Spring Hill, FL

Silverthorn is a gated and deed-restricted golf course community located in Brooksville, just a few miles West of US 41 and South of US 50 offering privacy with easy access to shopping, medical facilities, major roadways, and all area amenities. Tampa is just a short drive away, approx. 45 minutes via the Suncoast Parkway. The community offers upscale country club living with 24-hour security, an elegant clubhouse, community center, pool and tennis facilities. Properties available range from smaller villas to grand homes.

Sales in Silverthorn in 2008

Total Closed Transactions: 38

Sales Price Range: $125,000 - $489,900

Median Price: $227,550

Average Price: $249,379

Average Marketing Time: 126 Days

Villas: 9

Sales Price Range: $131,500 - $250,000

Median Price: $165,250

Average Price: $166,625

Average Marketing Time: 141 Days

Homes: 25

Sales Price Range: $125,000 - $489,900

Median Price: $227,550

Average Price: $249,379

Average Marketing Time: 126 Days

Currently Available and under Contract:

Offered for Sale: 38

Under Contract: 1

Sales Data derived from Hernando County MLS and believed to be accurate but not guaranteed.

Please also take a look at the 2008 home sales for the country club communities of Glen Lakes and Timber Pines.

For more information about Silverthorn or other country club communities in Hernando County, Spring Hill, and Brooksville, please contact me.

Timber Pines, located in Spring Hill, on the Gulf Coast of Florida, is rated as one of the best "over 55" Country Club Living and Retirement Communties. The development is a gated and deed-restricted community with approx. 3500 homes and villas surrounded by five sweeping golf courses, tall pines, and natural preserve areas. Offering a full range of activities, numerous clubs, stunning clubhouse, two community pools, tennis courts, and its own performing arts center, Timber Pines offers an active lifestyle for all interests.

Sales in Timber Pines in 2008

Total Closed Transactions: 89

Sales Price Range: $80,000 - $373,000

Median Price: $145,000

Average Price: $160,197

Average Marketing Time: 161 Days

Villas: 23

Sales Price Range: $80,000 - 200,000

Median Price: $130,000

Average Price: $135,572

Average Marketing Time: 164 Days

Homes: 66

Sales Price Range: $95,000 - $373,000

Median Price: $152,250

Average Price: $168,779

Average Marketing Time: 160 Days

Currently Available and under Contract:

Offered for Sale: 173: 71 Villas, 102 Homes

Under Contract: 6: 2 Villas, 4 Homes

Sales Data derived from Hernando County MLS and believed to be accurate but not guaranteed.

Please also take a look at the 2008 home sales for the country club communities of Glen Lakes and Silverthorn.

For more information about Silverthorn or other country club communities in Hernando County, Spring Hill, and Brooksville, please contact me.

This three bedroom golf course pool home located in Timber Pines, Spring Hill, FL, sold in November 2008 for $235,000.

....all around us! Although times are difficult for many people right now it is important to recognize that there are many things that can still be enjoyed without a great deal of expense.

Just take a look around you... festive decorations - either put up by commercial enterprises such as a mall, subdivisions, communities, or private homeowners - are everywhere and the best thing of all, they are free to enjoy!

I came upon this Christmas tree the other day and was stunned! Not something I could possibly put into my house but it gave me such pleasure just sitting there, taking a break and looking at it before retrieving my camera from the car!

There are added benefits too, you won't have to put up and take down these decorations nor would you have to store them!

Whether you are out driving in your car to work, to shopping, or to pick up the kids, notice the many different styles and individual choices from the simply elegant to the whimsical and outright funny! There is something for everyone.

Enjoy a happy holiday season!

Following a sign much like the usual yard sale signs that pop up everywhere on weekends and announcing "Holidays in the Gardens" lead me to the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens today.

Located just a few blocks away from a busy highway, I found the most wonderful and tranquil little place, perfect for a break from the hectic of everyday life.

Above: Entrance area. Left: Live Oak with Ivy

As I approached the entrance area, I was greeted by friendly and enthusiastic volunteers pointing out the features of the gardens.

As it happened, the second annual "Holidays in the Gardens" event took place today. Numerous Christmas trees decorated by local organizations and clubs were displayed throughout the gardens giving these organizations a venue to promote themselves with the visiting public encouraged to vote for their favorite tree!

Above left: Boys and Girls Club of Hernando County; above right: Red Hat Society

Encompassing an area of 3.5 acres, the grounds have been lovingly designed into 17 different gardens such as butterfly garden, cactus garden, wildflower and native plant areas, a tropical garden, and even a small rose garden with a large seating area for outdoor entertaining.

Throughout the botanical gardens, benches and other seating arrangements invite the visitor to pause and enjoy such as the Japanese Garden featuring a tea house and a pond.

Below: Secret Garden, Cactus Garden.

Above right: Bromeliad Garden containing one for Florida's largest collections of bromeliads.

The Nature Coast Botanical Gardens are operated entirely by volunteers from the Spring Hill Garden Club and others and partially supported through grants but also through tax deductible donations. There is also a nursery open to sell plants Saturdays and Mondays from 9 - Noon.

The Botanical Gardens are open to the public from dawn to dusk. They are located at 1489 Parker Avenue, Spring Hill Florida. Get there via US 19, go East on Spring Hill Drive, turn North onto Parker Ave just past the Kenlake Drive intersection.

Definetely worth a visit, the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens are a true oasis in the middle of busy town and a "secret" that should not be kept!

I know about networking - have done it many years but in more of a business/social setting. Now we have online social networking. Facebook and there is another one - not sure what - but I keep getting e-mails that say I've been tagged????? I am a little leery about starting online conversations with some of these people. I don't know what the guidelines are. I know about Linkedin - that is more of a professional networking online. That one I have been able to connect with old business friends.

There is Twitter - signed up but not sure about the following people? That is almost like online stalking? Am I out there in left field on this stuff? I'm not real sure how to handle.

One of the Tagged profiles I got was - married but was a nudist. That's ok but I'm not. I'm not interested in dating (I'm happily married), but expanding my network of possible referral business.

I'm not sure how others handle this and what you do to let people know you aren't interested anything more than a social business netowrk.

I would love for someone to enlighten me so I know how to handle these "conversations." I know I need to move on to the 21st century.

Bonnie Barbieri
Remax Advantage Realty
Spring Hill, FL
www.HomeInTheSunGroup.com