The recent announcement that the Seabreeze Jazz Festival is moving from Gulf Place in Walton County to Pier Park in Panama City Beach  will give the Sterling Breeze condo rentals a real shot in the arm.  The visitors who rent Sterling Breeze condos will have a variety of pluses based on their selection. 

Why Sterling Breeze rentals?

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The Sterling Breeze rentals should be full for all five days of the Seabreeze Jazz Festival for several reasons.  First, you will be able to walk to Pier Park from Sterling Breeze.  You can walk down the beach or down a sidewalk to be built.

This is not pertinent to the Jazz Festival, but imagine the impact on Sterling Breeze rentals when the new Panama City International Airport is finished in about two years.  What will be pertinent are the tastefully furnished gulf front units (all units directly gulf front). 

For visitors who experience Sterling Breeze rentals for the first time they will be surprised at the unique touches throughout including several flat panel televisions in each unit.  The bedrooms are all tastefully decorated and every unit is completely furnished down to forks and knives. 

There are plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy with Sterling Breeze rentals (although you could spend some time in their fully equipped gym overlooking the gulf).  First and foremost is the Gulf of Mexico – but you can also enjoy the beautiful infinity edge pool, the overflow whirlpool and a wine and tapas bar (again with flat panel displays) that overlooks the pool.

The Seabreeze Jazz Festival will make Sterling Breeze rentals a tough reservation for five days in the spring, but rentals in Sterling Breeze should be brisk year round particularly once Pier Park is built out - and certainly once the new International Airport is complete.

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Owners Ken & Rusty have done a great job in turning this location in to what should be the go to place in the Niceville/Bluewater Bay area.  Melissa is the young lady out front who coordinates the whole thing and does it all efficiently and with an engaging personality.  We started with firecracker shrimp (pictured above in the first paragraph) and the hot crab dip pictured here (click on all pictures to enlarge and then back arrow key to retun to article).

The crab dip tasted of fresh crab, not too much filler and very good toasted pita bread accompanying. The shrimp dish was particularly good and again fresh shrimp, the coating still nice and crispy but not too thick and the sauce provided a really nice creamy, spicy kick.  We paired all this with an Erath Pinot Gris from Oregon that is also available by the glass - an outstanding economically priced wine really good with all the seafood dishes. 

After a very nice house salad with feta cheese, cucumber, tomato, olives and greens we made our way to the main courses.  Vicki went with the snow crab which was a generous portion of crab with a butter dipping sauce while Kelly went with the Parmesan Crusted Grouper.  A little dusting of bread crumbs gave the dish a nice crisp crunch blending in the parmesan with the fresh grouper.

I went with the blackened mahi mahi, which turned out to be an excellent choice.  You can choose other methods of preparation (baked, grilled, etc) and side accompaniments as well – I went with the habanero infused olive oil.  You also have a choice of side vegetable, and I opted for the Cajun fries.  The mashed sweet potatoes looked good, but they weren’t available for this soft opening.

We decided to go with the Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc with our main courses (this was also particularly good with the feta cheese based salad).  This is another good wine that would go well with all Giuseppi’s seafood dishes.

I wish we could have arrived before dark, as I wanted to share some pictures of the restaurant and particularly the great views of the water and the boats.  Since I didn’t, you should go and send some pictures in for me to post here.  There is a nice separate dining room along with the spacious bar, but no matter where you sit – Giuseppi’s Wharf is a very good dining experience on the water in Niceville.  Call 850–678–4229 for directions and/or more info.

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There are 83 Rosemary Beach homes for sale in December.  They range from a two bedroom, one bath, 710 square foot carriage home listed for $809,000 to a six bedroom, six and a half bath, 4356 square foot home on Hopetown Lane asking $5.495 million. 

Rosemary Beach Homes for Sale - December 

Total # of Listings     83
Lowest Price Listing   $809,000
Highest Price Listing  $5,495,000
Average Price           $2,215,123
Avg. Price/SqFt        $866
Avg. Days on Market 295

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Watercolor is getting a good bit of activity as some prices have fallen pretty dramatically.  A further indicator of the activity is that there are currently eight homes pending for sale in Watercolor. 

There are 135 Watercolor homes for sale in December.  These range from a four bedroom, five bath home with 2190 square feet priced at $739,000 to a four bedroom, five bath home, 2538 square foot home fronting the gulf for $4.995 million. 

Watercolor Homes for Sale - December 

Total # of Listings     135
Lowest Price Listing   $739,000
Highest Price Listing   $4,995,000
Average Price            $1,760,469
Avg. Price/SqFt         $647
Avg. Days on Market  257

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There are 31 Seaside homes for sale in December.  They include a two bedroom, two bath home with 1100 square feet on Rosewalk Street for $1.25 million and on the other end of the price spectrum for $5.195 million you can pick up a three bedroom, three bath, 2094 square foot home fronting the gulf. 

Seaside Homes for Sale - December 

Total # of Listings     31
Lowest Price Listing   $1,250,000
Highest Price Listing   $5,195,000
Average Price            $2,205,129
Avg. Price/SqFt         $1,300
Avg. Days on Market  469

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There are currently 185 Sandestin homes for sale.  They range from a two bedroom, two bath home with 1,182 square feet in Linkside for $319,000 to a four bedroom, six bathroom home with 5,800 square feet on Club Drive in Burnt Pine that is bayfront for $4.995 million. 

Sandestin Homes for Sale - December  

Total # of Listings     185
Lowest Price Listing   $319,900
Highest Price Listing   $4,995,000
Average Price            $1,150,113
Avg. Price/SqFt         $400
Avg. Days on Market  222

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There are only eight Alys Beach homes for sale in December.  They start at $1.995 million, and there are two homes at that price - one with 2180 square feet and the other with 2450 square feet.  The most expensive home for sale in Alys Beach is a five bedroom, six bath, 3060 square foot home priced at $2.998 million. 

Alys Beach Homes for Sale - December 

Total # of Listings     8
Lowest Price Listing   $1,995,000
Highest Price Listing   $2,998,000
Average Price           $2,304,500
Avg. Price/SqFt         $883
Avg. Days on Market  287

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There are currently 43 Grand Dunes condos for sale.  They range from $1,049,000 for a unit on the second floor in the North Tower to $4.25 million for a two story penthouse in the South Tower featuring five bedrooms, five baths and 4,956 square feet. 

Grand Dunes Condos for Sale - December 

Total # of Listings      43
Lowest Price Listing    $1,049,000
Highest Price Listing   $4,250,000
Average Price            $1,758,579
Avg. Price/SqFt         $621
Avg. Days on Market  251

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There are are currently 86 homes for sale in Destiny and Destiny by the Sea.  About two thirds of the homes are in Destiny as the Destiny homes for sale currently sits at 58 homes while the Destiny by the Sea homes for sale is 28.  The entry level in Destiny is a three bedroom, two bath home with 1850 square foot asking $499,500.  The most expensive home is in Destiny by the Sea and is a six bedroom, seven bath, four story, 9000 square foot gulf front home priced at $13.5 million.  

Destiny & Destiny by the Sea Homes for Sale - December 

Total # of Listings     86
Lowest Price Listing   $499,500
Highest Price Listing  $13,500,000
Average Price           $1,805,185
Avg. Price/SqFt        $500
Avg. Days on Market  234

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Kelly Plantation currently has 69 homes for sale.  They range from a four bedroom, three bath home with 2414 square feet for $575,000 to a huge home on the bay for $12.4 million.  The next highest price is a bayfront, six bedroom, six bath, 8414 square foot home with 36 foot high ceilings in the living room for $6.38 million.  This home can also be leased for $16,000 per month. 

Kelly Plantation Homes for Sale – December 1st

Total # of Listings     69
Lowest Price Listing   $575,000
Highest Price Listing   $12,400,000
Average Price           $1,617,590
Avg. Price/SqFt         $385
Avg. Days on Market  186

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