1405 Ariel LN Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
3 Beds
3 Baths
2,130 SqFt
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Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Detached Single Family
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 2,130 sqft
Price per Sqft $183
Subdivision Crosswinds
MLS Listing ID 995085
Style Contemporary
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 2
Half Baths 1
HOA Fees $200/ann
HOA Y/N Yes
Year Built 1988
Annual Tax Amount $2,200
Tax Year 2025
Lot Size 4,791 Sqft
Acres 0.11
Lot Dimensions 89X60
Property Sub-Type Detached Single Family
Source Emerald Coast Association of REALTORS®
Land Area 2130
Property Description
At 2,130 square feet, this is the largest move-in-ready detached home currently available in Crosswinds Landing -- three bedrooms, two and a half baths, master on the first floor, cathedral and vaulted ceilings that open the space up well beyond the square footage.
Here's the real story: a prior buyer walked away after an inspection report, and instead of negotiating around it, the sellers just fixed it. Every item. Then they kept going -- new roof (2022), a brand new hot water heater (June 2026), new carpet through the master and second floor, an epoxy-coated garage floor, and a tree removal that flooded the kitchen with natural light and opened up the yard. Ready now, no deferred maintenance to inherit.
Skylights, gas fireplace, fenced backyard, attached garage, quiet cul-de-sac lot. VA, FHA, and Conventional financing accepted -- now offered at $390,000, the most competitive price per square foot for a detached home in this neighborhood in the past year.
Location, condition, and price all line up here. Come see it before someone else does. The Full Story on 1405 Ariel Lane
Some homes sit on the market because they're overpriced. Some because they need work. This one sat because a buyer got cold feet after an inspection report -- and the sellers made a decision most sellers don't make. Instead of negotiating a credit and hoping the next buyer wouldn't ask the same questions, they fixed every single item on that report. Then they kept going. What you're looking at today is a home that has been more thoroughly prepared for its next owner than most new listings ever are.
Start with the location, because for a lot of buyers looking in this corridor, location is the whole decision. 1405 Ariel Lane sits inside Crosswinds Landing, a quiet, established neighborhood in North Fort Walton Beach -- a straight ten-minute drive to Eglin Air Force Base's main gate, about eighteen minutes to Hurlburt Field. Downtown Fort Walton Beach, the bridge over to Okaloosa Island, and the beaches themselves are all close enough to be part of everyday life, not a special-occasion drive. For anyone PCSing into the area on a timeline, or anyone who just wants to stop losing an hour a day to a commute, this address does a lot of the work for you.
The house itself is 2,130 square feet -- the largest move-in-ready detached home currently available in Crosswinds Landing. Three bedrooms, two and a half baths, and a master suite on the first floor, which matters more than people expect once they're actually living with stairs every day. Cathedral and vaulted ceilings run through the main living space, with skylights that bring in far more natural light than the square footage alone would suggest. A gas fireplace anchors the living room for the handful of genuinely cold nights this part of Florida gets. Out back, a fenced yard on a quiet cul-de-sac lot gives you privacy without the maintenance of a big lot -- and a recent tree removal opened up both the yard and the kitchen, which now gets natural light it simply didn't have before.
Here is what's been done, plainly, so there are no surprises at inspection number two: new roof in 2022. A brand new hot water heater, installed June 2026. New carpet throughout the master bedroom and the entire second floor. An epoxy-coated garage floor. And, as mentioned, a backyard tree removal that changed how the whole back of the house lives and feels. None of this is cosmetic staging done to move a listing -- it's real, dated, verifiable work, and a pre-repair inspection summary is available on request for anyone who wants to see exactly what was addressed and when.
On price: this home is now offered at $390,000, which puts it at the most competitive price per square foot of any detached home that's sold or is currently available in Crosswinds Landing over the past year. You are not paying a premium for size here -- if anything, you're getting more house for less than the neighborhood's own recent sales would suggest is possible.
VA, FHA, and Conventional financing are all accepted, and for a VA buyer specifically, the math here is worth sitting down with a lender over. Little to no money down, a payment that can compete directly with what you're paying in rent today, and equity that's building for you instead of a landlord starting on day one.
If you've been watching this corridor and waiting for the right combination of space, location, and a price that actually reflects the work that's gone into a home -- this is that home.
Location
State FL
County Okaloosa
Area 12 - Fort Walton Beach
Zoning Deed Restrictions
Direction Beal Pky to Crosswinds Landing Subdivision. Head west to Ariel Lane and turn righ to 1405 Ariel Lane
Rooms
Primary Bedroom Level Main
Master Bedroom true
Kitchen true
Interior
Interior Features Ceiling Cathedral, Ceiling Vaulted, Newly Painted, Pantry, Washer/Dryer Hookup
Cooling Gas
Flooring Floor Tile, Floor Vinyl, Floor WW Carpet
Fireplaces Type Fireplace Gas
Furnishings Furnished - None
Fireplace Yes
Window Features Skylight(s),Window Treatmnt Some
Appliance Auto Garage Door Opn, Dishwasher, Disposal, Microwave, Refrigerator, Security System, Smoke Detector, Stove/Oven Electric, Water Heater - Gas
Exterior
Exterior Feature Fenced Back Yard, Sprinkler System, Open Patio, Fenced Backyard, Privacy Fence, Sprinkler System
Garage Spaces 2.0
Fence Fenced Privacy
Utilities Available Electric, Gas - Natural, Public Water
Roof Type Composite Shingle
Street Surface Paved
Porch Patio Open
Road Frontage County Road
Garage Yes
Building
Lot Description Cul-De-Sac, Interior, Level
Faces Beal Pky to Crosswinds Landing Subdivision. Head west to Ariel Lane and turn righ to 1405 Ariel Lane
Story 2
Foundation Slab
Sewer Public Sewer
Architectural Style Contemporary
New Construction No
Schools
Elementary Schools Longwood
Middle Schools Pryor
High Schools Choctawhatchee
Others
Pets Allowed No
HOA Fee Include Accounting, Management, Master Association
Tax ID 34-1S-24-0597-000B-0040
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