Miami Living

May 22, 2014

Just Listed by Val Byrne in ‘Cloisters on the Bay’ Villa 1137

Cloisters on the Bay is Coconut Groves finest urban address. Villa 1137, one of only 40 homes in this exclusive enclave of Mediterranean Villas, was recently completed; never lived in. It’s a gracious tri-level residence with additional rooftop terrace, and is comfortably outfitted with an elevator. At the Cloisters one […]
May 12, 2014

Anyone For Tennis Or Golf?

I am often asked by prospective buyers and renters at Deering Bay if the list price includes access to all of the facilities. The answer is for the most part, no.  Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club offers a variety of equity and non-equity memberships giving access to its Arnold […]
May 1, 2014

What About Those “Diamonds in the Rough”?

Sometimes realtors describe a property as being a “diamond in the rough”; or maybe “a gem that needs polishing”; or a house that has “good bones”. The current buzz phrase is “classic mid-century”, which when translated often means a home built in the 1940’s-1960’s that may or may not have […]
April 16, 2014

Some Cool Chicks in Snapper Creek Lakes

  I walk through beautiful Snapper Creek Lakes from my home in South Miami a couple times a week: passing through Hammock Lakes Park, the Dade County Nursery (see my Dog Park blog), and often stopping by the Wayside Fruit Stand for a drink on the way home (my FITBIT tells […]
April 11, 2014

Just Listed by Valaree Byrne in Deering Bay! 13632 Deering Bay Drive (Club Villa)

This lovely corner-built Club Villa adjacent to Deering Bay’s world-class deep water marina awaits some lucky Buyer! If ‘condo living’ doesn’t suit your lifestyle but you yearn for minimal-maintenance living, the Club Villas are magnificent compromise.   At Deering Bay Club Villas you can enjoy the comforts of single family home lifestyle, […]
April 9, 2014

The Grass Is Green On The Other Side!

Several  years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Charlotte Dison at one of my Sunday open houses in South Miami.  Mrs. Dison and I live in the same neighborhood just behind Dante Fascell Park and adjacent to Epiphany Church & School.  Charlotte wasn’t looking to buy a home in […]
April 4, 2014

And the Real Estate Forecast Continues to be Sunny Skies……

  Ron Shuffield, President and genius data cruncher at EWM Realty International delivered our spring outlook last week and the forecast is SUNNY!  Watch this quick video to hear it for yourself, but in a nut shell Ron summarized the last three years of real estate sales in Dade County […]
April 2, 2014

It’s a Dog’s Life Near Hammock Lake Park

One of my favorite things to do is take my dogs to that beautiful park adjacent to the Hammock Lake and Snapper Creek Lake communities that I call ‘dog park’ (but many refer to it as the Dade County Nursery). It’s a vast parcel of unspoiled land nestled between Old […]
March 18, 2014

Attention Urban Dwellers!

LUCKY YOU if you live in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, South Miami, High Pines (and Ponce corridor), or Pinecrest, because they are Farmers’ Market communities!  A community is only as good as its ‘sense of community’, and there is something wonderfully refreshing and ‘grass roots’ about bumping into friends and […]