This Lakefront Estate Home with a second private residence is in the gated Lake Geraldine Community in Venice on 3 acres (and yes, you can bring your horse and ride 40 miles of trails from your own stable), with 300' frontage on a 30-acre lake, and Myakka State Forest behind for privacy. To the Wellen Park schools is 2 miles/5 minutes, on the way to dining, shopping, and the Atlanta Braves Spring Training Stadium. To Englewood Beach is 20 minutes and Venice Beach 30, US 41/ Tamiami Trail 3.3 miles by River Road, I-75 Exit 191 8.4 miles.
This Executive home is ideal for entertaining family, friends, or business associates. The detached guest house is perfect for parents or visitors. Both houses have metal roofs. Main house is 5752 SF with 3989 SF heated, high ceilings, crown moldings, porcelain tile throughout living areas, wood plank tile in bedrooms, custom ceiling fans. 3 BDR, 3 baths, 1/2 pool bath. Foyer opens to formal living room with fireplace and disappearing sliding doors to pool. Formal dining room opens to 26' x 17' kitchen with 75-bottle wine cooler, island 6-burner gas range, custom range hood, island sink, wood cabinetry, granite countertops, and raised counter seating 6. Dinette seats 4 with bay window to pool and lanai. Family room is open to kitchen, has sliding door wall to outdoor kitchen, pool. Covered seating on pool deck with sliders to living room. Primary Bedroom has walk-in her/his closets. Bath has soaking tub between vanity cabinets, walk area each side to bay window walk-in/through shower, 2 handheld showers, rain shower & a spray wall, windows view lake for Sunset. Separate water heater for Primary Suite. Outdoor shower by screened /heated saltwater pool. All new pool equipment, replumbed, auto clean, chlorinator, control in Kitchen. 36x20' pool in a Travertine deck 55x30' open & 30x21' covered. 68-foot Travertine covered and screened front porch with room for a dining table, seating area for 4 and a bench, looks over the lake for watching sunsets, and to your private dock, the only one allowed on the lake.
Well house high volume water softener preserves twin high-pressure filters in a RO system, 500 gallon storage tank. DAB pump for constant flow/pressure to the homes, carbon tank & calcium tank removing chlorine and correcting pH. New pressure tank and switches. Irrigation controlled by wireless controller programmed by cell phone. Pump in lake provides irrigation for 12 zones covering the property. A variance reduced the cul-de-sac ROW by 10', $27K in high quality fill added to allow a wall/ gate on the front, and along the driveway opposite the garage for an additional garage/ horse stable. Whole-house generator powers the house including A/C. The lot sides & rear are fenced.
Guest House: built 2012, 1512 SF total, 862 SF conditioned space. Propane generator w/ 250 GL tank. New AC in April. Complete renovation 2023-4: luxury vinyl floor, new kitchen cabinets, appliances, fixtures, quartz counters with waterfalls, new bath vanity/ fixtures, backlit pantry/linen & mirrored bedroom closet doors. 12x14' bedroom, 12' closet. Added 22x36' rear deck with screen enclosure to the covered deck. Living room has 2-side corner sliders opening to deck with outdoor shower & plumbed for outdoor kitchen. 150x90' fenced rear yard. Commercial hexagon Tiki bar, swings and fire table by the lake. Many large palm trees and landscape with blooming trees added to complete a back yard oasis.
