Sarasota A Great Place
for Your New Home
Enjoy
Sarasota homes - unique features that take advantage of warm weather,
entertaining and the Florida lifestyle
Caged
Pools
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on an image to enlarge, use your back button to return)
 "Caged"
pools are swimming pools with a screened enclosure. Caged pool is a term used more on the gulf coast of Florida; on the
east coast it is referred to as a screened pool.
The
Lanai
The
lanai is the living area outside, usually between the pool and house. Lanais
are great for
entertaining, dining, and relaxing. Warm weather all year allows the lanai
to be additional living space, however, lanais are not counted in square
feet on the listings. Square feet on the listing is the amount of space
"under air".
The
Outdoor Kitchen or Summer Kitchen
 Outdoor
kitchens are popular in Florida. They often include a grill, a
sink, cooking area, bar counter and a refrigerator.
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Gated
Communities
Gated
communities are popular, offering extra security. There are golf course,
waterfront, elite estates, and family oriented gated communities. Some offer
sections with single family homes, villas, maintenance-free and shopping
areas.
Green
Belt
 Green
belt sections are areas that can't be developed. Property that backs to a
greenbelt area offers privacy and the assurance that the privacy will
remain.
Golf
Course Homes
Sarasota
offers many houses and condos in golf course communities. 
The view of the
course and sometimes a greenbelt or water are often what sells a buyer on
living in the golf course community. Some are public courses and do not have
any extra fee to live on the course. Semi-private and private golf courses
generally do have fees. Some have different levels of membership. If they
offer tennis courts, exercise room, pool, and dining room, there may be just
golf, just tennis or just social, which is use of the exercise room and pool.
Golf community living starts around $170 for a 2 bedroom condo.
Pocket
Doors
Pocket
doors are glass sliding doors that open like a patio sliding door, then those
two sections slide on the track on the outside of the building, to the wall
area. This opens up the room to the outside, it looks like there is no wall to
the lanai, just open air.
Disappearing Corner
Disappearing corners
are two sliding doors that meet at a corner. When opened, the outside and
inside merge. Disappearing corner combined with pocket doors create a
flowing plan that really "brings the outside in".
Pool
Bath
 A
pool bath is a bathroom that has a door to the lanai, as well as a door to a
bedroom or hallway in the house. This allows anyone on the lanai to enter
directly into the bathroom. Excellent feature for people swimming!
Courtyard
Homes
 Walk
up to a home, open the front door and you are still outside! This is a
courtyard home. The courtyard home usually looks like any other home from the
front. They are built around the pool and lanai with a cage over the top.
There is usually a separate room or small suite on one side of the front door,
with sliding doors opening to the pool area. The main part of the home will
have several sliding pocket doors that totally open the house to the lanai.
Split Plan
A split plan is a home or condo with the master suite located at the opposite side from the other bedroom(s). Often the second and third bedrooms will share a bath and small hallway that can be closed off with a pocket door from the rest of the living area.
Mother-in-law Suite
This term has taken a broad range of meaning, but basically it is a living space that can be separated from the rest of the house, often with it's own entrance. It usually includes a bedroom, bath and sometimes a small den or sitting area in the bedroom. It may or may not include a kitchen or kitchenette. Some people call a separate guest house a mother-in-law suite.
Some of the older houses in Sarasota have separate guest houses that can be
rented.
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We are working with properties every day: Beach and bay front homes, condos, golf course homes, maintenance-free homes, planned communities, homes with charm, family neighborhoods, the downtown art area, gated and golf communities and new homes.
Our experience can make the deal happen: We know of properties that are not on the market yet, we know the differences in writing Manatee and Sarasota contracts to save you money and when negotiating a contract our experience can help you get the property that you want. Ethics counts when you want a level playing field and hard work is critical when you want the best.
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