Make life easy for yourself, choosing among a variety of voluntary country club recreational memberships available to residents in Rosedale's Sweetbriar Court. Swim in your own private heated pool or in the heated junior Olympic pool, try out the fitness center equipment, or play on the championship quality Har-Tru Tennis courts. The Bradenton Herald readers listed Rosedale's 18-hole golf course as BEST GOLF COURSE for 2016! Combine "location, location, location" with this nicely updated and maintained home for pure enjoyment at the end of a long day of work or play! It features a pool with peaceful water and golf course views and a separate, private hot tub for soothing sore muscles and stress. You'll enjoy high ceilings, plant shelves, granite, tile and pavers in all the right places. Lots of windows create light, upbeat spaces! The kitchen is open to the great room and dinette, so you'll enjoy gathering your family & friends. Beautiful office furniture and a Murphy bed in the 3rd bedroom are super-convenient, with the adjoining 3rd bath. A new AC system was just installed in July, 2017. The pond encourages relaxing on the paver lanai and pool deck. Rosedale is a gated community, nice for jogging or strolling, with easy access to the Lakewood Ranch amenities and I-75, Sarasota/Bradenton Airport, the Ringling Mansion and Asolo Theater, the outlet mall & new UTC Mall. Avoid CDD fees & expensive, mandatory memberships & minimums. Fees include landscape & sprinkler maintenance plus annual house-washing.