2100 Mae Street, Orlando, FL 32806

Crystal Lake begins where the lawn ends. One look at the water and the rest of your search starts to feel unnecessary. It goes gold at sunset. The paddleboat is right there beside the floating dock. Somewhere behind you, Orlando is still going about its business, close enough that dinner downtown is a short drive, far enough that you'd never know it. The original house was built in 1936 and has never stopped having that early 20th-century character. That matters. You feel it in the proportions of the rooms, in the way a wood-burning fireplace still anchors the living room the way it was always meant to, in the built-in shelving that was made for this wall and no other. Nine decades of Orlando have passed through here. This home has memories. What it does not have is a to-do list. The renovations were deep and careful, preserving the soul while replacing everything behind it. Newer roof, new HVAC, new water heater, engineered wood and whitewashed wood-look tile floors, new...