Welcome home to Cottage in the Pines, Sarasota. You will find what your looking for right here behind a 16' metal gate. No Flood Insurance required, easy to insure. The HVAC system was replaced in 2021 and a new tankless hot water heater. Offered As-Is, a clear opportunity to update and make it your own. 3043 Arlington Street provides 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths with 1,656 sq ft of living space under a durable metal roof. Everyday life is right around the corner! There are 16 grocery stores and supermarkets within a 2-mile distance. A quick check in at award winning Sarasota Memorial Hospital is just 1.8 miles, just a 5-minute drive. Dining options are plentiful: 10 restaurants within 1 mile and 44 within 2 miles, plus 4 bakeries, 5 bars and wine bars, 2 ice cream shops and 2 more cafes, all within 2 miles. Fun is not far away! Arlington Recreation Center and Arlington Park, part of the Great Florida Birding & Wildlife Trail is just a half mile away, roughly a 3-minute drive. Open from 5:am to 11:pm daily, you will enjoy the 50-meter lap pool and 25-yard instructional pool; water aerobics, swim lessons (free swim evaluations), lifeguard certification courses, Gymnasium with basketball, indoor pickleball, youth activities, camps and community events. Your fur babies will love the fenced dog park with separate large-dog and small-dog areas, plus a dog wash station and half-mile walking trail, shaded seating and a pond with wildlife. Ready for some sporty time? Free to the public outdoor tennis courts and outdoor basketball court are open daily 8 AM to 9 PM. The outdoor fitness center is open daily dawn to dusk. A fully fenced playground with two entrances and accessible swings are located next to a reservable picnic area. Arlington Park hosts First Fridays market-at-the-trail which is a free outdoor market the City of Sarasota holds on the first Friday of every month, 9 AM to 1 PM. It has local vendors selling handmade goods, crafts, plants and gifts, plus food and drink trucks. Downtown, Sarasota's Bayfront and Marina Jack are a 10-minute drive offering a bayfront playground and splash pad with climbing structure, seating and shade sails, walking and bike trails dining and live music, lunch and sunset dinner cruises and deck, canoe launch, pontoon and fishing boat rentals. Performing Arts, Independent Film Cinema Botanical Gardens. Nationally acclaimed Farmer's Market and plenty of shopping. The Quartz Sands of Siesta Beach and Lido Beach are each roughly a 15-minute drive. Siesta Beach offers Lifeguards from 10:am to 5:pm daily, picnicking, food service, concessions, restrooms, free beach wheelchairs all year, a shaded playground, 10 sand volleyball, 4 tennis and 6 pickleball courts and a free trolley 8:am to 10: pm. Don't forget the Siesta Key Drum Circle every Sunday about an hour before sunset. Lido Beach provides a 25-meter lap pool, kayak launch and wash station, mangrove-tunnel water trails, on-site kayak and paddleboard rentals, Lifeguards, picnicking, food service, concessions, restrooms, free beach wheelchairs all year. There are no load bearing walls within the home, make it your own creation. There's no place like home.
