High & Dry!! It's time to live the waterfront lifestyle! This 3 bedroom / 2 bathroom, nearly 1700 sf under air POOL home with DOCK and BOAT LIFT is calling your name! Enjoy high ceilings, tile throughout and the favored "split floor plan", offering you and your guests nice privacy. The living/dining combo with separate family room and spacious covered, screened patio provides plenty of room for relaxation and socializing. The kitchen is the center of the home, of course, and offers stone counter tops, a breakfast bar, and closet pantry. Right around the corner is your interior laundry room with washer & dryer (included) and utility/"slop sink." The solar heated pool with paver deck is glorious, and overlooks your dock, 6000 lb boat lift and canal waterway. Throw a line out back from your 80 ft concrete seawall and catch snook, redfish, snapper and more, while keeping an eye out for the passing dolphin or manatee. You have quick access to the Myakka River, Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico. The home is storm-ready, sitting high, with impact windows/doors and hurricane shutters, as well as a newer roof. The home is equipped with a heat pump AC, a heat pump water heater, solar heated pool with temperature control, and a variable speed inverter high-efficiency pool pump, all designed to be super energy efficient and save you money. Gulf Cove is a fabulous neighborhood of water sportsmen, dog walkers, bike riders and friendly people. There is a voluntary inexpensive property association that you can join to meet people and have access to the neighborhood's private boat ramp. No deed restrictions here though! Come, see why people are always smiling in Gulf Cove! Schedule your private tour today!