Selling the island life on Longboat Key takes a big step to boat-only enclave

A home with a Longboat Key address, listed last week for sale at nearly $6 million, isn’t for everyone.

Michelle Ward, of Compass Florida, who is teaming up with Jessica Dunham to represent seller Stephen Ellis, concedes that point.

It’s not so much the $5.995 million price – there are five Longboat Key properties asking more. Nor is it the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage or anything else that normally figures into a mainstream buyers’ calculations.

It’s the address…

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