Under contract-accepting backup offers. DESOTO ACRES-Welcome to Paradise! This is a Country Estate in the Heart of Town. Main home and guest home with pool, pond with fire pit, 2.24 acres, fully fenced and gated, 3 car garage, 2 car carport and a really nice shed out back! The main home has 2300+ heated square feet with updated floors, kitchen, bathrooms and windows. The guest cottage circa 2005 has approximately 800 square feet with a Living room, full kitchen with pantry and butler's pantry, Large bedroom, bathroom, large laundry/utility room, screened lanai and dog run. Collectively there is a total of 5 bedrooms (one currently used as a den/office), 3 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 living rooms, two laundry rooms...one with a workshop and dog wash station. Collective mechanicals include one electric meter for the compound, two HVAC's, one well with a 2.5 year old pump, water softener, aerator and water filtration, one septic tank with an updated lift station. The guest house is connected to the main home via a breezeway. Each home has it's own electric gate from the street and while the whole property is fenced, the two homes are fenced from each other for pets or children being secure. The side load 3 car garage has one bay that is a pull through with a garage door front and back and all of the garage doors are updated as wind rated. Both homes have a tankless water heater and the workshop has a hot water tank used for the main kitchen and laundry. The kitchen in the main house is a country classic style with high end upgraded stainless steel appliances, wall oven, cooktop stove, 2 pantries, High grade granite, gorgeous cabinetry with pull out shelves and interior plugs for small appliances, functional island and a large breakfast room with built in dinette that has lots of storage AND a large dining room with pool vistas shared with the large living room. You have a fire pit that overlooks the pond and a very nice, large shed that also has electricity. Both homes sit in an "X" flood zone in a quiet area of DeSoto Acres. Â DeSoto Acres is in Sarasota COUNTY with an "overlay" protecting its 102 year old history that allows one horse per acre, chickens, roosters, and some other farm animals excluding cows. Â Steal it today for $1,100,000. Call NOW for your PRIVATE SHOWING