8855 Dolphin Ln, Gulf Shores, AL 36542

This 1,700 square foot high dune beach house is located at the Cabana Beach Estates - Gulf Highlands area midway on the Fort Morgan peninsula. It has been seasonally used as a single-family vacation home since new, and has never been rented. It comes fully furnished with everything you need and is ready to enjoy with your family and friends, and would also make an excellent investment/rental home. It features a large open living room/dining/kitchen area (22x35) with refrigerator (new in 2012), dishwasher (new in 2016), range/oven, microwave oven, ceiling fans, and washer/dryer. New Hurricane Proof windows installed in 2017, and new Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring installed in 2018. It has four bedrooms and four full bathrooms (one bedroom is 11x14, the other two are 10x12) with two bedrooms having en-suite bathrooms with showers (7x9 and 5x9), one en-suite walk in closet (6x10), and a main/guest bathroom with a bath tub (5x11). The forth bedroom is down stairs, (11x14) with a full bathroom with a tub/ shower (5x10). The home has three decks equaling 400 sq.ft. - a roof top deck (6x11) with views of the Gulf of Mexico and tree-top views of the Fort Morgan peninsula, a front deck (6x37), and a rear deck (10x11). The home has a large covered under house concrete parking area (36x36) for entertaining guest and/or parking up to six vehicles/boats, with a large driveway (36x76) for boat/RV/visitor parking. The house also has an outdoor elevator for people/groceries/luggage, It has a picnic table/BBQ area (12x20), an outdoor rain shower with bench, and a secure weatherproof workshop/storage area (11x18). It also has a storage area just for beach chairs, umbrellas and beach toys. The house is located on a 76 wide x 270 deep lot at Dolphin Lane, one street from the white sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. It sits behind a wind protective high dune, twelve miles (17 minutes) from Highway 59 in Gulf Shores. Cabana Beach Estates is a private subdivision (no public access allowed, strictly enforced) with a single entrance from Fort Morgan Road (Highway 180) via Cabana Beach Road. The home includes a shared deeded Gulf of Mexico beach access lot with a resident permit controlled parking area and boardwalk to the beach (this private lot is 400 long x 53 wide, leading to the 1,300 wide private beachfront). Also included is a deeded shared Mobile Bay access lot with a parking area and a private 150 foot fishing/crabbing pier (this lot is 380 long x 70 wide). The home also includes a four seat beach cart (a Club Car electric golf cart) for the ride to the beach. This pier house was built in 1986 on a raised lot (carport elevation is 25 above sea level), is located 1,000 ft. from the gulf, has fiber cement siding siding, a metal roof, and fresh paint inside and out. Air-conditioning and heating are supplied by a central heat pump air-conditioning systems (rated 4 tons each) plus a mini split system for the downstairs bedroom and bathroom.auxiliary/emergency cooling. Water is city provided, the sewer system is a septic tank (no monthly city sewer service charges), and wired for television (both satellite and cable)/Internet/telephone services, which are available from multiple providers. Baldwin County taxes average $500 per year. Cabana Beach Estates has a voluntary $100 per year Property Owners Association fee which covers maintenance cost of the subdivisions private roads, private beachfront access area, and private bay-side access areas, and is headed by five property owners who are elected annually by property owners. The Beach Club Resort condominium complex, located directly west of the subdivision, offers discounted memberships to Cabana Beach Estates residents that includes the use of their facilities five swimming pools/hot tubs, five restaurants, fitness center, arcade/billiards, etc, and has a professional fireworks show every 4th of July and New Year's Eve.