Stunning upgraded 3 car garage pool home is located in the highly desired Placido Bayou gated community just approx. 3 miles from downtown St. Petersburg. This unique over half acre lot backs up to a private view of a preserve/mangroves giving you a wonderful private oasis to relax in your covered/screened lanai and pool area. This home has so many wonderful features and upgrades. The highlights of this property start as soon as you see it from the street with the beautiful paver driveway, grand palm trees bordering the driveway, decorative trim work, seamless gutter system and landscape lighting that all enhance the professional landscaping that outlines this lovely home. The three car garage has updated hurricane standard doors and rubber matting with plenty of room for the car enthusiast. Upon entering the sensational double wood doors you are greeted by the 12+ foot soaring high ceilings that features a formal living room and formal dining area with a custom dining light fixture, premium porcelain tile, striking white crown molding on the decorative drop down trim, baseboards, and recessed lighting! There are three separate wings to this magnificent home makes it perfect for many family scenarios. With the master suite to the right wing of the home with access to the pool lanai area and spacious master closet double sinks, garden tub and separate shower. The heart of the home is a GORGEOUSLY updated kitchen where no expense was spared! Complete with updated stainless steel top of the line appliances, beautiful granite counters, granite backsplash, island with wine fridge, breakfast bar, upper and lower custom cabinet lighting, large closet pantry that all flows into a wet bar area and family room all featuring updated premium porcelain tile. To the back of the home is a secret bedroom and full bath that is also a pool bath behind a rotating cabinet in the family room! Wonderful for those that work from home that need a separate private office, or if your in-laws live with you, or a teenager that wants their own space so many options!!! Then there is a Jack and Jill bedrooms on another wing of the home that has a completely updated bathroom with a high end shower between the two bedrooms. The windows and majority of the doors were updated to impact resistant hurricane proof in 2018. There is an updated interior laundry room! The tile roof was updated 8/2016, AC is a high end heat pump unit with UV light updated 10/2019. Most of the lighting has been updated, All ceiling fans have been updated, All interior doors with white 6 panel doors, ALL flooring has been updated with carpet in the guest bedrooms and premium porcelain tile everywhere else (except in the master bathroom) where there is tile, ALL fixtures have been upgraded with top of the line fixtures in both bathrooms, and kitchen (with exception to mb). This home also features a whole house water system with Life Source. The list goes on and on! Call today to set up a showing you won't be sorry!