Under contract-accepting backup offers. PRICE IMPROVEMENT! PALMER GLEN, a gorgeous, gated community of similar large homes and just a short walk or bike ride to The Sarasota Audubon Nature Center/Great American Birding and hiking Trail overlooking The Celery Fields. Come check out this stunning 2900+ square foot, one story POOL HOME positioned on an oversized 1/3-acre lot near the end of a cul-de-sac and in the preferred "X" flood zone not requiring flood insurance.  What greets you as you walk in the 8-foot-tall double door entry is STATELY and that sets the stage for a great and unique experience! As you enter, there is a gorgeous formal living room ahead of you, your private study/den/library to the right with eight-foot French Doors and the ample sized dining room to your left. Proceed through the butler's pantry on your way to the kitchen and be taken in by the beautiful wet/dry bar built in the 1920's and delivered from Sarasota Architectural Salvage with 1960's Michigan Barn Wood as a back splash wall to your left AND the pantry to your right also accented with two 1920's doors from the Sarasota Ringling Hotel! Your kitchen features a huge breakfast bar large enough to accommodate up to 6 stools, a breakfast nook overlooking the Lania Vista, Stainless Steel Suite of appliances that includes an innovative LG refrigerator that makes golf ball size whiskey cubes, a wide stance Kenmore ELITE Chef convection double oven with matching full width SS exhaust fan, Granite counters plus a service large functional area. The East Wing is dedicated to the Master suite with barn wood and wood beam features throughout, double walk-in closets with impressive barn door access, palatial master bath featuring a sealed cedar vanity top and a 2000-year-old, petrified wood sink and a private "back" door to the den/library/study.  The west wing has a Jack and Jill set up with 2 ample size bedrooms and a bath between them PLUS in the back, a slightly larger bedroom featuring 2 corner windows, a walk-in closet and located across from the common area and "Cabana Bath" with direct access to the patio. From the kitchen, a Galley style laundry leads to the garage with a front load matching suite washer/dryer, with wash tub and build out closet.  Outside, the screened, covered lanai offers a great 32'x20' space with a commercially built LED lighted fountain serving as an architectural feature with the front encased in plexiglass, so it runs 24/7.  Step outside to the west and your stunning CAGELESS fenced pool area features expanded pool deck, new LED multi color pool light, charming full wall of LIVE Creeping Wire Ivy Vine, an outdoor shower station with hot and cold water with a 10" rainwater shower head, outdoor speakers, five extra electric receptacles around your 14,000-gallon pool and the swing conveys! If you go to the East fenced back yard it serves as a dog run and gardenOther features include 7 designer ceiling fans, fashionable light fixtures, Trey and crown ceiling features, plantation shutters and window coverings, two sets of pocket sliders, lanai storage room, new paint inside and out plus new LPV flooring in the bedrooms. Located very close to UTC, Nathan Benderson Park and Lakewood Ranch's Waterside Place.  Don't miss this opportunity!