Many Kissimmee homes cater to Disney fans, but one listed for just under $3.5 million is for horse lovers.
It’s an almost 6-acre equestrian estate on prime property.
“Most of the time, you have to travel out on the outskirts, out to Ocala or down to Wellington, where you see more properties of the style. But this was a really unique in-town location,” said listing agent Alison Mosley, with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty. “It just feels like you’ve arrived somewhere else and not in the tourist area, which it is. You feel like you’ve been taken somewhere else.”
Former builder Tom Tompkins built the home in 2008 and included all the amenities a horse-lover would want.
“He really saw a vision for this property, and it’s pristine. It’s just beautiful,” Mosley told GrowthSpotter. “It has a lot to offer. It has full pastures and a four-stall horse barn. It’s a really unique find.”
There is also a tack room, a riding ring, cedar-lined planking in the stables, and more.
“[It has] everything that you would need, and there’s definitely room to grow. If somebody needed to add an indoor dressage ring, there’s enough land there to do it, or some other equestrian interest. It’s just immaculately maintained.”
There’s also plenty of space and amenities for humans with both a main house and a guest house connected by a 1,324-square-foot porte-cochere.
The main home has seven bedrooms and five bathrooms in 8,261 square feet.
“It’s elevated. It is not a country home or a farm home. There’s a chef’s kitchen, beautiful appliances, and they’re all high-end, so it’s meant [for] someone that enjoys the finer things in life,” Mosley said. “Someone who enjoys taking care of horses and show horsing is a more elevated lifestyle, and the house really mirrors that.”
Mosley calls the kitchen “magnificent” for someone who likes to cook, and it opens into a large living space with a fireplace and is near a dining room that can seat 12.
“Those rooms kind of spill out to each other and then open up into a Florida room that has the seamless doors that open up, all overlooking the pool,” she said. “It’s just a really great house to entertain and enjoy Florida.”
The guest house has an additional three bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,620 square feet, perfect for multi-generational living or other uses.
“We have somebody just look at it to buy it and use it more commercially for a wedding venue, because the house is so beautiful and has several bedrooms, and there’s a guest house, which I thought was an interesting alternative use for it.”
Outside, the pool is the star of the outdoor space.
“There’s a lazy river pool, which is really unique, with a little bridge to the middle center section and an outdoor fire pit,” she said. “It mimics some of the lazy rivers you see at the luxury hotels…you can just stay home and feel like you’re on vacation.”
The property backs up to the Remington Golf Club and its 18-hole course, and the home has a room designed for a golf simulator.
But it’s the location of an equestrian estate that Mosley said will most likely sell the place.
“If somebody wants to be in a rural, central location, that’s it. You can get to the airport, you get to Tampa easy, you get to Ocala easy, and you get to downtown [Orlando] easily and all the major roadways and yet feel like you’re out in the country,” she explained.
It’s not too big and not too small.
“It’s hard to find that sweet spot to have a four-stable barn and not a 12-stable barn or a one-stable barn. It’s sort of that smaller, mid-range size property, without taking on too much. It’s still very manageable.”
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