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Enjoy the cool breeze and beautifully landscaped gardens from front porch of this custom log home on 5.5 acres minutes from town and I-10. 30 minutes to Destin’s beaches. Energy miser home with built-in entertainment center, corner cupboard, and cedar furniture. Two master suites and large loft. Cedar closets and baths. Extra windows for added light. Kenmore appliances, workshop, garden, PEACEFUL. The savings on homeowner’s insurance with this home almost equals your mortgage payment. Living just 30 minutes from the beach has saved us thousands in homeowner’s insurance premiums. The home is close enough to commute to Fort Walton Beach or Destin yet affordable. Instead of paying $7,000 to $10,000 in extravagant homeowner’s ins. because you live at the coast, just live a short drive away and build equity in your home and save for your child’s college tuition!! LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION MATTERS! You CAN have the best of two worlds! Godspeed! Check us out at 185 Forrest Oak Road in Defuniak Springs

Endless Possibilities with this Log Home on Emerald Coast!

There is a LOT of room to grow with this custom log home built in 2000 on 5.4 acres.  Zoned estate residential, (one dwelling per 5 acres), your privacy is guaranteed and no subdivision restrictions dictate what you have to do!  Wide open, this home sits centrally on 5.4 wooded acres that used to be a blueberry farm.  There are blueberry and huckleberry bushes over the entire property.  Large pin oaks provide plenty of shade and the beautiful landscaping surrounds the home and then transitions into woods.  Eglin Wildlife Preserve is at the end of the road for the hunters who would like to be close to hunting yet close enough to town and the beaches for the wife and family.  The natural springs of Ponce de Leon State Park, Morrison Springs, and Vortex Springs are just minutes down I-10 for the folks who like diving.  The new Arnold Palmer golf course is set to open just 5 minutes down the road and the beaches of Santa Rosa Beach, Grayton Beach and Destin are just 30 minutes directly south.  When you walk in this home the first thing you notice is the fresh smell of cedar then your eyes sweep upward following the cathedral ceiling to the loft, 2 ceiling fans and 2 skylights.  The open floor plan flows and makes the downstairs living space a true joy to be in, easy to relax, unwind, entertain, cook and in general just enjoy yourselves!  The downstairs master bedroom is a peaceful, cool sanctuary with ceiling fan and a double window view of the beautifully landscaped front yard.  The upstairs master bedroom has a “chalet look” with a large triangular window at its peak.  Both master suites have large cedar closets and cedar baths!  The view from the second story towards the back overlooks a large backyard and woods, a workshop with its own covered porch and two outside work tables, a garden and bonfire pit. This place is a dream to live in!  Imagine yourselves here working, playing, everything at your fingertips yet PEACE when you are HOME.  Nothing like it!!  Power bills LOW, (average $100 a month!, homeowner’s insurance LOW, $1800 a year!, can’t beat this one for quality of life and economy!!  Come see it at

185 Forrest Oak Road

Best of Two Worlds!

Do you live in or want to live in the Fort Walton Beach or Destin area yet can’t afford the homeowner’s insurance rates in that area??  With this DeFuniak Springs log home on 5.4 acres you can still commute to the beach yet be able to afford your homeowner’s insurance!  Our homeowner’s is $1700/yr and we have heard multiple instances of Fort Walton Beach and Destin area homeowner’s insurance going as high as $7,000 to $10,000 a year.  A much safer location is DeFuniak Springs than Fort Walton or Destin when the hurricanes blow through and yet the beaches of Santa Rosa Beach, Seagrove, and Destin are all 30 minutes to 45 minutes away!  An easy commute if you’re working in Fort Walton Beach or Destin as this property is situated on Hwy 331 South just between Freeport and DeFuniak Springs.  The home is 4 miles from Interstate 10 access and minutes from shopping.  You know what they say…LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!  This one’s got it…Since the listing, a new walkway in the front of the house has been installed, more cedar trim added on the interior, the workshop has a fresh updated look, and the well house is being redone.  With it finally getting cooler all is cozy inside this affordable and beautiful log home.  Wouldn’t it make just a beautiful Christmas present for YOUR family…God bless!  Come see

185 Forrest Oak Road!

Enjoy the cool breeze and beautifully landscaped gardens on the front porch of this engineered, milled and handcrafted custom built log home. Situated on 5.5 acres minutes from town and I-10 just outside the city limits and only 30 minutes from the white sandy beaches of Destin on the Emerald Coast. Built in 2000 this energy miser home features log and beam construction throughout. Detailed custom hardwood interior accompanied by a spacious open floor plan compliment the two master bedroom suites each having its own large cedar closet and cedar bathroom. The massive loft area accentuated with cathedral ceiling and skylights, now an art studio, could be your 3rd bedroom also with full bath access. Cedar built-ins throughout including a custom entertainment center in great room, corner cupboard in dining area and cedar and log furniture. Updated Kenmore appliances to stay with home. Recently updated workshop with porch doubles as extra storage space and all tools and machinery can stay with home. Large fenced garden space in back. A dream home come true. Everything you need for a peaceful country lifestyle at your fingertips or a minutes drive away. Check us out at 185 Forrest Oak Road in Defuniak Springs