A waterfront estate on Miami's Belle Meade Island has hit the market asking $43.9 million, complete with a climate-controlled gallery built to hold up to 16 cars and a private deep-water dock opening straight onto the bay. The home, known as The Light House, sits at 1155 Belle Meade Island Drive and is owned by Ross Romash and Caroline Romash; Ross is described as a powerboat racer and entrepreneur.
According to PROFILEmiami, the property is a newly completed waterfront estate offering seven bedrooms across 11,358 interior square feet, set on an 18,208-square-foot corner lot with 120 feet of open-bay frontage. Chad Carroll of The Carroll Group at Compass is handling the offering, per the same report. The design is credited to Cody J. Thamann of Thamann Architecture + Design, with landscape architecture by Christopher Cawley.
Glass Walls, Marble Islands and a Gallery for 16 Cars
The main living level is built around retractable glass walls that open on opposite sides, linking the entry courtyard directly to the bay, the listing team says. The ground-level primary suite opens onto the pool deck and waterfront, while finishes throughout the home include travertine, lava stone, bronze and teak, per the report.
The main kitchen features a green-veined marble island, with a separate prep kitchen tucked behind fluted millwork, according to the listing details. An outdoor kitchen serves the pool terrace, and a glass-enclosed wellness room overlooking the water houses a gym, sauna and spa. The standout feature may be the climate-controlled automotive gallery, built to accommodate up to 16 cars with a viewing lounge positioned above it. Photography of the property is credited to Daniel Petroni of The Chad Carroll Group.
A Deep-Water Dock and a Neighborhood With Record History
The estate's private deep-water dock gives direct access to the bay, a selling point in a waterfront enclave with its own history of headline sales. Ross Romash was previously tied to a Belle Meade Island record sale, as reported by the South Florida Business Journal, which described that earlier home as having a 12-car garage and a glass elevator. A separate listing for the 1155 Belle Meade Island Drive address, compiled by Estately, describes a 0.42-acre lot with roughly 120 linear feet of waterfront, an existing pool and a renovated seawall, and identifies a single-story home there as built in 1952 — a detail that has not been reconciled with PROFILEmiami's description of a newly completed estate.
Miami's Ultra-Luxury Market Keeps Climbing
The Light House's nine-figure-adjacent ask lands amid a broader surge in Miami-Dade's top-tier housing market. Miami-Dade County recorded 194 home sales of $10 million or more in the first eight months of 2026, already 14.1% above the 170 such transactions recorded during all of 2025, according to CNBC. At that pace, sales were projected to reach about 291 by year-end, the outlet reported, with roughly 82% of Miami condo sales worth $1 million or more closing as all-cash deals in 2025.
CNBC also noted that UBS had rated Miami's housing bubble risk as elevated in its latest index, down from the highest-risk category the year before, even as inflation-adjusted home prices in the market slipped 1.6% year over year. The ultra-luxury appetite has drawn brand-name attention, too: Bugatti has announced plans for its first branded residential development in the United States, on Miami's Brickell waterfront, per the same report.
