This house has everything, starting with location. Alamanda Key is located within easy access to I-95, US1, and plenty of shopping and restaurants in Melbourne, West Melbourne, and Palm Bay. This is a 55+ community with an island style clubhouse, exercise room, pool, wide pathways and many activities. This home is located in the southwest corner and has excellent views of sunsets to the west and offers a more private location with no neighbors to the immediate south or west. Talk about upgrades galore! Starting with the outside, the landscaping uses low maintenance rock with ¼'' underlayment and concrete borders. The lawn is watered and maintained by the association, the impact rated windows are further protected by easy to use accordion style shutters This home was built with energy efficiency in mind and includes solar power, energy star rated appliances, extra insulation, and a host of energy saving additions. When you walk into the entry you are greeted by 10 foot ceilings and a lighted fountain built into a recess, the cozy living room to you immediate left has plantation style shutters as does the rest of the home. Continue into the great room and dining combo and you have a bar greeting you with a built in wine cooler. The whole home has beautiful easy to clean tile floors and the high efficiency air conditioning system also has a humidistat to keep the home comfortable. There are ceiling fans throughout and efficient lighting, the solid core 8 foot doors help keep rooms quiet. The base mouldings through the house are oversized and match the crown mouldings. Most rooms include power and cable connections at higher points for wall mounted TVs and accessories. Head straight to the back and you enter the Florida room with great views to the west and this room can be closed off if desired. The large kitchen is open to the great room area and features upgraded cabinetry with many drawers, a hidden trash pull out, and a cabinet for vertical storage of cooking sheets. Head on into the large master bedroom and bathroom and notice the walk in shower has no threshold to step over, both bathrooms feature smoked glass! In the utility room the energy star washer and dryer are included with this sale, the insulated garage hosts the hybrid hot water heater which helps keep the garage cool. No need to worry about not using all these great features when the storms come through, a whole house 22 KW natural gas generator will keep things running automatically.