Beautiful Belle Meade Home

Welcome to Beautiful Belle Meade. A highly sought out guard gated community located in the Upper Eastside MIMO Arts District. Just north of the Design District, Midtown Miami, Wynwood and all major expressways. SOBE, The Miami International Airport, Brickell and Downtown are just minutes away. Walking distance to the new shops and eats. THIS IS THE LARGEST LOT AVAILABLE IN B.M. AND THE AREA AT 14,160-FEET. Perfect for end-users, Investors and Developers. This beautiful family home is situated on a quiet tree-lined street surrounded by incredible neighbours and foliage. Doggie and Children's Park are only steps away. Miami-Dade County has installed new sidewalks, curbs, drainage, sewer systems and street lights over the last few years. Tin metal roof and lovely curb appeal. Large rooms with ample storage spaces throughout. One of my favourite parts of the home is the step-down family-tv room. Comfortable and just the right amount of natural light. Lovely and original Terrazzo flooring. The neighbourhood known as Belle Meade occupies most of the southeast quarter of Section 7 and a small portion of the southwest quarter of section 8 of Township 53 South Range 42 East. The natural boundaries are: Little River on the north, Biscayne Bay on the east, the rear property line of lots facing North East 72nd Terrace on the south, and Biscayne Boulevard on the west. According to a 1920 map of Miami, the land east of the line of North East 10th Avenue and most of Belle Meade Island was originally mangroves. The land north of 76th Street to Little River was shown as "prairie". In the course of planning Belle Meade, the land contours were manipulated but there is visual evidence that the entire neighborhood slopes gradually down to seal level from a high point along Biscayne Boulevard. Northeast 7th Avenue is a natural low point, where rainwater accumulates and there is also evidence of another high point along N.E. 8th Avenue. When Belle Meade Island was separated from the mainland in 1925 a portion of the 100 canal was cut through this hammock and evidence is visible on the canal side of 815 and 825 N.E. 76th Street. Furthermore, stone cut when the canal was dug, was probably used to line the riverfront retaining walls. Some of these walls survive upstream of Belle Meade Island. Today, it is impossible to tell where Aqua Marine ends and Belle Meade begins. Both subdivisions set aside oversize waterfront lots for the construction of more substantial residences. The interior lots were all originally 50 feet wide, but their depth, as well as that of the public rights of way varied slightly. Aqua Marine, with a longer north south dimension, set its lots at 125 feet deep with the rights of way for N.E. 77th, 76th and 75th Streets at 75 feet. Belle Meade, being more constrained set its lot depth at 117 feet, with the rights of way for N.E. 74th, 73rd Streets and N.E. 72nd Terrace at 50 feet. The right-of-way includes sidewalks, swales, curbs, gutters and actual roadway. With minor exceptions, underground water lines and overhead power lines were all run through 5-foot easements at the rear of most lots. The Belle Meade Land Company went bankrupt after the collapse of the real estate boom and several companies bought blocks of the unsold lots which they then marketed under various names: New Belle Meade, Belle Meade Island, Belle Meade Revised, etc. Aqua Marine fared better in the soft real estate market of the 1930's and its lots continued to be sold by the Brandt Corporation Real Estate from its office located at the old Aqua Marine Lodge. New Belle Meade comprised most of the mainland lots east of N.E. 8th Avenue. fts sales office was located at 7299 N.E. Belle Meade Island Boulevard, with Fred R. Reed listed as the Sales Manager. The structure that housed the sales office no longer exists, nor is there a house with that same address today. The house that presently sits at that location was built in 1949. Some of the lots from the 1925 layout were re-plated and sold from $1,250.00 to $3,500.00 in the late 1930's. Deed restrictions spelled out building setback lines, with the 30-foot front setback requirement more generous than what is currently required by city of Miami zoning. Other restrictions stipulated minimum square footage and construction cost values for projected houses, limited building materials to concrete block and stucco, and established a four foot height for backyard fences and hedges. The deed also stipulated that these restrictions were to be enforced by the developer, and once all the lots were sold by a successor Homeowners Association.