Tuesday, September 19, 2017

For Sale: Very Large Palm Beach Estate (ignore the hurricane)

Priced for quick sale.
Possible fixer-upper.

Via Zillow:

1800 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480 
7 beds 11 baths 24,000 sqft
$46,000,000 

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Extraordinary opportunity to own a private compound on nearly 2.5 acres of irreplaceable Palm Beach property. This gated compound offers a 1923 Mizner designed estate & guest house and has 300 feet of oceanfront property with a private beach and nearly 300' on the Lakefront with a dock. Swimming & lap pools, ponds grace the elaborate gardens with beautiful shade trees and privacy...MORE
HT: HOTR

I'm not sure I would have gone with 'irreplaceable' in the listing.

A quick look at HurricaneCity show these 'canes:
King, How, Hazel, Judith, Donna, Cleo, Isbell, Abby, Dottie, David, Isadore, Bob, Gordon, Jerry, Mitch, Irene, Frances, Jeanne, Katrina, Wilma, Ernesto, Fay, Matthew, Irma,
Hmmm. Those are just the named storms. And the Weather Service only started naming in 1950.

Longest gap between storms
14 years 1910-1923

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 2.07 years