The Knolls of Bent Tree is a small established enclave inside the larger Bent Tree golf community in eastern Sarasota, off Bee Ridge Road about two miles east of Interstate 75. The housing stock dates to the late 1970s, with a mix of detached single-family homes and attached villas (neighborhoods.com community profile, 2026).
Bent Tree grew up around the Bent Tree Country Club, an 18-hole course that opened in the mid-1970s and hosted the Sarasota LPGA Classic from 1976 to 1988 (Bent Tree Country Club and local golf histories, 2026). Club membership is optional for residents rather than bundled, so the golf and social amenities are a choice, not an automatic line on every home.
Inside The Knolls, the single-family homes and the attached villas are really two different buys. The villas tend to sit under a maintenance association with its own dues and rules, while the detached homes carry their own fee and condition picture, so the money is made or lost on the home type, the association, and an honest read of an older home's roof and systems.
The pitch is an established, oak-shaded golf-community setting close to Bee Ridge Road shopping and a quick hop to Interstate 75. The work is sorting single-family from villa, confirming whether any club or association dues apply, and reading the roof, systems, and insurance on a late-1970s home before you fall for a price.
