Landmark Beauty On Tampa Bay With Skyline Views Of Downtown St. Petersburg

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Landmark Beauty On Tampa Bay With Skyline Views Of Downtown St. Petersburg

August 18, 2025
sydney gault

501 Brightwaters Blvd NE St. Petersburg, FL 33704

6 Beds | 5 Baths & 2 Half Baths | 7,101 sqft

$15,000,000

A completely updated and remodeled 1920’s Spanish Estate known as one of the most significant properties in St Petersburg and Tampa Bay, not only for its estate size lot, and its bespoke design, but also because of its location, that looks over Tampa Bay waterfront on Snell Isle to the Pier, North Shore Park and Beach Drive NE directly to the spectacular downtown St Pete Skyline. Over 1/2 acre of prime property, the home showcases the dynamic relationship of the modern and the heirloom, as it elegantly weaves the glamor of the past with the present day comforts and upgrades. A well loved home, designed now for entertaining and enjoyment. The current owner spent over three years enhancing the bygone era with extraordinary quality and rare modern details and globally inspired design. Grand in scale and proportion with spectacular rooms, high ceilings, natural light and exquisite craftsmanship, the home is unpretentious, truly exquisite and beautiful. Every room is magical, peaceful and a living piece of art in itself. From floor to ceiling, entertaining rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, studio, office and spectacular kitchen, the love of design is clearly manifested in every detail both indoors and outdoors.

Dining Room: Modern elegance personified! The formal dining-room for large family gatherings and events opens out to the kitchen, the foyer and french doors to the front courtyard with fountain. Inspiring statement ceiling design and light fixture. One of a kind.

The Foyer: This home lives beautifully with the spacious foyer connecting archways and entertaining rooms to exterior front and back, interior to exterior.

The Kitchen: Where modern meets original charm with custom built cabinetry, radial cabinet corners, custom copper range hood. The upper cabinets have custom stained glass inserts. Eat in kitchen area, walk in pantry, fabulous light fixtures including under cabinet lighting, kitchen opens to the family room for open plan living. Exquisite tile with gold finished edging as backsplash and surrounding columns leading to family room. New, custom crafted exposed ceiling beams to complement the home’s original style. Imported tile from France installed in the kitchen and family room to match existing original tile from Spanish monastery. Thermador induction cooktop. Miele appliances (refrigerator, freezer, wine cooler, built in specialty coffee maker, 3 ovens). Sub-zero beverage refrigerator and built in ice-maker. Elkay water bottle dispenser added just off kitchen and leading to the laundry room.

The Living Room: The large living room with fireplace provides a beautiful space for grand entertaining. Original fireplace newly outfitted with natural gas. Fireplace surrounded by custom textured, etched, and painted to look like stone. French doors open to lush tropical landscaped gardens. Custom made semi-circular mirror spans over fireplace mantle. Two original coves on each side of fireplace finished with intricate mosaic tile. Original exposed wood beams refinished and the ceiling finished with linen-like textured wallpaper which was then hand painted with design. These touches were done with painstaking subtlety and grace to honor the original state of the house. Also, two new openings added to living room providing additional abundant light and water views.

The Family Room: A living piece of art in itself, is stunning and beautifully complements the adjacent kitchen. The recessed ceiling has textured wallpaper and newly crafted exposed beams. A custom boutique cabinet with radio corners is crafted to frame the Samsung Frame TV. Custom french doors lead to the pool and waterfront.

Primary Bedroom Suite: Generously sized primary suite includes a gas fireplace, separate sitting-area with mesmerizing waterfront, skyline and St. Pete Pier views. Every item in the primary suite is beautifully planned from Lutron shades, custom designed headboard panel, painted sitting area ceiling with tiny crystals to emulate the sky, and custom columns added in sitting area to complement the original columns. Additionally, the redesigned primary bathroom suite complete with arch ceilings, custom tile and cabinetry, and double vanities. The owner converted another bedroom-suite into the walk-in closet. There’s a wet bar with a subzero refrigerator, and a frame TV. *Note: The home has two primary bedrooms.

Elevator: Installed for an easy two-story living. Three-panel elevator door, custom painter with a bronze finish. The interior of the elevator is custom painted as faux burl wood.

Backyard Oasis: Wonderful large pool and pool area that has the look of a Hamptons estate with its abundance of lawn gardens for play and entertaining. Privacy abounds with newly added custom gates added along the sea wall and dock, plus perimeter access gates, concrete and stucco wall along both sides of the back yard and pool area. The Florida coral stone exterior pavers added for a classic Florida look, and the pool pavers were replaced to match the new coral stone pavers. There is a new custom covered arbor with an outdoor cooking area with piped natural gas. A beautiful backyard oasis with patio, pool, gardens, large dock and palms!