Real Estate Blog

Riley is chillin' with Baby on a cloudy Friday afternoon.

The tide is high but we're holding on... The canal is up over the seawall cap today. Even though we may not feel the worst direct effects from Hurricane Michael, we're very aware that the storm is looming nearby! The ducks don't seem to mind...

Let us design and build your Siesta Key dream home on this fabulous building site in this exclusive North Siesta Key neighborhood. Located near a private beach access where you’ll swim, fish or launch a kayak or paddleboard in the Gulf of Mexico, enjoying the best of Island life. Easy access over the North bridge to downtown Sarasota’s cultural amenities, hospital, schools, entertainment and restaurants. This large lot will accommodate a multi-story, elevated home and pool. Use your builder or ours. $499,000

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Happy Birthday to Riley! This sweet girl turned 9 this week!!

Close to Siesta Beach, this wonderful 3-bedroom, 2-bath pool home is perfect as a full-time residence or a beach getaway. Located in a quaint neighborhood just 4 minutes to Siesta Key’s famous powdery white sands and azure waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Through an iron gate, the charming entry leads you to a wonderful split-bedroom floor plan that includes a large living room, dining room and family room, which is open to the fabulous, sleekly updated kitchen (2010) featuring stainless steel appliances, custom cabinets and tile backsplash. The spacious master bedroom offers a large walk-in closet and chic updated master bath (2013). Two guest bedrooms, one currently used as an office and the other a den with a murphy bed, both share the guest bath.

 It's that time of year again, when we here in Florida wish for the temperatures to drop even just a few degrees... We just have to hang on a little bit longer and hope it happens soon!

Puppy profile!

This cute lizard has been hanging around for the last few days. Research found that it is a redhead brown anole, common across the state of Florida.

Inspired by beautiful Caribbean estates, this fabulous, custom-built, Lee Wetherington Signature home on Siesta Key’s Grand Canal is your perfect island getaway. Elevated and sited on an estate-sized double lot, relax on the front porch or back veranda to take full advantage of wonderful tropical views, botanical gardens, a winding paved driveway, and 93 feet along the natural, deep-boating waterway. Built with entertaining in mind, the foyer entry leads to a great room with wonderful bamboo floors, a gas fireplace with a coral stone mantel and a series of French doors leading to the screened porch and pool. The kitchen offers stainless steel appliances, pantry and breakfast bar and the separate dining room and service bar are perfect for entertaining

Another summer has come and gone. With autumn upon us, this issue of American Lifestyle beckons you to fall into familiar, welcoming routines, with a quest for community, recipes for chicken and chocolatey cereal bars, back-to-school tips, and football fun.

You can find community close to home or at work, or you may have to set out to find it. Read about a printer who did just that, canvasing the country searching for experiences with fellow printers to learn more about his craft—and himself.

With food, some pairings are timeless, but unexpected ones can be surprisingly good, too. Create an inventive meal for your family with potato chip chicken and then peanut butter-chocolate bars for dessert, both courtesy of Tieghan Gerard’s Half Baked