‘Florida Man’s Residence’ Is the Most Florida Factor Conceivable, and It May Be Coming to Airbnb

A number of the enjoyable of the entire “Florida man” meme was deflated when it grew to become clear that the phenomenon arose as a result of Florida’s unexpectedly strong open government laws make it straightforward to entry arrest studies, which, in flip, make it straightforward to ridicule folks lengthy earlier than they’ve been discovered responsible (or not) in court docket.

Besides, there’s undoubtedly one thing… totally different about America’s third most populous state. And whereas it’s true that these of us within the staid previous smart north dream often of sawing off your entire peninsula, Bugs Bunny-style, and setting it adrift within the Gulf of Mexico America, we additionally notice that if we did so, we’d be depriving ourselves of the types of tales you simply don’t discover anyplace else.

Take, for instance, the Tampa home that has apparently turn into identified merely as “Florida Man’s Residence”, which is presently in the marketplace for the primary time in a long time. The property earned its title on account of its, um, flamboyant décor, which features a “pirate’s cave”, a room each themed round and fairly actually constructed round a Fifties sizzling rod, a “Jaws tribute” within the yard, and a complete bunch of taxidermy. (It’s a disgrace that Kate Wagner of the immortal McMansion Hell weblog has been unwell of late, as a result of this place is simply begging to be given the complete “What is that this???” remedy.)

A number of native shops have spoken to the home’s proprietor, Jenna Spencer, because it went on the market for, um, $420,000, and he or she defined to Fox 13 Tampa that her dwelling’s distinctive method to ornament is the legacy of her late father. She says that the unique catalyst for reworking what was apparently a fairly regular home right into a the residential equal of a theme park was, inevitably, a visit to Disney World: “That [trip],” she says, “impressed the haunted pirate’s cave,” which her father in-built a hallway that had been broken by a tree falling throughout one among Florida’s summer season storms.

For higher or worse, the remaining was architectural historical past. And look, for as straightforward as it’s to cackle on the madness of the home, it will need to have been a fairly superb place to develop up (check out that sound system). Spencer will get emotional when she discusses how as soon as the renovations began, “my associates began wanting to come back over to my home extra typically.” Sadly, she says, the monetary burden of sustaining the place grew to become an excessive amount of after each her dad and mom died in 2023. However in a totally trendy twist, it appears to be like like Florida Man’s Residence will probably be spared the bulldozer: the home is already beneath provide, and the potential patrons are reportedly planning to show it into an Airbnb.