Sarasota, FL
Fairways at Bent Tree
The golf-frontage section of the 450-home Bent Tree community, single-family homes with direct views of the Bill Lewis 18-hole course (opened 1975). Part of Bent Tree's nine subdivisions east of I-75 off Bee Ridge Road, with access to the community center, pool, and tennis courts.
Status
Established · resale
Home Types
Single Family
Amenity Level
High
Community size
78
completed homes on the county roll
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
80
recorded residential lots
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
How Fairways at Bent Tree compares
From the county records
$559,000
Median of 10 recorded sales since October 2023, the middle eighty percent between $510,000 and $750,000.
63%
Of the 78 matched residential units here claim a homestead exemption, which reads as most homes here are claimed as a permanent residence.
Newest completion recorded 2018. 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.
Governing Documents
HOA & community documents for Fairways at Bent Tree
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.
Fairways at Bent Tree Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
Neighborhood associationMatched to Fairways at Bent Tree because: Florida’s Division of Corporations register records this as an ACTIVE not-for-profit corporation, document number N15000005165, filed 2015, with its principal address at 3701 South Osprey Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34239. The corporate name says "at Bent Tree" outright. THE PRINCIPAL ADDRESS IS A MANAGEMENT OFFICE RATHER THAN AN ADDRESS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY, so the address could not do the confirming and the match rests on the other facts named here. The 2015 filing is much later than the 1970s golf course this site describes, which is ordinary when a subdivision re-forms or formalises its association decades after the homes were built.
Who to contact
- Contact role
- Not-for-profit corporation registered with the Florida Division of Corporations
No officer, director or registered agent is listed here. The register publishes them by name and several give a home address; none of that belongs in a public directory of community documents.
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.
Fairways at Bent Tree Homeowners’ Association, 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.
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Fairways at Bent Tree FAQ
Can you still buy a new home in Fairways at Bent Tree?+
Fairways at Bent Tree is essentially sold out of new construction, so homes here come up as resale. I can set you up with alerts the moment one hits the market and give you an honest read on value before you offer.
What kind of homes are in Fairways at Bent Tree?+
Fairways at Bent Tree offers single family. As single-family housing, the roof, the exterior and the insurance on the structure are yours rather than an association's, which is the main practical difference from a villa or condominium. 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.
Is golf membership required at Fairways at Bent Tree?+
Golf is central to Fairways at Bent Tree, but living in a golf community and holding a golf membership are two different things and the distinction costs real money. Membership structures vary: some are required with the home, some optional, some sold separately to non-residents, and some carry a waiting list. Confirm which applies to the specific address, and the current dues, directly with the club before relying on it.
What have homes in Fairways at Bent Tree actually sold for?+
10 arm's-length sales have been recorded in Fairways at Bent Tree since October 2023, at a median of $559,000. The middle eighty percent of those sales fell between $510,000 and $750,000, 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 Fairways at Bent Tree year round?+
63% of the 78 matched residential units in Fairways at Bent Tree 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 most 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 Fairways at Bent Tree still being built?+
The most recent home the county records in Fairways at Bent Tree was completed in 2018, across 80 platted parcels of which 78 carry a finished home. The county records no completions in Fairways at Bent Tree 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.
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