4736 Charing Cross RoadSarasota, FL 34241Price: $449,000

Deep within the quiet winding streets of Bent Tree Village, this classic Florida home features a three-year-old roof and a private freeform swimming pool on a large, serene lot where mature trees, native birds, and deer returning with their fawns create a nature preserve atmosphere. The intuitive split floor plan features soaring high ceilings, outstanding architectural flow and an open feel that makes the home feel significantly larger than its footprint, offering formal living and a large family room, a separate dining room and bedrooms with generous closets. The efficient galley kitchen features a new trayed ceiling, lights and a sliding pass-through window framing fantastic views of the lush backyard, making outdoor serving to the extended covered dining area seamless. Complete with an oversized 23-foot-deep two-car garage and kept in its stylistically original 1979 state, this home presents a rare blank canvas to design to your exact taste without paying for or undoing someone else's recent remodel. And no, the deer are NOT A.I. The owner took the picture this Spring!