A little literary inspiration may prove helpful to some Florida property seekers on the hunt for their Sunshine State home.

Bookworms and Florida property-seekers alike should consider a trip to the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, where one of America’s most famous lived and wrote for ten years between 1931 and 1941.

The luxury home features a 65-foot swimming pool, installed by the author himself at a cost of US$20,000 (£12,123), which remains the largest in the Key West region.

Other statement pieces which may give Florida property hunters expensive ideas include original French chandeliers and Hemingway’s vast art collection, which features a replica of the famous cat sculpture gifted to the author by Picasso.

However, anyone with cat allergies may want to skip their trip around the posh Florida property, as 60 descendants of the author’s original feline companions still inhabit the grounds.

Recent figures from the Office of National Statistics place US destinations, such as Florida property vacations, as the third most popular choice among holidaying Brits.

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