Sunstone Lakeside is the gated newest phase of Sunstone at Wellen Park, opened by Mattamy Homes in August 2024 in Venice, Sarasota County. It sits inside the larger Sunstone community and the Wellen Park master plan, with its own separate gated entrance on West Villages Parkway just south of CoolToday Park (Mattamy Homes and PR Newswire, August 2024).
The neighborhood offers ten one and two story single-family designs ranging roughly from 1,894 to 3,057 square feet, with three to five bedrooms, two to three and a half baths, and two or three car garages, on 50 to 60 foot wide homesites built around a 10 acre central lake and preserves. Homes carry features such as impact-resistant windows and natural gas connections (Mattamy Homes and PR Newswire, 2024).
Because it is a builder phase still selling, the Sunstone Lakeside name covers a range of plans and lot positions. The money is made or lost on the floor plan, the lot premium for a lake or preserve view, the builder incentive at the time you buy, and an honest read against closed comps, not the headline base price.
The pitch is gated newer single-family living about two miles from Downtown Wellen and its 80 acre lake, with access to two amenity centers including Sunstone's existing amenity campus and a brand-new center. The work is verifying the HOA and the Wellen Park district CDD assessment on the tax bill, and reading lot premium and incentive before you commit.
