{"id":37239,"date":"2010-07-11T22:04:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T22:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetmiamirealestate.com\/2010\/07\/11\/lets-take-a-look-at-bay-heights-in-north-coconut-grove\/"},"modified":"2019-04-22T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T20:36:59","slug":"lets-take-a-look-at-bay-heights-in-north-coconut-grove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/lets-take-a-look-at-bay-heights-in-north-coconut-grove\/","title":{"rendered":"Let's Take a Look at Bay Heights in North Coconut Grove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bay Heights is one of my favorite Coconut Grove neighborhoods. It’s the area of the Grove closest to downtown Miami and is surrounded by a 5 foot wall that originally enclosed the fields where food was grown for workers during the construction of Villa\u00a0Vizcaya<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vizcaya is the Italian-Renaissance estate\u00a0built between 1914 and 1923\u00a0 for the industrialist\u00a0James Deering which is now owned by Miami-Dade County and open to the public. If you’ve not been there recently it is well worth another visit. If you’ve never been there, make it a priority the next time you can!<\/p>\n

Back to Bay Heights, though! This is a community of 185 homes with 24 hour a day, seven days a week patrolling police presence. It can be accessed only through its 2 entryways, one at Tigertail and Alatka and the other where Samana Drive joins South Miami Avenue.\u00a0The original\u00a0homes were built during the mid-1950s and over time most\u00a0have been updated.<\/p>\n

One of the best renovations of an original Bay Heights-style home sold in June this year at 62 Bay Heights Drive that was listed by Kimberly and Associates. Pictured below, it has 5 bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms on 3 levels. It’s larger than the typical 1950s homes in the neighborhood with 4339 square feet and a\u00a0lot over 17000 square feet. It has 10′ ceilings, terrazo floors, impact-glass windows, a truly gourmet kitchen, and complete guest or in-laws quarters (with kitchen) on the lower level. There is a huge wraparound deck in the backyard and plenty of room for a large pool.<\/p>\n

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This property sold for $1,200,000 or 8% less than the asking price.\u00a0This is in line with the other closed sales this year, except for one sale at 105 W. Shore Drive which sold for 20% less than asking. Check out all the closed sales here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are currently 7 homes on the market in Bay Heights, none of which is a short sale or foreclosure. This is a stable and desirable place to live, literally as close as you can live to downtown and still be in Coconut Grove! <\/strong>See all listed homes here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

General statistics for the area are as follows:<\/p>\n