Key Real Estate: A home in Bay Isles sells for $1.2 million

EU-US LLC, a Florida limited-liability company with a Bradenton address registered to Helmer Hagman, sold the home at 3451 Bayou Sound in the Bay Isles subdivision to Kevin and Holly Geary, of Pittsford, N.Y., for $1.2 million. The 3,360-square-foot home was built in 1992 and has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $1.9 million in February 2006.

The transaction was the largest of eight sales recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses during the week of June 14 through June 18 on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys. Of this week’s sales, five took place on Longboat Key, including two in Manatee County, and three occurred on Lido Key.

Seaplace
In an intra-family transaction, William Rumph III and Bruce Rumph, both of Lakeland, Susan Holland, of North Palm Beach, and Connie Carrasquillo, of Tampa, each sold their one-quarter interest in Unit G-4-201 at 1975 Gulf of Mexico Drive in Unit III of the 461-unit Seaplace to Saluda Road Partnership LLLP, a Florida limited-liability partnership with a Lakeland address, for $120,000, or a total $480,000. William Rumph III is the registered agent of Saluda Road Partnership LLLP. Built in 1977, the unit has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,492 square feet of living space. The condominium sold new for $92,700 in September 1977.

Longboat Harbour Towers
Ann Carpenter Goulburn, of Basking Ridge, N.J., Patricia Carpenter Kraemer, of Mount Olive, N.J., and John Carpenter III, of Hazlet, N.J., sold Unit 507 at the 73-unit Longboat Harbour Towers, 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Donna Walker, who lists the unit as her address, and Richard Arenstrup, of Marstons Mills, Mass., for $403,500. The 1,314-square-foot condominium was built in 1972 with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The unit sold for $235,000 in January 1998.

Sutton Place
Robert and Barbara Thompson, of Indianapolis, sold Unit PH-3 in the South Building of the 80-unit Sutton Place, located in the 4300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Donald Pierce, of St. Marys, Ga., for $263,000. Built in 1973, the 992-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It last sold for $115,000 in August 1981.

Boathouse on Longboat
Bonnie Grote, successor trustee of the Ierta Burch Trust, of Bradenton, sold Boat Slip 2324 at the 194-slip Boathouse of Longboat, 410 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to John Stewart, 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive, for $50,000. The slip last sold for $13,800 in January 1988.

Lido Key
Donald and Nancy Sontag, of Norristown, Pa., sold Unit B-107 at L’Elegance on Lido Beach, 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Roderick Murray, of Sarasota, for $675,000. Built in 1996, the three-bedroom, three-bath condominium has 1,980 square feet of living space. The unit last sold for $655,000 in February 2003.

Sally Wallace, of Carlsbad, Calif., sold Unit 907 at Lido Beach Club, 1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Albert Higgins and Carolyn Tricomi-Higgins, of New York City, for $500,000. The 1,421-square-foot residence was built in 1972 and has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $60,000 in October 1974.

Robert and Louise Sinclair, of Nashville, Tenn., sold Unit 4-C at Lido Regency, 1700 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Robert and Patricia Wright, of Ottawa, for $325,000. Built in 1968, the two-bedroom, two-bath unit has 1,059 square feet of living space. It last sold for $125,000 in August 1994.