A Colorful Lakefront Home in Three Oaks, Sarasota — Where Color Meets Craftsmanship

4860 Cedar Oak Way · Three Oaks · Sarasota, Florida

There is a kind of house that asks nothing of you — painted in the colors of a hotel corridor, finished to offend no one, forgotten the moment you leave. This is not that house. Skip to Video

From the street, the first thing you notice is conviction: a turquoise door set into warm terracotta stucco, framed by an arched portico and flanked by sculptural agave and tropical plantings that read less like landscaping than composition. And behind it, screened by mature trees, sits a quiet lake the owner chose to keep half-hidden — trading the open view for something most homes on water never have: privacy. You get the shimmer of light off the water without a single neighbor's window staring back. The rarer thing, really.

A palette with nerve

Inside, the home commits fully to color, and does so with taste rather than excess. Marigold walls catch the Florida light and hold it. Saltillo-style terracotta tile runs underfoot before giving way to rich engineered hardwood. A burnt-sienna accent wall anchors the dining area; distressed teal-green cabinetry turns the kitchen island and built-ins into furniture rather than fixtures. It is, if you stand back, the palette of a Gulf sunset — warm amber and terracotta meeting the cooler blues of water and dusk. This is a home composed by someone with an eye — and for a buyer who has spent years in spaces designed to be inoffensive, the effect is closer to relief.

Craftsmanship beneath the color

Look past the palette and the bones reveal themselves. Vaulted and tray ceilings, trimmed in crown molding, lift the main rooms. The kitchen is built for someone who actually cooks: granite counters with a hand-finished ogee edge, solid wood cabinetry, a custom panel-front refrigerator integrated into the millwork, and oil-rubbed bronze fixtures throughout. The primary bath carries the same intention — frosted glass vessel sinks on granite, bronze wall-mounted faucets, a glass-block detail filtering light into the shower. These are the choices of someone who understood that a house is felt in its details.

The Florida the brochures promise

Through pocketing sliders, the home dissolves into its setting: a screened saltwater pool with a raised water feature, wrapped in mature palms and tropical foliage with the privacy of a small resort. An outdoor kitchen anchored by a Wolf grill makes entertaining effortless. And tucked into the garden, a small koi pond with a slate-stacked waterfall offers what no floor plan can list — the quiet sound of moving water.

The case the head can make

Beauty rewards scrutiny here, too. The tile roof is brand new, installed in 2026. The property sits in Flood Zone X, the designation that typically means no lender-required flood insurance. The HOA is modest. Four bedrooms plus a dedicated office span roughly 2,500 square feet, with a split plan that keeps the primary suite private — all within a well-regarded Sarasota school corridor. Watch the video

Offered at $725,000.

Listed by The Pope Team | Christine Pope & Paul Pope