***$10,000 PRICE IMPROVEMENT*** If you're tired of cookie-cutter neighborhoods and want a home that you can tailor with your own stylistic flair, remodel and sell for profit, or use for generating rental income... look no further than this well-crafted 60's style ranch home located just a stroll away from the serenity of a daily sunset nature walk overlooking Sarasota Bay. The 3 bed/2bath split floor plan home has great bones, contains a new AC unit & electrical panel, and offers a large open living room and dining area for entertaining. The enclosed Florida room provides extra work or relaxation space and boasts two sets of French doors to access your private fenced-in back yard, that has an outdoor shower and is perfect for sunning or barbequing with friends. The property is a gardener's paradise, having been cultivated and tended to with the utmost love and care, and features mature landscaping consisting of multiple varieties of native species & fruit trees that will continue to flourish for a new owner thanks to the new private 150ft well and drip irrigation system. The property, located in the historic Indian Beach neighborhood renowned for the natural beauty of its canopied avenues, the charm & whimsy of its artistic & eccentric community, and as home to cultural establishments and attractions like the Asolo Theater, John and Mabel Ringling Art Museum, Ca d' Zan, and Jungle Gardens, is also conveniently located to several higher-educational institutions, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the adjacent soon-to-be-completed 53 Acre Bay Park, magnificent shopping & dining of downtown Sarasota, and the world-famous cool white sands and warm gulf waters of Lido Key and Siesta Key beaches. Plus, while eligible to join the voluntary Indian Beach-Sapphire Shore community association, there are no deed restrictions and since it's near SRQ airport and within the city limits, it makes an ideal vacation rental property!