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"Miami was too riotous; Naples and Marco Island didn't impress me; Hollywood didn't do it either," says John Cowan, the proprietor of Canada Energy in Ontario who lives in Burlington, Ontario. He aimed to invest $600,000 on a vacation property for his family of five and friends who would want to by.

"Sarasota was my last stop," he says, "and I knew almost immediately I'd found the right municipality. But I didn't find the right place that had direct beach access until I came to to Longboat Key and discovered Beachplace," he continues. "It was completely what we were looking for, a place on the sands of the Gulf of Mexico. We could see the sunset and understand the waves as we fell asleep, walk the beach in the morning, swim and fish in the afternoon. It was unqualified."

But the Cowans' dated 1,392-square-foot condominium on the fifth crush wasn't perfect, with its cramped closed-off rooms, low popcorn ceilings and the master 1970s vinyl flooring in the two bathrooms. It called for a major renovation and since the Cowans would be starting almost from exclude, they decided on the design theme of an old-fashioned fishing shack — with all the new-fashioned amenities.

Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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