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Searching for that perfect fall activity to secure the pumpkin to full fill your decorating or carving needs while visiting, search no more and head down to Wahoo’s Stadium on October 8 between 1 and 4 pm. There will be a pumpkin patch with a wide variety and sizes of pumpkins available for purchase to fulfill all of your decorating or carving needs. Tickets are available for purchase  beginning October 8^th, which will grant early admission starting at 11am.

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The Pensacola Dragon Boat Festival is an entertaining festival that supports the Greater Pensacola Community by raising money for and supporting local community organizations and charities. The races take place on Bayou Texar, near Bayview Park, close to Downtown Pensacola.

Dragon Boat Festivities begin with opening ceremonies at 8am on October 8, 2022 and end after the closing ceremonies, which start at 5pm.

The festivities highlight the Dragon Boat Races, vendor booths, children’s play area, DJ music and Dragon Punch and Beer, available for a donation throughout the day.

Come on out to enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival, held by NE Pensacola SERTOMAClub, Inc., and support a great local cause! For a more information regarding the event or information on the community support given by the event, visit https://www.pensacoladragonboatfestival.com/

The Pensacola Oktoberfest event includes local favorites, such as Odd Colony Brewing Co., Perfect Plain Brewing Co., Emerald Republic Brewing Co. and and Pensacola Bay Brewing Company. The Oktoberfest event has been labeled as “second to Munich’s Oktoberfest”. The festivities also include local food truck and vendors. Locals are looking forward to enjoying food from Brown Burger Food Truck, which caters to the meat and veggie eaters in the most deliciously creative ways.

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Pensacola is packed full of exciting upcoming activities this fall. The 45th Annual Seafood Festival helped to kickstart the fall festivities!

The Seafood Festival ran from Friday through Sunday and provided the Pensacola locals and visitors with a variety of eats and treats. The Festival was held in Seville Square in Downtown Pensacola. The largest draw for the festival was indeed the seafood offered by local Gulf to Table vendors, including some of the local favorites The Fishing Hole and Ahepa Greek Fare. The Fisherman’s Corner booth offered a delicious andouille encrusted flounder with creole sauce, which is basically a food dish one dreams of!

Mark your calendars for this event next year, it is not one to miss!

Kick off your fall racing with the Pensacola Seafood Don McCloskey 5k! The race starts and ends in beautiful Seville Quarter and winds through downtown Pensacola. It is a flat course and easy to navigate. Pensacola Runners Association sponsors the race and any race sponsored by Pensacola Runners Association is an exciting one and not to be missed! See ya at the starting line!

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Our Spring Street project is officially complete! We have launched 3 units on both the Airbnb and VRBO platforms. A lot of hard work and planning has gone into these listings from the beginning of construction to staging and photographing each individual unit. Our team has had a blast getting Spring Street ready for vacationers and we look forward to a busy summer season.

Unit 1, Your Victorian Getaway, is a one-bedroom, two-bath space with a fully equipped eat-in kitchen and a spacious living area that walks out onto Spring Street's historic wrap-around porch. With plenty of natural light, the modern decor makes for a sleek, comfortable stay. 

We would love to be your host, be sure to check out Your Victorian Getaway on Airbnb and VRBO:

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Upstairs, we have two units. Each space is a one-bedroom, one-bath, with a fully updated kitchen. Unit 3, similar to 1, has a spacious living area attached to the kitchen and direct access to the restroom. Bright and roomy, unit 3 is ready for you!

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Across the hall you'll find unit 4, The Victorian Studio. A one-bedroom, one-bath with an eat-in kitchen, this apartment provides the perfect amount of space for a comfortable getaway. 

We look forward to having you as a guest at one of our three Spring Street rentals!

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The construction crew has been hard at work on the garage to one bedroom transformation at Kipling Street. The drywall is in place and the mudding process is under way. Painting should begin at the end of the week. 

Entry way with a view down the hallway. The doorway to the left leads to the bedroom and the door at the end of the hallway gives access to the bathroom. 

Living room have plenty of room to relax and unwind for short term rental guests. 

This is a view of the progress on the kitchen with access to what will be the laundry room. 

This space is planned to be the dining area.

A fresh coat of paint was applied to the exterior and siding was added around the windows that were placed where the garage doors. 

Another window was added in the kitchen, which helps to brighten up the space indoors and provides views of the beautiful trees and flowering bushes in the yard around the unit.

Gulf State Heating & Air did a wonderful job on installing the new HVAC system at Spring Street. An HVAC system has never been placed at the property, this was a huge undertaking for the crew that did the installation.

The project started underneath the house, by cutting space in the floor for vents and continued with the placement of duct work connecting the heating/cooling system to the floor vents. A straight cool split system was placed with each individual cooling unit installed for each all four units on both levels of the home. This helps optimize efficiency and lower the need for service calls in the future. Installing a straight cool split system was a suggestion by the professionals at Gulf State Heating & Air, it came highly recommended for units that will be occupied by renters, whether it be short or long term.

The HVAC crew suspended the air handlers for the first floor to the floor joyces under the home securing the handlers with metal strapping. The smaller downstairs unit, #2, now has a half ton heating and cooling system in place and the larger unit, #1, has a 2 ton package heating and air system in place. 

Heading upstairs, you will find the heating/cooling units placed in the attic along with freshly ran duct work and newly placed vents and returns for the systems. The crew placed the heating/cooling unit for Unit 3 and 4 above the units in the attic because of the close proximity, which allows for sufficient heat and air flow. 

Big thanks to Gulf State Heating & Air for their hard work to ensure our guests will be cool before the Florida summer heat picks up. 

Unit 1 is about to "Spring" into the Airbnb market! 

The finishing touches are taking place. The construction crew has been hard at work touching up paint, installing shelving and bathroom hardware, hanging blinds, placing outlet covers and assembling furniture. A couple more pieces of furniture need to be assembled and wall decor needs to be hung. We also need to stock the kitchen with essential items and place the linens for the bedroom and bathrooms. 

Here are current progress photos. Make sure to check back for the final results early next week!

Now off to work on Unit 3 and 4!

Kipling Street's garage to studio renovation recently underwent a complete electrical installation. This process started with the placement of the breaker box. Then outlet boxes were strategically placed throughout the unit, to provide optimal accessibility to light switches and outlets for the future tenants. Once the outlet boxes were placed, the correct wires were run from the breaker box to the outlet boxes. 

Our contractor, Dallas Goodale, found a reputable local company, Don Wheelis Electrical Contractors to take on the complete eletcrical installation. Marshall Wheelis, Don's son, oversaw the process from planning to pulling permits to completion. Don Wheelis Electrical Contractors has been an established business in Pensacola for close to 20 years, Marshall has accompanied his Dad on job sites nearly the entire time the business has been in place, which provided him with hands on knowledge and experience. This particular project at Kipling took 2 days from start to finish. Marshall said, "We can complete a rewire project on a home in 1-7 days, depending on the square footage."

Word of wisdom that Marshall provided was to make sure you pull your permits from the city and the county before beginning your project. It will ensure a quicker inspection if the permits are secured prior to starting the project.