Sarasota, FL
Embassy House
Sixty-nine residences across 18 stories at 770 South Palm Avenue, completed in 1975 in the middle of the Palm Avenue gallery district. Two- and three-bedroom plans from about 1,272 to 2,568 square feet, with marina and bay views from the upper floors and semi-private elevators serving the residences.
Home Types
Downtown condominium
Beds
2 to 3
HOA (Yearly) Est.
$16,796 - $17,600
CDD (Yearly) Est.
None
Flood Zone
AE
Fee estimates may vary by lot size and sub-association. View all community fees →
Community size
69
homes
community record
69
completed homes on the county roll
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
70
recorded residential lots
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
Amenities & lifestyle
- Fitness room
- Heated pool
- Recreation room with catering kitchen
- Semi-private elevators
- Secured building access
- Assigned garage parking
How Embassy House compares
From the county records
$935,000
Median of 8 recorded sales since October 2023, the middle eighty percent between $750,000 and $1,010,000.
20%
Of the 69 matched residential units here claim a homestead exemption, which reads as a minority of homes here are claimed as a permanent residence.
Newest completion recorded 1975. The roll records no completions here in the last three years. Most of what trades is resale, though an absence of recent completions is not by itself proof a community is closed to new building.
Arm’s-length sales recorded with Sarasota County, read October 2026. Quitclaims, foreclosures, family transfers and pre-construction sales are excluded. Homestead requires the property to be a permanent residence, so the share carrying one is reported here as a share of matched residential units rather than as a count of who lives here. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
At an estimated $17,198 a year in combined HOA and CDD, Embassy House sits about 26% above the Sarasota median of $13,676, ranking 53 of the 90 Sarasota communities whose fees this site tracks. There is no CDD assessment here, which is what keeps that figure down.
Estimates from the same dataset behind the fee pages and the True Cost Index. Fees vary by lot size and sub-association, and change with each budget.
Governing Documents
HOA & community documents for Embassy House
0 documents published by the association and linked to the page each one lives on. Nothing is copied here, so you read whatever they publish today.
Embassy House Condo Assn Inc
Condominium associationMatched to Embassy House because: Florida’s register of condominiums records this association as the managing entity of The Embassy House at 770 South Palm Avenue, which is the address this site gives in its own description of the building, and the register counts 68 units against the 69 this site reads from the county roll, a difference of 1, which is the ordinary gap between units DECLARED in a condominium and parcels ASSESSED on a roll. THE ADDRESS ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH, which is why the count is checked: the register sometimes stores the managing entity’s mailing address in that field, and two unrelated condominiums both came back for one Cocoanut Avenue address during this research. That one was refused.
Who to contact
- Contact role
- Condominium association; the state register names it as the managing entity
No individual officer, director or manager is listed here. The register names the managing corporation; the current board is a matter for the association or Sunbiz.
Board members and officers are not listed here. They change often, and their names are on the association’s own records and in the state’s corporate filings, which is where they should be read from rather than from a page that cannot keep up.
Embassy House Condo Assn Inc
No public documents have been located for this association yet.
Nothing found is not the same as nothing in force. Every community in Florida with an association has governing documents; this says only that they have not been found in a public place.
The governing body is known and nothing it publishes is public. That is a gap in what has been published, not evidence that the community has no restrictions. This list records what has been found in public, not everything that governs the property. Before an offer I pull the full document set for the specific address along with the association’s budget and financials.
The full document directory →Thinking about Embassy House?
I'll send current listings and pricing in Embassy House, line up private showings, and give you an honest read on value, HOA/CDD costs, and resale before you commit, no pressure, no obligation.
Prefer to pick a time instead? Schedule a consult
Embassy House FAQ
What kind of homes are in Embassy House?+
Embassy House offers downtown condominium, with floor plans of 2 to 3 bedrooms. Attached homes carry an association that maintains the building itself, so the fee covers more than it would on a single-family home and the association's reserves matter to you directly. What a specific home includes, and what the association maintains, is set out in that community's documents and is worth reading before an offer rather than after.
What amenities does Embassy House have?+
Embassy House offers Fitness room, Heated pool, Recreation room with catering kitchen, Semi-private elevators, Secured building access, among others. Worth separating two things that often get blurred together: amenities the HOA maintains and which every owner pays for, and club or golf facilities that may require a separate membership on top. Which category each amenity falls into determines your actual annual cost, and it is set out in the community documents rather than in any listing.
What have homes in Embassy House actually sold for?+
8 arm's-length sales have been recorded in Embassy House since October 2023, at a median of $935,000. The middle eighty percent of those sales fell between $750,000 and $1,010,000, which is a better guide to the range than the extremes. These are prices recorded with Sarasota County, not asking prices, so they describe what buyers and sellers actually agreed. Figures read October 2026; quitclaims, foreclosures and family transfers are excluded.
Do people live in Embassy House year round?+
20% of the 69 matched residential units in Embassy House claim a homestead exemption, which Florida grants only on an owner's permanent residence, read from the Sarasota County roll in October 2026. That reads as a minority of homes here are claimed as a permanent residence. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
Is Embassy House still being built?+
The most recent home the county records in Embassy House was completed in 1975, across 70 platted parcels of which 69 carry a finished home. The county records no completions in Embassy House in the last three years, so what trades is resale. An absence of recent completions is not by itself proof that no further building is permitted. Build year matters more in Florida than buyers expect, because insurers weight roof age heavily and it drives what a property costs to carry rather than just what it costs to buy.
Does Embassy House have an HOA or CDD fee?+
Embassy House has an HOA fee estimated at $16,796 - $17,600 yearly, and the fee data for this community records no CDD assessment. A community development district bills through your property taxes rather than through the association, and its assessment can carry two separate components: debt service, which repays the bonds that funded roads, drainage and amenities, and an operations and maintenance charge, which does not end with the bonds. A community without a district avoids both as currently assessed. Figures are estimates, assessments are set annually, and both vary by home and phase, so confirm them for the specific address before relying on them.
What flood zone is Embassy House in?+
The flood zone recorded for Embassy House is AE. Zones beginning A or V are the higher-risk categories, where a federally backed mortgage generally requires flood insurance, while zone X is lower risk and coverage is usually optional. Flood zone is assigned per property rather than per community though, and elevation can change both the requirement and the premium substantially, so get the zone and the elevation certificate for the exact address rather than relying on a community-level figure.
Buying or selling in Sarasota?
Community research helps you narrow the search. Agent representation helps you act on it. Read how Michael Dailey works with buyers and sellers in each market, with local ownership costs and research you can check before calling.