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VISTA BAY
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VISTA BAY

From an empty seawall to a finished home
Chapter I
Built from nothing
An empty seawall, and ninety feet of open water.
The drive ends at a brass door.
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The Build

Eleven months, from seawall to home.

We began with a bare lot and ninety feet of seawall on the bay. What you just watched is the real sequence: foundation, frame, glass, finish.

The bare waterfront lot
I
The SiteMonth 0
Foundation and framing
II
The FrameMonth 3
Structure with glass
III
The StructureMonth 7
The finished home
IV
CompleteMonth 11
0.4 ac
Waterfront Lot
8,400
Square Feet
11 mo
Ground to Finish
2026
Completed
Chapter II
Lived in
The island catches the morning.
02

Materials

Stone, oak, glass, and a long low fire.

Honed travertine kitchen island with the bay beyond
01
Travertine

A single honed-travertine block anchors the kitchen, the bay filling the glass beside it.

Smoked oak headboard wall in the primary suite
02
Smoked Oak

It wraps the headboard wall and runs underfoot, warm against the linen and the morning light.

Floor-to-ceiling glass in the great room over the bay
03
Low-iron Glass

Floor to ceiling, no green tint. The west wall turns into open water, then disappears at dusk.

Linear gas fire set into a book-matched travertine wall
04
The Hearth

A long, low gas fire set into book-matched travertine — the room's warm center as the sun drops.

6
Beds
7.5
Baths
12'
Ceilings
90'
Waterfront
∞
Edge Pool
1
Private Dock
Chapter III
The water’s edge
The pool runs right out to the bay.
Then the lights come on.
03

The Setting

On the water, in South Tampa.

Protected frontage, a private dock, and open bay to the west. Ten minutes to downtown, a world away at dusk.

Private Showings

Walk the home before it’s listed.