Located in the desirable Southbay Yacht & Racquet Club, this 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath pool home with mature landscaping offers a functional layout and excellent community amenities. The home features a double door front entry, a spacious great room with cathedral ceiling, an oversized garage, and a large private lot. Interior highlights include double primary bedrooms, tiled walk in showers in both full bathrooms, an outdoor shower, a generous laundry room with cabinetry, a practical kitchen with pantry and hurricane rated windows. The paver lanai with automated hurricane screen and expansive paver deck surrounding the swimming pool with solar heat provide substantial outdoor living space. A long driveway adds convenient additional parking. Southbay Yacht & Racquet Club is a golf cart friendly community featuring a recently remodeled 10,000 sq. ft. clubhouse with a fitness center, pool, and large patio. The community owned marinawith residents only boat slipsprovides direct Intracoastal Waterway access with no fixed bridges to the Gulf. Additional amenities include pickleball and tennis courts, bocce, shuffleboard, walking and biking paths, and a playground. The community is ideally situated between Sarasota and Venice, close to dining, shopping, entertainment, beaches, the Legacy Trail, and Pine View School.