‘Florida Man’s Dwelling’ Is the Most Florida Factor Possible, and It May Be Coming to Airbnb

A number of the enjoyable of the entire “Florida man” meme was deflated when it turned clear that the phenomenon arose as a result of Florida’s unexpectedly strong open government laws make it straightforward to entry arrest reviews, which, in flip, make it straightforward to ridicule individuals lengthy earlier than they’ve been discovered responsible (or not) in court docket.

Besides, there’s positively one thing… completely different about America’s third most populous state. And whereas it’s true that these of us within the staid previous wise north dream often of sawing off all the peninsula, Bugs Bunny-style, and setting it adrift within the Gulf of Mexico America, we additionally notice that if we did so, we’d be depriving ourselves of the types of tales you simply don’t discover anyplace else.

Take, for instance, the Tampa home that has apparently turn out to be recognized merely as “Florida Man’s Dwelling”, which is presently available on the market for the primary time in a long time. The property earned its title because of its, um, flamboyant décor, which features a “pirate’s cave”, a room each themed round and fairly actually constructed round a Nineteen Fifties sizzling rod, a “Jaws tribute” within the yard, and an entire bunch of taxidermy. (It’s a disgrace that Kate Wagner of the immortal McMansion Hell weblog has been unwell of late, as a result of this place is simply begging to be given the complete “What is that this???” remedy.)

A number of native retailers have spoken to the home’s proprietor, Jenna Spencer, because it went on the market for, um, $420,000, and she or he defined to Fox 13 Tampa that her house’s distinctive method to ornament is the legacy of her late father. She says that the unique catalyst for reworking what was apparently a reasonably regular home right into a the residential equal of a theme park was, inevitably, a visit to Disney World: “That [trip],” she says, “impressed the haunted pirate’s cave,” which her father in-built a hallway that had been broken by a tree falling throughout one in all Florida’s summer time storms.

For higher or worse, the remaining was architectural historical past. And look, for as straightforward as it’s to cackle on the madness of the home, it should have been a reasonably wonderful place to develop up (check out that sound system). Spencer will get emotional when she discusses how as soon as the renovations began, “my buddies began wanting to return over to my home extra usually.” Sadly, she says, the monetary burden of sustaining the place turned an excessive amount of after each her dad and mom died in 2023. However in a completely fashionable twist, it appears like Florida Man’s Dwelling can be spared the bulldozer: the home is already underneath supply, and the potential consumers are reportedly planning to show it into an Airbnb.