OVER-the-water Fort Lauderdale Modern Masterpiece & Dockage Haven - A nautical match made-in-heaven.
The artisan owners of a rare Frank Lloyd Wright styled over-the-water estate in East Fort Lauderdale decided to sell their keepsake home. When they shared the news with their friend Captain Danny Cole, Cole immediately knew they needed to meet his friend of many years, Rose Ann Lovell, Broker-Owner of Lovell Realty Group, whose unique expertise would be exactly what they needed. A 2nd generation, South Florida native, Lovell is also the owner of yacht slips at Lovell BOATique Dockage as well as the owner of DOCKSEEKERS, a yacht placement company. Or, as Lovell likes to call herself, “a nautical matchmaker” – placing the right boat at the right slip at the right price. Lovell was “featured/quoted” in the Jan. 2016 Southern Boating article – “Dockage Dilemma.” Let’s just say dockage is in her wheelhouse.
Cole and his wife Libby met Lovell many years ago in a faith-based Foster Parenting class. That too was an instantaneous friendship and alliance made in heaven. The yacht slips owned by Lovell were often filled by Cole’s expertise in yacht placements and Lovell would reciprocate to send him her overflow. Lovell Realty Group, along with business partner John Smigiel, also represented the Cole Family for their purchase of a beautiful luxury waterfront home. Utilizing their stellar negotiating skills to lock in a great deal just before the market went crazy. Additionally, as a highly-trained lawyer, Lovell would offer her skills and insights on issues that would arise in the ebb and flow of all their dealings.
“It’s South Florida, if you are in the game, you will have issues and will need to navigate,” says Lovell.
Ahoy to savvy owner/investors. This is not your average beautiful waterfront home in East Fort Lauderdale. There is no comparison.
It was these years of working closely together which anchored Cole’s confidence that his friends needed a Broker with Lovell’s multi-layered expertise. It is not every day that a home boasting over 200’+ of deeded riparian rights of deep-water dockage goes on the market. There is no shortage of waterfront homes on the market at any given time in Fort Lauderdale. It is, after all, the Yachting Capital of the World. But a waterfront luxe retreat like the 2640 Riverland Estate is worthy of the word rare. Many can boast living on the water, but few can boast (a la Venezia) living OVER it!
Immediately upon meeting the owners of 2640 Riverland Road, there was kismet because there was the knowledge that they needed. The owners had arduously and impeccably improved and maintained this home. The brokerage team that would be up to their exacting standards would have to be as hard-working! Rose Ann Lovell and John Smigiel of Lovell Realty Group were humbled and grateful to be awarded the listing.
All brokers know the elated feeling of securing a listing only to face the hard part. The hard part of what to highlight and yes, sometimes diminish in marketing collateral. It was joyous for Lovell & Smigiel to dive into the marketing because there was no marketing hyperbole needed. Start with the stunner that there are only two such homes ever built over-the-water in Fort Lauderdale and that this architectural rarity could never be built again.
The well-executed design hallmark to transport you onto the water is experienced throughout. From the minute one steps through the front door; you are on board. But no seasickness ever. Expected and well-appointed luxurious accoutrements abound in this 3 bedroom, 3 and one-half bath estate. The interior is only matched by the exterior for seamless and sultry entertaining. The architectural pool and spa with high-cascading waterfall make for a magical backdrop while using the Outdoor Kitchen and entertaining patio with full cabana bath. The extraordinary layout of this well-positioned single-family home allow the boat lover to view their collection of watercrafts without blocking the view of the wide yacht turning basin.
The gem of 2640 Riverland Road is that it is not just an extraordinary layout but a fabulous location. It is 5 miles to famed eating and shopping on Las Olas Boulevard and only 6 miles to Fort Lauderdale International Airport. If Palm Beach or Orlando is on your rotation, the upscale Brightline station is minutes away. There is always the Fort Lauderdale styled evening out to hop in the boat and cruise to a plethora of on the water eating venues.
But wait, there is mega-yacht more. The genius of the 2640 Riverland Estate owners to secure the adjacent lot is the game-changer. The rarified architectural beauty of 2640 Riverland now becomes a mega-yacht, multi-boat slip haven. Why a haven? It’s a haven on many levels. Notably, there is the tranquil yacht turning basin and wide deep-water canal. But think “haven” in terms of hurricanes. For instance, at Lovell’s docks which are east of 2640, when a Category 1 hurricane has been named, yachts must leave her docks. Yachts, in accordance with their pre-filed insurance company hurricane plan usually takes them up river. This is a fleeting moment in time for a savvy yacht owner/investor to snag the haven of 2640, snuggly up river, one block from the South Fork of the New River.
Lovell closes with, “Smooth seas and following winds till we speak again.”
For more information or to speak with Rose Ann Lovell about getting a deal done in South Florida, it would float her boat to speak with you! Contact her direct at Lovell Realty Group by email at contact@lovellrealty.com or call +1(305)333-7382. www.lovellrealty.com
