Someone give us $2 million for this Sarasota tree house
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Behold, the perfect house. Photo: Robert Pope Photography
The perfect house is not the Caladesi Island mansion that hit the market last month, nor is it a fancy penthouse with waterfront views.
- It's so much better, and so much more Florida: a mid-century-style tree house in the heart of Sarasota.
State of play: This three-bedroom, four-bathroom masterpiece at 2613 Temple Street, just north of Arlington Park, hit the market this week for $2.18 million.
- It was built in 1997 by Richard G. Allen of the Sarasota architecture firm Architura, per the Compass Florida listing.
She's got it all: A library with built-ins, giant windows for tons of natural light, exposed wood (including beams made from telephone poles), a spiral staircase and a screened-in pool surrounded by leafy branches
- And it's all cocooned in a private wetland oasis, complete with a self-filling front-yard pond.
💠Kathryn's thought bubble: If you've lived in one of St. Pete's garage apartments, you get the appeal of the tree house feel.
- Nothing beats looking out your window to lush greenery in the middle of a city — except owning an entire house as opposed to renting a 300-square-foot studio for $1,800 a month.
If anyone's got a spare $2 mil, you know where to find us.
