Cascades at Sarasota

Cascades at Sarasota Real Estate for Sale – Bradenton/Sarasota, Florida 34243

Cascades at Sarasota is a master property development for age 55+ residents. It is located on Lockwood Ridge Road in southern Manatee County some two miles north of the Sarasota County line.

This community started taking shape in 2005 and is now completely built out with about 450 homes but still provide plenty of resale properties listed in the Bradenton real estate market. The bulk of the residences in this community were built by developer by Levitt & Sons from 2005 and 2008. Bradenton homebuilder Medallion Home took over the development of some 60 single family residences at the Cascades in 2009.

Listings of Bradenton homes for sale typically include two or three-bedroom ranch-style residences at the Cascades. These come in a wide variety of floor plans ranging from about 1,600 square feet all the way up to 3,500 square feet. The asking prices of available residences in the community can be quoted starting at around the high-$200s edging upward to the $400s mark.

Eclectic designs

Market listings of Cascades residences can give other Bradenton homes for sale a run for their money. Sales-listed houses in this community draw buyers’ attention with their well-planned designs flaunting a lot of outstanding features like newly constructed barrel tile roofs.

As endearing to prospective buyers, choice sales-listed residences at Cascades have had recent upgrades such as new crown moldings, stainless steel appliances and granite counters in the bathroom and kitchen. Some of the standard features in these homes are already impressive, offerings, such as open floor plans, seamless combos of kitchen/family room, breakfast nooks, spacious master suites and large walk-in closets. Each residence also incorporates an attached two-car garage.

Complete amenities

The homes of the Cascades are easy to maintain and most back up to or are adjacent to open spaces and natural preserves. All homes within the community are privileged with landscaping maintenance, Internet access, basic cable, and security alarm monitoring. The community, moreover, is a gated enclave with an electronically controlled entry system and a gatehouse manned 24/7.

The center of community activities at the Cascades is a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse, with state-of-the-art facilities similarly found in prime Sarasota/Bradenton real estate for sale. These amenities include a heated indoor-outdoor swimming pool, six Har-Tru tennis courts and a modern fitness center.

Additionally, the clubhouse provides a library with computer access. Rooms for poker, billiards, arts and crafts are likewise provided in this community center. Various weekly activities are organized as well by the Cascades’ homeowners association, including aerobics, yoga, bocce matches and craft-work like pottery and stitching. Socials are also held regularly with such activities as card games, karaoke singing and singles night.

A kaleidoscope of lifestyle venues around the Cascades significantly add to the market values of Bradenton homes for sale in its locality. For shopping as well as dining, the two principal choices can be either The Mall at the University Town Center south along Interstate 75 or the De Soto Square Mall north of the community. Access to various beach options is as easy also. With a short drive north to Cortez Road leads westward to Anna Maria Island and its six white sand beaches.