336 N Shore DriveSarasota, FL 34234Sale Price: $855,000

Location, location, location is the mantra for this Florida Ranch with two beds, two and a half baths and a huge bonus room currently used as an art studio. There's even a garage big enough for 3 or more cars! It's a real “west of Bay Shore Road” charmer on the corner of Sun Circle Drive and North Shore Drive. This means you have peek-a-boo views of the bay in several directions and are almost adjacent to one of the most beautiful, waterfront parks in the City of Sarasota. Enter this property through a private courtyard evoking traditional Greek Isle designs and you have access to the house, studio, and garage. Once beyond the gate you are now in the privacy of your compound containing many indoor and outdoor spaces. Inside, through the foyer you will find a combination living & dining room which spills out into a long Florida room with an original pebble floor. This central area of the home also connects to the family room and kitchen. The family room is where most meals are taken, working well as a casual dining area. From here you can easily move out to the garden lanai for al fresco dining enjoying views of the bay and cooling sea breezes. An owner's suite added some years ago, creates a private wing with a bedroom, office, bath and walk in closet. Most rooms open to the outdoors enlarging all living spaces and providing garden views from every direction. The split plan puts the second bedroom, an ensuite, on the far side of the property which means your guests will have all the privacy they may desire, or you will have the degrees of separation sometimes necessary for domestic bliss. The large, airconditioned bonus room is the original garage and you can still open the entire area to the private courtyard. This spacious room is currently used as an art studio but is suitable for multiple purposes like a third bedroom adjacent to the half bath, a home gym or an office with a private entry. Across the courtyard is the garage, large enough for more than two cars leaving plenty of space for a shop and storage. Meandering around the outside of this large lot you will come upon multiple patios, gardens, and fruit trees. The nearby Sun Circle Park is a wonderful place to walk along the waterfront and enjoy sunsets over Sarasota Bay and Longboat Key. It will only take you minutes to launch kayaks and boards for a paddle along the north shore with world class views like John Ringling's Ca d' Zan. It's all about being in Florida and enjoying the indoor/outdoor lifestyle in this highly desirable Sarasota neighborhood. Live here amidst Sarasota's most significant cultural & educational institutions and you're only 2 miles north of downtown Sarasota, a 12-minute drive to St. Armands Circle and the beaches of Lido and Longboat Key and an equal distance to University Parkway anchored on the west by SRQ International Airport and the UTC shopping district and I75 on the east.