6538 42nd St., Sarasota, FL 34243

PRICED BELOW APPRAISAL!!! Welcome to Cascades, north Sarasota’s most sought-after 55+ active lifestyle community. This beautiful and immaculate 2-bedroom 2-bath +office/den home is situated on a beautiful corner lot, allowing the maximum natural light. This house has been beautifully updated and remodeled top to bottom."No detail was missed". The kitchen was designed with the gourmet chef in mind. The kitchen is outfitted with a Kitchen-Aid cooktop, built-in wall oven, microwave, side-by-side refrigerator/freezer, and a Bosch dishwasher. All Italian cabinetry is by Cuccini Ricci, featuring custom touches including a mixer cabinet with a spring action lift for your mixer and a corner cabinet lazy Susan that pulls completely out, wasting no space. The mix of dark lower cabinets is contrasted with high gloss and frosted glass upper cabinets. Take notice of the pantry cabinets offering amazing storage for all of your food bakeware and small kitchen appliances. The enlarged lanai, accessible from the kitchen, dining, and master bedroom is surrounded by mature hedges, providing the ultimate in privacy and creating your own personal oasis while relaxing in your hot tub. Both bathrooms have full glass walk-in showers, quartz countertops, and vessel sinks with modern faucets. The bedrooms and den feature laminate wood flooring while the main areas feature sleek, maintenance-free polished concrete floors that lend a modern architectural & artistic feel to the house. But, if that’s not to your taste, your own flooring can be installed right over this smooth base. The entire house has fabulous light fixtures and ceiling fans to keep everything bright and cool. Both bedrooms have custom built-in closets and the guest bedroom has storage above the closet as well. The laundry room has a new front-load, full-size washer and dryer, and plenty of storage & overhead cabinets. There is also plumbing available for the laundry sink. Step into the oversize 2-car garage that is 4 feet wider than standard, giving you plenty of room to park and get in and out of your car in comfort. This is a rare feature in the community. The garage also features plenty of storage with a wall of cabinets and a workbench with a sink. Cascades has it all with Resort-Style amenities that include a heated indoor/outdoor pool, hot tub, 6 lighted tennis courts with an instructor, fitness center, sauna, 2 pickleball courts, 3 bocce ball courts, and a fantastic clubhouse with billiard room, craft room with 2 kilns for creating your own pottery, library, card/game rooms and banquet room for planned and private events. This is the community you can truly enjoy living in if you like being extremely active or you can be laid back & enjoy the Florida lifestyle in this maintenance-free community. Your HOA includes ground maintenance, cable, and internet & home security - no CDD. Located off Lockwood Ridge Road between University Parkway and SR 70 the Cascades is just minutes to UTC, the airport, interstate, beaches, downtown, etc.