Key West Real Estate

81 Cannon Royal Drive, Shark Key 

The plantation-style house sits on 1.5 acres of exclusive Shark Key, only minutes from Key West. It’s built 11 feet over grade with superior master craftsmanship and an extraordinary wealth of materials (including limestone, African and Bolivian slate, copper, mahogany, reclaimed cypress and oiled bronze hardware), all weather resistant.There’s a passenger elevator for the three bedroom guest wing, each with private baths and porches. The owners can use it as well. Beautifully scaled rooms, 12-ft ceilings, custom 8-ft doors, a breathtaking kitchen, and of course there’s indoor and outdoor dining and a great loggia at ground level along the water’s edge. The master bedroom wing has private porches, walk-in closets with loads of storage and double baths. Steps away are the den with re-milled antique cypress walls and cabinetry and its own porch. The entire residence has extraordinary open water views from the verandas. The pool is surrounded by gardens as lush as any tropical forest and bright with subtropical blooms. Award-winning landscape artistry is by renowned Raymond Jungles.