Proudly owning a chunk of your favorite band’s iconic historical past is the dream of many music followers – however how about proudly owning a property beforehand owned by one of the well-known bands on the earth?
If you happen to’ve received near $4 million (£3.2million) to drop, you may be the proud new house owners of a sprawling waterfront property in Florida, reportedly as soon as owned by ABBA.
The house, in-built 1982, is situated within the upmarket island group of Tierra Verde in Florida, and was, apparently, initially purchased for the Swedish four-piece to flee to throughout the chilly London winters.
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The setting of this $3.95million itemizing could not be any extra picturesque – sat on the sting of Tampa Bay, and nestled inside a small waterfront group, it was doubtless a haven of leisure for the musical foursome.
Inside the previous ABBA home
Inside, the 6-bed, 4-bath house wants a little bit of an overhaul – however we reckon the gorgeous waterside views and fairly environment are greater than sufficient to make up for that.
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The views from the pool, situated on the pool deck, are actually fairly spectacular, particularly because the Floridian solar units throughout the water. And whereas it has been a few years since ABBA used the 4,527 sq. ft. property as a base, their influences are nonetheless clear to see.
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The design of the house – which the property agent describes as ‘suspended in time’ – was impressed by conventional Swedish longhouses, evidenced within the lengthy, barely extra slender look it upholds to today.
Internally, the Scandi-style decor can be evident (see our Scandi kitchen concepts for extra inspo), with a wood-panelled ceiling and a built-in scorching tub within the ‘Florida room’ – sure, actually!
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It could be wanting slightly ‘coastal grandma’ proper now however the primary front room has a great deal of potential with luxuriously excessive ceilings and a big stone fire that dominates the house.
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All through the remainder of the house, the present decor is minimal and easy, if barely dated. The decrease ground of the open, two-storey dwelling house leads onto a darker, all-wood kitchen, whereas upstairs, there is a pretty spacious workplace room.
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Apparently, the house is split into two an identical ‘mirrored’ ground plans – every of the 2 sides have a downstairs master bedroom, a loft space and two bedrooms with a Jack-and-Jill toilet.
The bedrooms and loos are spacious however in want of an replace. Nonetheless, the views greater than compensate for that!
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There have been some current upgrades from the present house owners nevertheless; a brand new roof with skylights has been added to welcome loads of pure gentle, as have photo voltaic panels to assist its future house owners save vitality at house. It additionally has electrical shutters, and plexiglass covers, offering hurricane safety for home windows and sliders.
Do you reckon you may take this mission on? Or ought to we are saying, Voulez Vous…
This property is listed with Lisa Farmer, with Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty (opens in new tab).
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