A Miami real estate broker has sold his own waterfront mansion for $34.39 million in cash — and, he said, it was only on the market for one day.
In 2021, Douglas Elliman broker Oliver Lloyd and his wife, Laurie, paid $11.2 million to demolish a Miami Beach beachfront property and then build a mansion in its place. The original asking price was $39.5 million.
“When we bought the house, we didn’t know if we were going to live in it or sell it,” Lloyd told Gimme Shelter. He added that at the time, he asked the owners’ representative if they could renovate it, but was told the house would have to be demolished. “We signed a contract in July 2021 and in three years we built this beautiful house across from a park with direct access to an open bay. It’s a beautiful property.”
The existing property, located at 2700 Sunset Drive on Sunset Island II, was built in the late 1980s and is dated, Lloyd said. A12 Design renovated the modern mansion.
The seven-bedroom home sits on nearly half an acre, with 100 feet above the water. It includes nine bathrooms and a powder room.
There is also a great room with a full-size marble bar and an elevator. A large home office can also be used as an office or screening room. The home also features two kitchens, a master bedroom with two en-suite bathrooms, and a separate gym/spa with a hybrid sauna and steam shower.
Design details include high-impact doors and plenty of built-ins.
Outside there is a swimming pool and an L-shaped dock.
Jordan Karp of Jordan Karp LLC represented the unidentified, all-cash buyer.
Among the Sunset Islands’ neighbors is former Google boss Eric Schmidt.
Lloyds is also under contract to purchase a large tract of land on La Gorce Island, which is scheduled to close in August for an asking price of $10 million, Lloyd said.
In 2020, the couple paid $5.5 million for a home on South Biscayne Point Drive in Miami Beach and I sold it for $8.7 million one year later.