Miami Real Estate

Palmetto Bay is a burgeoning community of more than 25,000 residents, just west of Biscayne Bay and just to south of The Village of Pinecrest.

The Village of Palmetto Bay was incorporated on September 10, 2002 and has become a neighborhood which now competes with Pinecrest for home buyers looking for good-sized backyards and a community feel.  Recently the Village  installed new street signs, completed several beautification projects and created new  park facilities…  affectionately dubbing it the “Village of Parks”.   Among the largest of the parks is Coral Reef Park… with tennis, sand volleyball, canals, fields, playground areas, barbeque facilities, afterschool  activities, club and team sports, and  ongoing community events and festivals.

Aside from the parks, Palmetto Bay has numerous bike paths, hiking trails and open spaces…  abundant vegetation and natural hammocks … drawing  it’s residents outside… to enjoy the out-of-doors.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Recycling bins  delivered curbside  months ago may be too small or too large for some of us.    If you’d like a  size other than the standard 65 gallon bin provided to you by the county,   call 3-1-1  and they’ll deliver one that works better for you.    They will substitute either a larger (95 gallon) or  smaller (35 gallon)  bin for your existing one,  within 1- 10 days of your call.   In order to receive your new container,  you’ll need to leave the old one at at the curb for them to exchange.   Recyclables are collected every two weeks.   Miami areas serviced by the new recycling program include Miami-Dade County, Aventura, Cutler Bay, Doral, Florida City, Medley, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Miami Springs, North Bay Village, Opa-locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Sunny Isles, Surtside, Sweetwater, West Miami and Virginia Gardens.

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“Come Together” on April 26th : another free event  in Miami for students K-12  (and  $10 for adults)…. at the Deering Estate at Cutler (10-5pm) at 16701 SW 72 Avenue in Palmetto Bay.   This collaborative event hosted by STUDENTS OFFERING SUPPORT  and the DEERING ESTATE  is a fun outdoor community event, to benefit charity.  Youth Arts Day and Music Festival is sponsoring a 5K dash  to kick off the festivities.  Proceeds go to the Children’s Home Society, Make-A-Wish Foundation, His House Children’s  Home , Honey Shine Foundation, Tim Hardaway Foundation, and Deering Estate at Cutler.  For detailed information on the ‘dash’  itself, go to www.sosmiami.org  …or just head over and enjoy the day’s activities at the Deering Estate… yet another great excuse to be outdoors!

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"EWM Smart Living Residence" Featured Property on the Cover of EWM Mailer: March,2009

“Up for grabs!”  This featured home on the March 2009  EWM MAILER COVER PAGE,   9365 SW 170  Lane  in Palmetto Bay,  is back up for grabs!  (Buyer was unable to close.)   EWM’s  ”SMART LIVING CHOICE” , this 4 bedroom,  2 bath home, with sparkling pool , and private fenced yard ,  2 car garage, and an indoor laundry room…is available for $261,000.00    

Quoting  the EWM Mailer,  ”You’ll be amazed at the new listings to choose from in neighborhoods that you never dreamed would fit your budget!  Residences UNDER $300,000 @ EWM Smart Living :  Find over 45,000 Miami-Dade & Broward single family homes and condos priced under $300,000.”   

9365 SW 170 Lane is located few blocks east of US1 (S.Dixie Hwy) in Palmetto Bay, on a cul-de-sac …   near shopping & dining,  and the location offers  quick access to major transportation.  Easy to show.  For more information or to preview, call  either Vicki Restivo 305 1793,  or Alexandra Restivo 305 632-0164

Sparkling Pool with waterslide

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Open Sunday from 12-2, come see this 5 bedroom 4 bathroom house in Palmetto Bay. A half basketball court, a pool with screened patio area, a working fireplace, and an eat-in kitchen are just some of the fantastic features of this home. Listed at $799,000, this home is situated in the quiet non gated area of Banyan Woods.

Come by the OPEN HOUSE 12-2 PM.

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Newly reduced in Palmetto Bay is a  great 4 bedroom / 2 bathroom home featuring a pool with a waterslide. Trees overflowing with avocados. Adorable kitchen to build memories in. Located on a quiet cul-de-sac, this is a one of a kind home with charm and warmth. Perfect starter home and located in a multi-use neighborhood.

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Now listed at $261,000

Click here to see a brochure

To see this wonderful home or for any of your real estate needs,  call Alexandra Restivo at (305)632-0164 or Vicki Restivo at (305)793-1365.

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The Village of Palmetto Bay recently opened their open-air market to the public. Located at SW 174 St and SW 97 Ave, in the heart of the “downtown” area in the Franjo Triangle/Commercial Island District. The market opened on November 2, 2008 and will be open every Sunday through April 2009.

It is professionally managed by The Market Company and features green-market vendors that specialize in fresh fruits, vegetables, plants, flowers, trees and other local goods, including organic items. There are also vendors selling antiques, art and collectibles.

For more information click here, or contact The Market Company at claire@themarketingcompany.com if you wish to participate as a vendor. Contact Vicki or Alexandra Restivo if we can help you with your real estate needs.

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 If you missed out on this house, there’s a similar one for sale now in Palmetto Bay… bigger… and for less money.  The one pictured above, with 4,273 square feet of living space,  sold in June of 2008 for $830,000 on 8598 SW 168 Terrace… having multiple offers on it. 

Take a look at the home for sale below.  7469 SW 168 Terrace in Banyan Woods  is  a spacious  five bedroom home… SIMILAR  in many ways to the one pictured above … It’s listed for considerably less.  At $799,000  it’s the best priced property currently available  in Banyan Woods… on a corner lot …  walled  and gated! [slideshow=6] 

With  high ceilings throughout the living areas,  it is open and spacious… with a comfortable flow.  Double doors open to the foyer and  sunken living room… with views of the pool patio and garden beyond.   The  focal point of the family room  is the working marble  fireplace.  In the  kitchen there’s  a cook island,  in black granite, a snack counter and an eat-in area  by the bay windows looking out onto the pool.  A separate formal dining room  faces the front of the home … on a ”circular cul-de-sac” .  Floors are a combination of tile and marble.  Listed for $799,000… 7469 SW 168th Terrace is a split five bedroom / four bath home :  with one bedroom separate and apart from the other four.  The private back yard is both walled and fenced, and jutts up against SW 168th Street.  It’s pristine pool,  and two separate, covered  patio areas are perfect for entertaining… with domed, screened-in  pool enclosure … removable kiddie safety pool-fence… an grassy area… and basketball court. 7469 SW 168th Terrace consists of 4,729 square feet  under air… a two car garage… and is located  just west of Old Cutler…  around the bend from the quaint Starbucks on Old Cutler… in Palmetto Bay… aptly dubbed the “Village of Parks”.  

Just the block,  7399 SW 168 Terrace  is listed for sale as well… the  identical model to this one… but with a rock fountain in the front, awnings… and a carport. 

For more information on living in  the Village of Palmetto Bay, contact Vicki and Alexandra Restivo, Luxury Home Marketing Specialists  with EWM Realtors, or visit www.MiamiRealEstateCafe.com  a comprehensive website for those considering making South Florida “home”!  We welcome your comments,  your questions… and of course, your referrals!

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In the past six months, two homes were scooped up fast in Palmetto Bay. Both were phenomenal buys!

Only listed for THREE days, 7490 SW 148th sold for $755,000 in Tuscany Estates (October 29, 2008). Five bedrooms/three baths …and 4128 square feet… This buyer moved fast!

Another great deal, was this one:

Catch your breath:

Listed for only 44 days, this one sold for $590,000 (August 1, 2008): 8205 SW 184 Lane was listed for $638,969 (and sold for $590,000 …which comes out to $121 a square foot, for all 4,869 square feet of beauty this six bedroom, five bath home had to offer!) That is a steal!
Anything you’d like to know about property in Palmetto Bay, whether you’re buying or selling, please call us. Vicki Restivo (305) 793 1365 or Alexandra Restivo (305) 632 0164

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There’s a charming Starbucks on the corner of SW 168th Street and Old Cutler Road… with bike paths leading to it.   Right across the street, behind a brick wall, is the non-gated community of Banyan Woods.   Inside the community runs a single, circular road,  with two exits only,  giving it a contained, neighborhood feel.  

Homes aren’t often on the market in Banyan Woods.  One sold recently, and there’s another, currently on the market,  a large 5 bedroom corner house  at  7469 SW 168 Street in Palmetto Bay.   The size of this home alone gives it the potential to be out-of this-world.  Located  at the fathest corner from Old Cutler, the fenced back yard backs up against SW 168th Street.   

The screened-in pool has a separate non-heated jacuzzi,  and the screen  itself is domed-in.  Two covered patio areas make for fabulous outdoor time.  There’s a big  walled-in yard, with a 1/2 court basketball to one side.   And, there’s a nice angle, perfect for an herb or vegetable garden. 

At the front entry (as well as in the patio area) the ceilings are wood  … (and high).   The first thing you see when you enter are the high ceilings and then your eye is drawn directly out to the pool (…a feeling of spaciousness). The pool area is one of the highlights of this house walled-in and private,  and the proximity of 168th becomes white noise.  This home was built in 1991, with black granite counter tops in the eat-in kichen, and tile floors that are for the most part white, with some black accents interspurced.  Stepping down from the entry foyer into the living room and main living areas, the eat-in kitchen, family room with a working fireplace, formal dining room,  large indoor laundry, 2 car garage,  and a fifth bedroom (which could easily be an office/den or fitness room ) are toward the right as you enter. 

The other bedrooms, and cabana bath are off to the left.   Master suite overlooks the pool on one side, and the basketball court to the other.  There is a sauna in the master.   

A new barrel-tile roof was installed 10 years ago, and the house is equipped with central vacuum, and has accordian shutters, and a stamped concrete circular drive. 

FEATURES:      4,729 square feet of living space.  18,830 square foot corner lot.

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