4540 W HIGHWAY 318 CITRA FL 32113

Overview of 4540 W Highway 318

Once in a lifetime opportunity! This beautiful 16.08 acre working farm is ready for the next owner!! This ready-to-operate farm comes complete with many equine facilities. It used to be the training center for uf dressage team! Let’s begin with the entrance to the farm. It has two entrances: the private entrance is used for regular vehicles. It features an iron gate with stone pillars and mature beautiful palm trees to greet you as you enter the property. You then drive down the winding driveway lined with double-fenced paddocks and large oak trees for shade to access the main home and guest house. A second larger entrance can be used by tractors, trailers, rv and other large vehicles. The main house is centrally-located in the middle of the 16 acres. It is a beautiful old spanish-style 2-bedroom 2-bathroom house. The roof was replaced with metal roof in 2006. Upon entering the home, you have a spacious screened-in front porch for those nice front-porch evenings to relax and enjoy the view. The home also boasts a large kitchen featuring an in-wall grill, a large commercial grade gas stove with double ovens, pizza oven and several burners for cooking and entertaining. The kitchen dining area also has a wooden fireplace. The owners’ suite has a large walk-in closet, but the best part is a wooden fireplace that can be used for those crisp nights. The owners’ suite bathroom comes with a comfortable jacuzzi tub-shower combo. The second bedroom has a wet bar with sink and small refrigerator. The guest bathroom has a large walk-in shower. The sunken living room has a breakfast nook off to the side facing the beautiful old oak trees and the farm. The side yard is fully fenced for the furry family members. The backyard comes with a large inground swimming pool with pool heater, completely fenced-in with a locking gate. The property also has 2 additional home sites available. The guest home is a 1-bedroom 1-bathroom house, in need of a full rehab with roof replacement and trusses, and the third and vacant site is ready for new build or mobile home. The utilities available on the property include 2 wells and 6 septic tanks (3 home sites and 3 rv sites by the barn). 3 barns with a total of 17 stalls can welcome the horses. 2 barns are 13-14 blocks tall (required for quarantine), and paddocks are spaced so that quarantine is also possible outside. The main barn features 8 regular-size stalls, an oversized 18x20 special-use stall and a large tack room/office. A wash-rack with hot water is available for the horses, as well as a washer and dryer hook-up to wash the blankets and more. A smaller barn features 6 regular-size stalls, and 2 stalls are available in one paddock. There is plenty of storage for feed and a pole barn for equipment storage. Equine training facilities include an olympic-size dressage arena complete with mirrors, a 20m x 50m practice arena, and a large 40m x 60m jumper practice area, as well as a 60ft round pen, and 3 rv hook ups at the barns with water, sewer, and electricity. All paddocks and arenas have water features available for animal watering. The exterior perimeter of the farm has a double-fenced beautiful tree-lined canopy cool-down horse path that lines the perimeter of the farm. This property was previously used for training (uf dressage team as mentioned above), dressage, clinics supervised by international dressage judges, boarding and more, and it is less than a mile to the competition center at majestic oaks!

This luxury property was built in 1984 and features 2 bedrooms, and 2 full bathrooms. This property for sale is 1,872 square feet, with 1,872 sq ft being air conditioned living space. The property has a has a private swimming pool.

Directions to this property are as follows: From I-75 To Exit 368 Go East On Hwy 318 Crossing Over 441 Total Of 4 Miles Property Is On The Right Hand Side Of Hwy 318. Directly Across From The Old Ocala Jai Alai Building. Enter Through The 1st Gate With The "h" On It At The Palm Trees.

Please contact your ZFC agent for more information about MLS# MFROM713261 or any other properties for sale in Citra or elsewhere in the Marion County area.