The Patios of Chestnut Creek is a maintenance-free neighborhood of roughly 114 paired villa homes inside the larger deed-restricted Chestnut Creek community in the Venice East corridor of Sarasota County. The villas were built in the late 1980s to early 1990s and generally run from about 1,200 to 1,800 square feet, single story, with two to three bedrooms, attached garages, and private courtyards (community and brokerage guides, 2025 to 2026).
Chestnut Creek itself spans roughly 250 acres with about twenty lakes and ponds and a protected bird rookery, and it is made up of several distinct subdivisions including The Isles, The Manors, The Estates, The Woods, The Lakes, The Patios, and The Villas. The Patios and The Lakes are the maintenance-free sections, while The Villas section is age-restricted; coverage and restrictions differ by subdivision, so they have to be confirmed per parcel.
The pitch is low-upkeep Florida living in an established, tree-canopied setting near Venice. The homeowners association handles exterior maintenance, lawn care, and irrigation in the maintenance-free sections, which is the draw, but it also means the HOA budget, reserves, and any special assessments matter as much as the villa itself.
The Patios sits near the intersection of Venice East Boulevard and Center Road, a few miles inland from Venice Island and its Gulf beaches, with Wellen Park and its growing downtown to the south. The work here is buying the right villa, reading the HOA and reserve picture, and pricing the roof, systems, and insurance math on a home that is now decades old.
