2605a DESOTO A&B FORMERLY A ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE...Country Estate...Check out this RUTH RICHMOND Retro HOME built on 2.18 Acres Convenient to downtown Sarasota! Once you enter through the beautiful gated brick entrance you are greeted by a beautiful brick courtyard. The 3, 000 square foot main home was built with high ceilings, crown molding, terrazzo flooring and has THREE Ensuites, a huge living room & dining room, oversized kitchen with an abundance of cabinetry and wonderful Florida room with vistas of the 32'x16' caged pool. There is a 3000 square foot addition connected with a vestibule and creating a rear courtyard around the pool patio. This additional space includes a huge game room, banquet hall size kitchen, two additional bedrooms, storage room and a room with a private entrance that could be an office, another bedroom or what ever one needs. In total 5958 heated/cooled square feet, 5+ bedrooms and 4.5 baths, 2 kitchens and laundries, a two car garage, 2 car carport, large chicken coop, huge screened and shaded orchid garden and concrete and mosaic koi pond. Your new estate has been very well preserved and has a 4.5 year old tile roof, Reverse osmosis/water filtration, central vacuum, new well pump, multiple hard wired smoke detectors. A great home for a home and business, etc. Close to downtown Sarasota, Bradenton & I-75/UTC. You won't believe your eyes!