Take a look inside this waterfront estate previously owned by Abba

Proudly owning a bit of your favorite band’s iconic historical past is the dream of many music followers – however how about proudly owning a property beforehand owned by one of the vital well-known bands on the earth?

Should you’ve bought near $4 million (£3.2million) to drop, you possibly can be the proud new homeowners of a sprawling waterfront property in Florida, reportedly as soon as owned by ABBA.

The house, inbuilt 1982, is positioned within the upmarket island group of Tierra Verde in Florida, and was, apparently, initially purchased for the Swedish four-piece to flee to in the course of the chilly London winters.

The setting of this $3.95million itemizing could not be any extra picturesque – sat on the sting of Tampa Bay, and nestled inside a small waterfront group, it was seemingly a haven of rest for the musical foursome.

Inside the previous ABBA home

Inside, the 6-bed, 4-bath residence wants a little bit of an overhaul – however we reckon the beautiful waterside views and fairly environment are greater than sufficient to make up for that.

The views from the pool, positioned on the pool deck, are definitely fairly spectacular, particularly because the Floridian solar units throughout the water. And whereas it has been a few years since ABBA used the 4,527 sq. ft. property as a base, their influences are nonetheless clear to see.

The design of the house – which the property agent describes as ‘suspended in time’ – was impressed by conventional Swedish longhouses, evidenced within the lengthy, barely extra slender look it upholds to at the present time.

Internally, the Scandi-style decor can also be evident (see our Scandi kitchen concepts for extra inspo), with a wood-panelled ceiling and a built-in sizzling tub within the ‘Florida room’ – sure, actually!

It may be wanting a bit of ‘coastal grandma’ proper now however the principle front room has a great deal of potential with luxuriously excessive ceilings and a big stone hearth that dominates the house.

All through the remainder of the house, the present decor is minimal and easy, if barely dated. The decrease flooring of the open, two-storey dwelling house leads onto a darker, all-wood kitchen, whereas upstairs, there is a pretty spacious workplace room.

Apparently, the house is split into two an identical ‘mirrored’ flooring plans – every of the 2 sides have a downstairs main bedroom, a loft space and two bedrooms with a Jack-and-Jill lavatory.

The bedrooms and loos are spacious however in want of an replace. Nonetheless, the views greater than compensate for that!

There have been some latest upgrades from the present homeowners nonetheless; a brand new roof with skylights has been added to welcome loads of pure gentle, as have photo voltaic panels to assist its future homeowners save power at residence. It additionally has electrical shutters, and plexiglass covers, offering hurricane safety for home windows and sliders.