San Lino is a gated, maintenance-free condominium community on East Venice Avenue in Venice, Sarasota County, built by the Waterford Company around 2006 in a Northern Italian Renaissance style (community real estate sources, confirm per listing). Community descriptions place it a short drive from downtown Venice and the Gulf.
As a condominium, the read is the association, not a townwide average. Community sources describe a layout of multiple three-story buildings with private garages, a lakefront pool, and a clubhouse, the kind of amenity-and-maintenance package where the monthly fee and the reserve posture drive the carrying cost. Confirm the exact building, fee, and amenity set with the current association documents.
Because the buildings are three stories, San Lino sits inside Florida's evolving condominium safety regime: the milestone structural inspection and the structural integrity reserve study (SIRS), with the state moving to limit reserve waivers (Florida Statutes and 2025 legislation). The single most important diligence item here is the association's milestone and reserve status and any special assessment history.
The pitch is a lock-and-leave Venice lifestyle close to downtown and the beaches, without single-family yard work. The work is reading the association honestly, the milestone inspection, the SIRS, the budget, the reserves, and the fee, so the lifestyle is not undercut by a future assessment. Verify all of it with the documents and the specific listing.
