Location: Central Sarasota, conveniently located west of I-75. Minutes to Doctors Hospital, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Publix, a private school, and many good restaurants and businesses. Just 4 blocks from Colonial Oaks county park. Private neighborhood with no cut-through traffic.

Description: This home combines the feel of a traditional home and the openness of convenient Florida floorplans to give you the best of both! Right inside the inviting 2-story foyer is a sunken living room for entertaining your guests or quiet reading. To the right is a flexible-use room that can work as an extension of the family room, an exercise room, or an office. Large pocket doors open it up to the family room. The kitchen overlooks the family room and the breakfast nook, which has bay windows overlooking the pool. A formal dining room has a view of the pool, and it, too, could have other uses, as a second office, for instance. In addition to the powder room, one bedroom and bath are downstairs, and the other 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms are upstairs. Tiled hallways help keep maintenance to a minimum.

Statistics:

• The lot is one acre, with a magnificent oak tree in the front and back yard.
• The privacy hedge screens the back lot line from the creek.
• Built in 1989, this house has 3,583 square feet of air conditioned living space, including 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths.
• The living room is 15' x 12', with a view of the deep front yard.
• The dining room is also 12' x 15', overlooking the pool and lanai.
• The spacious kitchen is 15' x 17' and adjoins the 16' x 12' family room and 9' x 9' breakfast nook.
• The owners' bedroom is 18' x 13' and the bathroom has dual sinks, a walk-in shower and a separate garden tub.
• The bonus room adjacent to the family room is 15' x 13'.
• The guest bedrooms are 11' x 15', 12' x 15', and 13' x 14'.
• The 5th bedroom or office is 14' x 11'
• The laundry room is upstairs, convenient to all the bedrooms, and has its own skylight!
• The 3-car side-entry garage has lots of space for tools and cars, and there is a lot of parking space on the driveway, too.
• Fruitville Elementary, McIntosh Middle and Sarasota High School district.
• The Homeowner Association fee is only $250 per year.
• $ 480,000