Sarasota, Venice, and Lakewood Ranch New Homes

The real estate market in the Sarasota area continues at a healthy sales pace. New home sales in particular are robust.  There's more choice for you as a home buyer than ever in my service area, with 50 major new home communities stretching between Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, and The West Villages in Venice. With all this choice, I'm finding buyers are stressed and confused about which communities to consider for their needs.  This is where I come in. Community pool at Lakewood National in Lakewood Ranch FL I'll use the example of two recent home buyers who had identical budgets and were interested in a new construction home.  Buyer 1 had a child, and was concerned the community he chose had amenities for children and a good number of children living there, not to mention being located in a highly rated school district. Buyer 2 had the same budget, and wanted a new home that had a club house with fitness, nice pool, and a busy social calendar so they could m...

I recently stopped by the site of what will be Venice Woodland, an upscale new home community in Venice FL. The builder, Meritage Homes, doesn't have much if any information on it's website as of this writing.  They say they will be building their "Signature" series homes here.  That means there will likely be larger, upscale homes on 60 to 70 foot wide home sites, probably with 3 car garages. This is quite a large piece of land, and it has a lot of lakes and wooded preserve, a perfect setting for a new home community.  I estimate about 300 homes will be built here.  There will also be a nice list of amenities, including a resort style pool and clubhouse with fitness center, dog park, pickle ball and tennis, and walking trails throughout. Venice Woodland is east of I-75, on Border Road east of Jacaranda Blvd.  If you're concerned about the east of I-75 location, it's only 7 miles to either Nokomis Beach or Venice Beach. Beach route from...

If you're looking for a new home in the Venice, FL area, you won't want to miss Gran Paradiso by Lennar. Tuscan themed Gran Paradiso entrance Sprawling Gran Paradiso clubhouse Clubhouse great room Activities room Gran Paradiso fitness and aerobics center Located on Hwy 41 about 5 miles east of downtown Venice, Gran Paradiso is a modern take on Tuscan style, offering an impressive resort-style club house and pool. One of the best features of Gran Paradiso is that all homes have access to the clubhouse and are maintenance free, which means law mowing, irrigation, and exterior pest control are provided with low homeowner association fees, which vary from around $150 per month to around $225 per month for some of the villas. Tile roofs are standard on all Gran Paradiso homes and villas I found some of the floor plans, such as the Princeton II, a bit disappointing in that a formal dining and living room are still offered, where most of today...