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Testaverdes' House Scores

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Former Bucs player Vinny Testaverde just bought this 7,090-square-foot house on Keystone Lake.

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By STEPHEN HAMMILL, The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 20, 2007

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KEYSTONE - Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vinny Testaverde recently made the most expensive home purchase of the year in Hillsborough County.

The 7,090-square-foot house on Keystone Lake, 17120 Gunn Highway, features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an eight-car garage and a three-story elevator. It was custom built by Gray Homes of Tampa Bay and originally listed at $5 million.

The sale was recorded Aug. 31 by the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser, and at $4.5 million it is the highest valued residential real-estate transaction for 2007.

By comparison, the highest-priced residential land purchase in Pinellas County this year was $5.2 million, paid by Albert Larsen for a home at 306 Harbor View Lane in Largo.

Testaverde and his wife, Mitzi, could not be reached for comment.

Vinny Testaverde, a Long Island, N.Y., native, won the Heisman Trophy in 1986 as a quarterback for the University of Miami. He was the first overall draft pick of the Buccaneers in the 1987 NFL draft and played with the Bucs through the 1992 season.

Construction on the 3-acre lakeside estate was completed in August.

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