company called John Cannon Homes that is Southwest Florida's premier designer and builder of luxury custom homes. This home is located in the Snead Island West Amberwynd neighborhood and has a generous amount of space. The biggest appeal of this home is that you are living right on the water. You have an amazing view of the canals and are only minutes away from the Bradenton Beach Yacht Club and Emerson Point and Anna Maria Island Real Estate. It's unbelievable that the location that this house is in and the house itself is available for purchase instead of renting. Living on Snead Island is a unique experience that is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and here it is!

      

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Property Details:

• 4 Bedrooms
• 3 Full Bathrooms
• 2,880 sq. feet
• Single Family Home
• 3 Car Garage
• Built in 2006
• Address: 1760 Amberwynd Circle, Palmetto, FL 34221
• Neighborhood: Snead Island Estates West Amberwynd

Interior Features:

• Kitchen: Walk-in Pantry, Built-in desk, and a Kitchen Island
• Bathrooms: Tub with separate shower stall, Dual sinks, and a Garden Bath in the Master Bathroom
• Bedroom: Walk-in Closet (Master Bedroom)
• Cathedral/ Vaulted Ceilings, Crown Moldings, Thermal Windows
• Washer/ Dryer Hookup
• Open Floor Plan
• Separate breakfast and formal dining room, Family room

Exterior/ Lot Features:

• Patio/Porch/ Screened in Deck
• Sliding doors
• Hot Tub/ Spa
• Balcony/ Sun Deck
• Gulf/ Ocean Access
• Intracoasta Waterway Access
• Heated Saltwater Pool with a Cascading Waterfall

View this house listing at: http://www.annamariaislandrealestateforsale.com/paradise-home-sale-palmetto-anna-maria-life-and-billi-gartman/

To schedule a tour, gathering further information on this property and to find similar listings, please contact Billi at 941-545-8877

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