Compass Real Estate – a nationwide residential real estate firm – seized the record for the most expensive residential sale in Sarasota County history at $30.3 million on Thursday, July 31, according to the company’s press release.
The beachfront home on Longboat Key – nicknamed “Serenissima” for “the most serene” – was originally listed at $35 million and went under contract 25 days after it was put on the market June 5.
Located at 845 Longboat Club Rd, the three-story home was built in 2005 and sits behind the gates of Longboat Key Club in Regent Court, an exclusive community of just eight residences. Sarasota architect Clifford Scholz designed the home with the original owners, as well as a design and construction team. Together, they met, if not set, the standard for luxury when it was completed 20 years ago…