12535 Ophelia Dr, Pensacola, FL 32506

RARE 595' WATERFRONT ON WEEKLEY BAYOU, 5.48 ACRES UNRESTRICTED OPPORTUNITY! A Generational Estate is awaiting your family as a retreat: natural greenbelt houses "country club" deer, a den of red fox, squirrels, other small wildlife. Open space for RV and glamping on the Bayou. 15' electrical gate in the surrounding chain link fencing. Behind the bi-level home is a waterfront haven featuring 25'x13' covered wood deck, 22'x25' spaced pilings to restore a boathouse, draws 4', storage, utilities, fish cleaning table, swing, approx. 4,000# boat lift, finger pier, tall flag pole. Deep water access to Perdido Bay for back water fishing, Intracoastal Canal to Pensacola or Orange Beach Pass to the Gulf of America for deep sea and game fishing. Look back at the gorgeous live oak trees, noting the covered elevated wood deck/outdoor kitchen with metal roof, as you are wandering up to tour the home hardened by Rebuild Northwest Florida. Under the front porch enter the foyer to a living area featuring brass lighting from Old Pensacola Courthouse, boxed beams w/scored wood ceiling. The 2009 remodeled eat in kitchen adjoins a pantry, laundry/office/mud room, closet to American Standard energy heat pump 2/2018, water heater 2/2012, door to 2 car garage with a toilet closet. A short few steps up beyond a sliding door, are two bedrooms, full bath, office space, storage. From the living room, step down past another full bath, to a wrought iron railed stairway marveling at the pickled paneling, raised bricked hearth at a Fisher cast iron wood stove/heater in the family room, storage, large bedroom with double walk in closets and exit to the water. Ecobee Thermostat Sensor w/on-line control. Hurricane protection fabric in tubes. Motion Sensors. Roof 2020. House is not in a flood zone and has never flooded. High water marked=blue ribbon base of large oak tree. No HOA, unrestricted county zoning. Double gate at opposite end on Ophelia. Zoning allows 2 houses without subdividing.