Tampa Bay’s housing market over the last 12 months was arguably the most insane it’s ever been, and through it all some wild houses emerged. From mansions featured on reality shows, to celebrity rentals and a palace once owned by a Bucs co-owner, here are 2022’s most viewed homes for sale featured on Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s website.

Tampa’s infamous Bilzerian mansion Back in January, the former childhood home of Dan Bilzerian, a professional poker player and so-called “King of Instagram,” was on the market in Tampa’s gated Avila community. Located at 16229 Villarreal De Avila, the home was built in 1992 by his father Paul Bilzerian, a disgraced corporate fraudster who served 13 months in prison for illegal stock manipulation. The 28,363-square-foot home sits on 3.4 acres and comes with a total of 10 bedrooms and 19 bathrooms, as well as a wine room, elevator, four fireplaces, a swimming pool with waterfall and slide, and an “athletic wing,” featuring a gym, plus indoor basketball and racquetball courts. For years the home sat on the market and at one point was listed as high as $18 million. In 2016, a trust paid $2.85 million for the home in what the Tampa Bay Times called the area’s “most notorious and expensive foreclosure.” The home is currently off the market. Credit: Photo via Zillow

The ‘Edward Scissorhands’ house in Lutz Tim Burton’s 1990 goth classic “Edward Scissorhands” was filmed all around Tampa Bay, and the famous house from the movie was on the market this year. Located at 1774 Tinsmith Cir. in Lutz, the 1,432-square-foot fictional Boggs’ house— where Edward (played by Johnny Depp) trimmed the hedges to look like dinosaurs and stabbed the waterbed—features three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Most importantly, it “comes with ALL the priceless collection of memorabilia from the movie,” says the listing. The home was recently turned into a free museum by the current owner, Joey Licalzi, who purchased the property at auction in September of 2020. “It’s crazy,” said Licalzi to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “We bought a running theme park with a worldwide following for $230,000.” Licalzi told CL that it was essentially fate that he won the bid, since he worked on the set of the film as a dishwasher. After Licalzi moved in he rehabbed and transformed the house into a live-in homage to the Tim Burton masterpiece. This year the asking price was as high as $699,900, but the home is now off the market. Credit: Photo by Dylan Todd Photography

The St. Pete Beach house from MTV’s ‘Floribama Shore’ The St. Pete Beach home where a group of 20-somethings centered their entire summer around the phrase “puke and rally” is for sale. Located at 225 Punta Vista Dr., in St Pete Beach, the property was home to the cast of season three of the MTV reality series “Floribama Shore” and can now be yours for $4,200,000. The 3,862-square-foot home comes with four-bedroom and four-bathrooms, and features Brazilian hardwood throughout, a four-car garage, an elevator, a deep water dock, a pool and a heated jacuzzi, and a designer kitchen where Gus and Cole famously got into a fight while eating pizza over who was more “trash,” Florida boys or Georgia boys. The listing agent is Chris Featherston of Coastal Properties Group. Credit: Photo via Zillow

The ‘ABBA House’ in Tierra Verde A home that has quite a few solid ties to the Swedish supergroup behind hits like “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia” is now on the market just outside of St. Petersburg. Located at 873 2nd Ave. S in Tierra Verde, the waterfront home was built in 1982, and was designed in the Swedish Longhouse style, which means there’s two identical wings with two bedrooms, two baths and shared rooms in the middle. Perfect for a band featuring two married couples. For years, the home has been known locally as the “ABBA House,” and while there’s no hard evidence that the disco supergroup ever actually owned it, or even stayed there for that matter, there are quite a few clues that suggest the rumors might actually be true. According to property records, the lot was initially purchased in 1982 by Andante Music, Ltd., which has ties to ABBA’s former business manager John Spalding. Of course, “Andante, Andante” is also the name of a ABBA song on the 1981 album Super Trouper. Local agent Randell Irena, who worked with the original listing agent (who is now deceased), told Premier Sotheby’s International that the home was the most expensive sale in Tierra Verde at the time, and while he never met any members of ABBA, Spalding represented the group on the transaction. Property records also show that Spalding’s signature is found under “Grantor” on the home’s deed. But the best evidence of the home’s connection to ABBA, was arguably found inside the house. The home sold to the current owners in 1986 for $510,000, and according to Sotheby’s, sound equipment was left in the house “with ABBA tapes stuck in it.” The current owners never touched it to preserve it, says the company, and now those pieces of memorabilia are included in the sale. The 4,527-square-foot home comes with six bedrooms and six bathrooms, and you’ll certainly need some “money, money, money” to buy it since the estate is currently asking $2,999,900. The listing agent is Lisa Farmer of Premier Sothebys Intl Realty. Credit: Photo by Bear Karry Productions

Buccaneers co-owner’s massive Tampa palace Last April, Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Darcie Glazer Kassewitz, and her husband Joel, sold their gigantic Tampa mansion, which is literally modeled after a 17th century royal palace. According to the Multiple Listing Service, the home was sold for $8.3 million. Located at 706 Guisando De Avila, the home was purchased by Darcie and Joel from former gold dealer and convicted fraudster Mark Yaffe for $5.8 million in 2014. The 28,295-square-foot Avila estate comes with 10 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, as well as a ballroom, an executive library, 14 fireplaces, a wine room, an elevator, a pool and spa, and more. Glazer Kassewitz is a co-owner of the Bucs (along with her brothers), and she also leads the Glazer Vision Foundation and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Foundation. The sale comes a few months after the couple also sold its Palm Beach pad for $53 million. Credit: Photo via Zillow

Tampa Bay’s Rinker House, which was built by a Florida cement tycoon A massive home built by the prominent Rinker Family, whose concrete company arguably poured more cement than anyone in Florida’s history, went back on the market last October in Belleair. Located at 140 Willadel Dr., the home was built in 1991 by the late Marshall Rinker Jr. and his wife Mary. Marshall’s father, Marshall E. “Doc” Rinker Sr, founded the concrete company Rinker Materials Corp. in 1926, and turned the one man, one truck operation into a half-billion dollar company with over 70 plants and work sites throughout Florida. At its peak, the company was the largest cement company in the state, and in many ways helped usher in modern Florida as we know it, with a roster of clients that included shopping malls, condominiums and even Walt Disney World (they actually built Epcot) and multiple military bases. The company was eventually sold in 1988 to Australian-based CSR Ltd. for $515 million, which is the equivalent of more than $1.1 billion in today’s dollars when you adjust for inflation. After the acquisition, Marshal Rinker Jr. stayed on and served on the board of directors. This 11,622-home home has been on and off the market for years, but is now listed at $11,950,000. The six-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion comes with upper and lower level master suites, a fitness room, an elevator, a sauna, a tennis court, a pool and spa, an outdoor kitchen, and a great view of Sand Key. The listing agent is Priscilla Pesce Charles Rutenberg Realty. Credit: Photo via Zillow

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The Tampa Bay home of Christian Television Network’s Bob D’Andrea Last spring, the home of a televangelist pioneer was on the market in Seminole, Florida. Located at 7360 137th St, the waterfront home was owned by Jane D’Andrea, wife of Christian Television Network (CTN) co-founder and president Robert “Bob” D’Andrea, who CTN said died earlier this year “after battling a non-COVID related illness.” According to property records, Bob D’Andrea purchased the home in 1996 for $502,000. The 4,168-square-foot home is straight out of “The Righteous Gemstones” and comes with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, as well as a two-story atrium, an indoor hot tub, an indoor-outdoor pool, a heart-shaped spa, a pond, a dock and more. Launched in October of 1979 from flagship channel WCLF in Largo, CTN is one of the oldest televangelist networks in the country, and over the years has featured programs like “Homekeepers Classics,” a show for the stay-at-home wife or husband, “Man360,” a show for godly men, and “Set Free If You Want to Be,” a program for people wanting “to come out of the homosexual lifestyle and to those wanting to be set free from sexual bondage.” The D’Andrea home sold last May for $2 million. Credit: Photo via Zillow

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